Looking back

at this week.

1 - found an apartment. THANK the lord. It's on the 4th floor of a new midrise in Sarasota, in the same complex as Publix. SO EXCITED. Hopefully it will prove a calm and effective place to bust out a thesis and spend my last year of college.

2 - found costume for Blair's birthday (I'm going to be a British Bobbie). I was getting nervous that I would end up having to half-ass something at the last minute, but I went back to Features and luckily found exactly what I needed. And only $25 to rent...

3 - ordered a pair of TOD'S last weekend...got them yesterday (was so excited). Unfortunately, guilt got the best of me and I took them back to NM. I decided that $400 of savings from a summer income of ~$4000 was really pitiful. Having the money instead of the shoes will be better, just in case i need to spend some dough to get the apartment up to standards...or if I have a hankering for something later in the fall (do I hear more Tiffany costume jewels? lol). And I AM going to New York in October, which is never a cheap destination.

4 - For some reason I've done a 180 turnaround, and now I'm getting pretty bored with Hermes and thinking that Vuitton isn't so bad. Here is my logic (because I'm not just being fickle here): there are few brands that are exclusive anymore (and for those that still are exclusive, they are WAY out of my price-range). That said, why bother trying to stick to a brand that a) isn't really exclusive anyway, and b) totally painful in the wallet. Why not just enjoy what is out there from accessible brands (and diversify!), enjoy that stuff (most of which is still of relatively high quality and snob appeal)...and buy the expensive stuff (whatever it may be) later in life when it's affordable? Certainly, Vuitton isn't getting any cheaper...but there are a lot of brands that are commonplace and more feasible than say, Cartier and Hermes and Loro Piana (to name a few of my aspirational brands). Tod's are still more affordable than shoes from LV or Gucci...Tiffany makes fun sterling jewelry for very affordable prices ($200-$500).

Anyway, I guess my point is that I'm trying to calm down a bit about "must make upward stretch to Hermes" and focus more on what is easy and available, all the while still trying to pick unique pieces.

Maybe I'll try to get a pair of TOD'S in ny in october. I hear they have a pair of ponyhair drivers for fall :)))