Gahhhhhh the painnnn!

In just the past weekend alone, I overspent on my best friend's birthday present and trimmings, plus I got something extra to hold onto for christmas to add to her christmas package. I also got:

• an awesome amethyst or agate geode ring, by Dara Ettinger (on sale at Anthropologie for $30) today
• I got a sheer knit V-neck cardigan from Free people over the weekend too, also on sale for $30
• sold some clothes at Buffalo Exchange and got a red plaid Betsey Johnson New York dress that fits just like DvF wrap dresses, $28
• and a studded leather Madison Marcus jacket from Buffalo Exchange too, $22! Someone cut off the cuffs on the puffed short sleeves, so to return the favor, I deconstructed almost the entire thing, I'm going to make it more me, and. fix. those. sleeves. Whatever idiot decided to cut the cuffs off the puff sleeves should be reprimanded. :{
• Nude, neon Yellow, emerald Green, and cobalt Blue silk rolled-sleeve shirts from Express, $19.50 each. Thank goodness for price adjustments
  
• as well as a large amount of things from Forever21 online, and in-store

The silk shirts from Express, largely because I am obsessed with silk lately, were must haves to me, perfect layering pieces that won't add on bulk, and perfect alone! I'm also hankering for a silk trench, no function in that though. Otherwise, I'm pretty positive that I will not buy from Express for another year or two, unless they crank out more silk basics. I despise Express, but allowed myself this purchase after not buying anything from them for the past year or more.

Gasp, someone should make silk v-neck t-shirts, I would be all over that. The muted silk though, not the shiny silk. I'm guessing someone has already thought of this though.
By the way, Tea & Honey silk tops are amazing! I have 3 that I ordered from Bluefly after we got two of them in the store.

I don't even want to think about any other purchases I've made in the past two weeks alone. Not to mention my digital perm from a week ago, set me back $150. :sigh: I love it though, it's great to not have to worry about my head. It's really non-fuss! Though the process of getting it was quite nerve-wracking, considering I knew no Korean, and the hairdressers knew no English. And yet, I let them touch my head, not knowing for sure if I was getting what I wanted. Thankfully, it did not turn into a disaster. Photos soon someday!

It's on sale, and I just can't afford it, or rather, I just can't let myself buy it. But I MUST have it! Ugh. It sickens me how much I'm fighting with myself about not having it. I have just spent wayyyyyyyy too much lately. In fact, the whole country has spent way too much lately. Most likely. Technically the sale price isn't even that great, but its sold out everywhere, so it's impossible to find now. Erm, well eLuxury has it for full price still, but where's the fun in that?

I did use my $90 store credit last week though, from PinkMascara.com, when they were having an extra 25% off their sale merch, but then two days after I placed the order, they upped the promo to an extra 30% off sale items. Oy, of course. I got a yellow silk (obsessed with silk lately, too obsessed) Jovovich-Hawk top with a scalloped embroidered hem, and brown espradille wedges that don't fit me.

Over the Valentine's weekend, I spent it alone, despite that I do live with my boyfriend. I watched and watered a bouquet that my boss from the office sent to every lady in the office! But I kept wondering why the flowers were slowly dying already even though I changed the water everyday. Well duh, there was no flower food, and today I realized, "oh god, I didn't even trim the stems all weekend!" So it's only been 5 days, and the bouquet is pretty much done for. But I still moved it to a smaller vase, and even though it's falling apart, I arranged my first bouquet. Shoddy attempt, but I mean well! I'm sure the tulips disagree though.