Yesterday, Today

Yesterday I got all excited to go to this over-priced boutique on the LES and when I couldn't find it I wanted to scream and cry and have an emotional breakdown. That's basically what ended up happening but as I was walking around cursing, going around in circles on Rivington and Clinton, I actually ended it up finding it again. It was on Stanton and Ludlow. Anyways, though I remembered it was over-priced, I figured I would spend around $400 and come away with 2 things but be happy about it. I found a beautiful Charlotte Ronson jacket for $243 that fit me perfectly but when it came to pull the trigger I just couldn't do it. Even though I can justify the quality and uniqueness of the item, $243 is a lot of money! And for a fall jacket, nonetheless. For a winter jacket, that would be a steal but for a fall jacket...I left the store empty-handed and bitter. I make a decent amount of $ for my age but it's still not enough to buy a jacket that I want! The indecency of life! You may think I'm joking but I'm actually, and sadly, not joking at all. See the jacket here -----> http://www.charlotteronson.com/spring06.html I got really upset and for the next two hours was completely hating life.

So that was yesterday and now is today. Tonight I have my very first pottery class of my 10 week pottery lesson. I am excited about it but I flinch a little bit at the price. Not because I think the class is super expensive. I flinch about the price because when I think about how much already-made pottery I could buy with the same amount of money, I start wondering if the class is a good deal. $330 lessons = max 4 pieces that I make. In real pottery, I could probably get myself a nice set and then some. This led to other related streams of thought.
$330 is a nice plane ticket. Or 3 nights at a nice hotel if find a nice promotion. I spent about $500 on ballet lessons this year. I also spent $600+ on two handbags. What else? Oh yes..how could I forget the 1k I spent on a LSAT prep class at Princeton Review. And that may have been the biggest waste of money of all, considering that I have no clue what I want to do with my life, let alone sign my fate away to being a lawyer, after having ponied up $1000 to take the class!!! Which led to another stream of thought:

Things that I do not own because everything I spend all of my money on clothes:
1 - pottery, cute ceramics that say "Purdy Girl" or have pretty patterns on them.
2 - cutesy, chachka type things from places I've visited, or from little boutiques that are just plain cute and add to your collection of things I won't ever use but are cute to look at
3 - cable. my roomie and I have no cable but spend HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of dollars on clothing every single month.
4 - room. I have room for a bed, dresser, and barely a chair in my room, and am busting out of it as we speak. I certainly don't have room for a labtop or anywhere to sit and surf the internet or watch video's on youtube.com
5 - jewelry. I have one nice necklace my sister gave me and a necklace that my BF gave me for x-mas but other that that, nope.
6 - everything else that isn't clothing. dvd's, luxurious shower/body lotions... i think you get the point. Pathetic isn't it?