As I said, I tend to fixate quickly and with intensity and then lose interest. That said, because my disposable income is so small (compared to my "wish list"), I painstakingly ponder and consider and debate possible purchases...and end up with (if I may say so myself) a fairly well-edited repertoire of items that I feel quite accurately define my style and taste. It's horribly stressful when considering the choices and trying to decide where best to allocate funds, but when the process is over...usually I am very satisfied with the end result.
Occasionally I have made mis-steps, based on sales or, as stated, on whims.
Some of those missteps include:
-Gucci brown leather boat shoes, Christmas 2006, sold on Ebay Summer 2007
-Bally tan canvas messenger bag, Summer 2004, sold on Ebay shortly thereafter
-Louis Vuitton blue epi card case, Summer 2005, sold on Ebay Summer 2007
and others...
Overall I think I've learned a lot from those experiences. The gucci shoes were the worst though...I think I felt so guilty for having bought them right after christmas, like what I had gotten from my parents wasn't good enough or something...it just seemed wrong at the time. And the Bally was a sale purchase. I was defying my inner brand whore, and decided it was too subtle for my tastes. These days I would probably have liked it actually...
I'd say this whole post illustrates the one good part of not always having money around. Luckily I tend to come into it once in a while...so I can follow through with my careful editing.
ps - photo just pretty :)
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