Not-so-cheaperton....

Sighhhhh....I have to make a confession. But, before I confess, you need backstory. My 10 year (I know, I look way too old from a life of hard drugs, cleanser cocktails and constant worry to have graduated high school only 10 years before) high school reunion is coming up in about 3 dreadful weeks. While I am confident that everyone else is either fat, boring or gross or living in a van in a not-so-lucrative part of the river as mine, I was stressing as to a dress. The reunion is going to be in the middle of redneckville, which suites me, but I went to prep-neck high and I dont know what these people will be wearing and, lets be honest here, I have to outdress them. So, stupid me goes to the mall. I go to white house black market. I buy a much too expensive dress. I get dress home and ask myself what the hell I was smoking/drinking/popping to spend this much on something that while it looks fabulous on me, I can never wear again anywhere. Back it goes today...to a different location, of course, but whatever.

Here is the good news! I found the perfect dress this morning while lying in bed eating generic pop tarts and drinking Dr K (kroger's version of my Dr Pep...It aint half bad, either)and looking at all the crap on anthro I cant afford to buy when I saw the perfect dress on clearance and a full 80 smackers less than the one from Rape your pocketbook in a black market.

I love it. It hid my many pox and afflictions when I tried it on in the store, but I looked at the price tag and threw up in my mouth. Now that it is less than 75 bucks I can justify.

Other than losing my mind temporarily and paying full price for a bedazzled nightmare, I have had much luck in the shoppery these past few days. Got an adorable Lilly Pulitzer dress for FIFTY BUCKS brand new. I know I am weird for being pink and green obsessed, but it looks so freaking good with my tan. Also picked up some Lucky Brand red leather moccasins for 20 bucks. Oh yeah.

so these are not the exact shoes, mine are way cuter cause mine are red and not this crap they call "dusky violet". What they really mean is faded the hell out gray. Anyway, bought both dress and shoes at Belks, and let me tell you...the shoe dept was covered in blood, the sale was soooo goood.

So, to recap: I was wallet raped because I was desperate. I got not so desperate and found a deal. I found even better deals on other crap, too. So, the moral of the story is dont drink and drive.