shopping

well this weekend i went on a little shopping spree.

rachel, staci, and i went vintage store shopping on saturday afternoon. it was my first time doing that here in eugene. we had a great time, talked to some really cool people, and came home with a couple extra items we didn't have before. i bought a skirt for $9.00 that happens to have duck colors in it so that made it extra fun (though i didn't think about that when i bought it, haha) and a fun, chunky long necklace with fun big beads on it. that was only $6.00! Sweet deals!!

Today I went out to DSW and found a pair of shoes that i absolutely loved, but i absolutely didn't love the price...$70.00! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME was what was going on in my head. i browsed, spent a lot of time just trying on shoes i just could justify buying at the cost they were asking for, and then finally made my way to the back clearance room. YES, i love clearances and everything about them. I spent a lot of time there and found 2 pairs of shoes. a pair of pumas and a pair of fun brown shoes. both are pratical b/c i can wear them teaching and can wear them for fun too! wearing heels at school just doesn't fly too well for me. :) so with my great discounts of those shoes and the $10 coupon i had, i ended up walking out the door spending less on those two shoes then i would have spent for the puma's themselves. YES!!!! i was flippin pumped by those deals. i've needed some new shoes and finally decided to go and check out what kind of deals i could find. thank goodness for the sweet deals!

but this leads me to what's next. i ended up chatting with my friend kelly who told me everytime she buys something so gets rid of 2 things that she already has at home. so that's what's next for me. i brought in 5 things this weekend and need to get rid of 10 things that i already own. it's to maintain simplicity, something that i am really trying to do. it's not to be legalistic and set rules that i need to follow...it's just that i find that i continue to just own a bunch of stuff that i don't use anymore. so i'm excited to give this a go and try out this new idea. the other good thing about this is that it really does make you think about what you buy, if you need it, and if you are willing to get rid of some other stuff that you already own to get the new things. it also will help me evaluate what i own because half the time i forget what i even have. :)