Confession of a (once-in-a-while) Shopaholic

I have a confession. I went shopping and spent a bomb. Well, it wasn't exactly a BOMB bomb but it's going against my whole goal of spending less and saving more.

I have to justify my spending because I'm guilt-tripping.

Justifications:

1. I shop only at a few boutiques in Auckland. For those of you who have been here, you know what I mean. Let's just say Auckand isn't the place for you if you're constantly in need of retail therapy.

2. I only shop at Country Road when they're on sales and today was their first day of mid-season sales, and I just so happened to arrive at work earlier than usual and found the store already open with 20% discount (for VIP members, which I am. Yay!) on top of already discounted items. (It's like the stars have aligned and it's just meant to be!)

3. I've been studying for the bloody godamn CFA. My personal opinion is that whoever invented the qualification ought to be shot! I have no life now. I shuttle from home to work and back home again in evenings in time to cook dinner before hitting the books. I'm a NERD, just not the brainy type. The type that has to mug in the vain hope of passing the stupid exam where pass rates are 50% or an impossible statistic like that. Oh I can go on complaining forever about this.

Anyhow, I couldn't possible turn down a good sales and I need to reward myself for being such a NERD, so I happily trotted into the store.

45 minutes later and very late for work, I walked out bearing 2 identical tops in different colours (I couldn't decide which colour to buy, so I bought them both! BUT I can return one of them in 14 days and get a full refund), 1 oh-so-cute tulip skirt (which I just might get the hem shortened so it'll look oh-so-much-cuter) and 2 leather belts. (I need belts! I lost my last Country Road belt and I've been looking for it for ages now!)

I feel so much better. Ah. A good start to a Wednesday.