Well, after a fairly frustrating April shop, I practically *rushed* to fill a few top-shaped holes on 1 May after stumbling into a 'Sale!' notice and got a pair of metallic sandals (to plug the metallic shoe, sandal, and nude shoe gaps for a bit). That's four tops and a pair of shoes, which isn't bad considering the woe-is-me cry of April!
Trouble is, my got some shopper's reward points --- by way of store vouchers. More tops seem to be peeking over the horizon! I could use a couple of woven soft blouses for work to go under jackets, over jeans and harem pants, or tucked into/belted over skirts. As opposed to button-downs (covered for those) or tunics.
And of course, you know I narrowly averted getting an overdraft (June budget!) yesterday for those red suede loafers I was eyeing.
It has not been hard, just mildly frustrating. The hardest challenges this week have been, in order:
(1) finding a top I'd been stalking for ages, last piece on sale, and *walking away* until the bank balance was topped up, knowing it might be gone when I returned
(2) finding black pants (been after a pair for ages), getting YLF's and Angie's blessings on the non-traditional fabrication, and not being able to afford them right away
(3) second-guessing myself (again!) on the sale purchases and feeling less than confident in my shopping eye (do they *really* work? what if they don't? why do I keep making mistakes? why can't I see what's wrong with them right away? what a *waste*... again!)
(4) accepting that the shoes I want will have to wait if I buy the pants I want, and vice versa; and knowing both are worth two months' budgets, so BOTH should really wait for now (unless I strike lucky and find cheaper options that work)
(5) knowing X, Y or Z item that I don't have would work ever so well with new purchase A, B or C --- and knowing they are not even on the horizon of hopefulness! But hey, at this point, I figure I'm ahead of the game if I don't introduce new orphans or 'too good' clothes that I shelve for ages!
However, thanks to the May Madness, there's been a lot of SYC/B-supportive threads and thoughts floating around the forum, as well as anti-enabling sensitivity. That's *really* helped a lot.
