The Can't Beat Shopping Spree

My obsession with shopping has definitely landed me in some murky financial situations in the past (all of which I managed to figure out and resolve on my own, thank goodness). That is why, when I got the opportunity for a free shopping spree, I jumped on the chance. Now, this was not your average shopping spree at a mall or store- it was a shopping spree in my mom’s enormous and overcrowded closets (and yes, I did put an “s” on the end of the word closet)!

The entire experience was exhilarating. I sat on the couch in the living room, as my mom brought out stacks of boxes in multiple trips. As I opened each one, it was as though I was viewing a treasure that hadn’t been seen in decades (and that was the actuality of the situation too). Not only was I shopping for shoes, but clothes and handbags too.

The handbags were the easiest category to do. I would simply look at them, and decide right away whether or not I wanted to add them to the collection at my house. I ended the handbag spree with a black vintage GUCCI over the shoulder purse, and two FENDI bags from the seventies. I added a few more no-name bags to the pile before being completely finished.

The clothes were right in the middle when it came to difficulty. I sifted through part of the collection with the basic “eye test”- which is I would see if it looked aesthetically pleasing. Then it came to trying the garments on. I had to keep in mind, that even if things didn’t fit perfectly, there were some that I could get tailored to be spectacular. For this round of shopping, I kept about 8-10 different pieces, some of which I left at my parents’ house to take to the tailor down there. Others were left behind due to the unexpected and overwhelming amount of shoes.

This was definitely my favorite part, but also the one that took the most energy out of me- good thing we saved it for last. Shoes! No lady can ever have too many pairs of shoes- or so I thought until I got home and realized I had no sufficient place to put these shoes and take care of them the way they deserved to be taken care of. Yes, I am speaking of these shoes as though they are alive, and to me, they kind of are. They need to have the proper amount of room to breath and stand without being cramped or smashed- I mean some of these gorgeous shoes haven’t even been worn in the 20-40 years that they have been owned. Others have had the glorious opportunity to walk the streets in many different parts of the world (due to the fact that my mom has been a flight attendant for the majority of her life). When all was said and done, I packed my little car with 18 boxes of shoes, 5 purses and 3 outfits-which is a relatively large list of items that I now claim as mine, for an unbeatable price of…….NOTHING!