... What? You do? Well, that makes sense, as if you are one of the three (maybe 4?) people reading this blog, you also probably received my email in winter 2006 with an embedded jpg of these, the subject line of which was something like this:
RE: OMG LOVE
And the contents of which was something like this:
RE: OMG LOVE
OMG i really really like these! they're from that UK site i was talking about and i know they'll fit. but they're soooo expensive .... should i get them? omg no i can't. but they're beautiful. what do i do?!!! No I can't. They're almost 160 pounds, plus shipping. Sob!! maybe i could stop eating for a few months to save the money?
That was when the dollar-to-pound exchange rate was over 2 to 1. Yeah. As you can guess I did not buy them, because (with shipping) that sh*t was like $380 which was at the time more than half my month's rent (alas that statement is no longer true). Now, guess what .... they're down to 70 pounds. Which in today's exchange rate is less than $100. BUT. When I was squeeing, that was 2 years ago. I still really like them ... the military-inspired look, the skinny heel ... but I've sort of moved on to a more casual, thicker- or lower-heeled look. So ... while $100 would have been a total steal for boots I would have worn constantly 2 years ago, it's still kind of a lot of money for boots I am not as enthralled by ... right?
Sigh. All my dilemmas are the same. (You thought my Great Search In Life had been subsumed by job worries and posts about adult-y things like 401ks and future plans, huh? Yeah, as if.)
(PS--if you have a really good memory you might recall I sent one or two other boot pix from the same online store in the same 2006 email. Those boots are also on sale, including one that is flat, but the sale isn't as good. And the caramel-colored boot with the brass studs from earlier this year is ALSO on sale, though again, not at such a great discount. Just saying, many wheels are turning in my head. Including one wheel that says "you could have bought these boots, but instead you spent that money on LSAT registration, you fool! where are your priorities?!")
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Hi, Remember These?
... What? You do? Well, that makes sense, as if you are one of the three (maybe 4?) people reading this blog, you also probably received my email in winter 2006 with an embedded jpg of these, the subject line of which was something like this:
RE: OMG LOVE
And the contents of which was something like this:
RE: OMG LOVE
OMG i really really like these! they're from that UK site i was talking about and i know they'll fit. but they're soooo expensive .... should i get them? omg no i can't. but they're beautiful. what do i do?!!! No I can't. They're almost 160 pounds, plus shipping. Sob!! maybe i could stop eating for a few months to save the money?
That was when the dollar-to-pound exchange rate was over 2 to 1. Yeah. As you can guess I did not buy them, because (with shipping) that sh*t was like $380 which was at the time more than half my month's rent (alas that statement is no longer true). Now, guess what .... they're down to 70 pounds. Which in today's exchange rate is less than $100. BUT. When I was squeeing, that was 2 years ago. I still really like them ... the military-inspired look, the skinny heel ... but I've sort of moved on to a more casual, thicker- or lower-heeled look. So ... while $100 would have been a total steal for boots I would have worn constantly 2 years ago, it's still kind of a lot of money for boots I am not as enthralled by ... right?
Sigh. All my dilemmas are the same. (You thought my Great Search In Life had been subsumed by job worries and posts about adult-y things like 401ks and future plans, huh? Yeah, as if.)
(PS--if you have a really good memory you might recall I sent one or two other boot pix from the same online store in the same 2006 email. Those boots are also on sale, including one that is flat, but the sale isn't as good. And the caramel-colored boot with the brass studs from earlier this year is ALSO on sale, though again, not at such a great discount. Just saying, many wheels are turning in my head. Including one wheel that says "you could have bought these boots, but instead you spent that money on LSAT registration, you fool! where are your priorities?!")
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can i just say i heart you and your eternal quest for boots. i love how every other entry is about them. teehee.
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