A Mighty Fine Life

So today I spent almost $500 on clothing. That's the most I've ever spent on clothing at any one time in my whole life.

Here's the thing: I'd love for that to have been frivolous or fun, but it was, in fact, necessity. Random pink dots have appeared on a lot of my clothes lately, meaning, I think, that I washed a pen with them. WHOOPS. And that's stuff I didn't spill coffee or other staining things on. Or rip. Or... Well, let's just say I'm very hard on clothing. I'm a klutz, and I'm not really into clothing or fashion, so a lot of what I buy is cheap to begin with, and thus easily destroyed, and I am Becky: Almighty Destroyer of Clothing. So. I checked my bank account, made sure the rent had already gone through, figured how much I'll have in bills this month, and actually unclenched my usually-tight wallet and let myself buy the stuff I actually needed.

$170 of it was just on bras, underwear, and socks. I am glamorous, I tell you what. Aside from that, I got a bunch of camies -- you can never have too many camies, right? -- and a few nicer shirts and sweaters. And a dress. It has polka dots. This brings the grand total of dresses I own up to two, by the way. Seeing as how I'm okay on pants, between my few pairs of jeans and a couple pairs of cords I've bought over the last few months, that means I basically now have a new wardrobe.

So I did the mature, adult thing and actually went through everything else I owned, tossed what's stained (even when it pains me -- goodbye, adorable green hoodie, I hardly knew ye) and doesn't fit well or I just didn't like, and put everything away. My entire wardrobe, such as it is, fits in two plastic drawer sets of the kind you might send your kid off to college with to store papers. SIGH. I have a beautiful dream of someday having saved enough money to buy a new bed -- trust me, also a necessity -- AND a dresser, so I'll have a real one, AND a bookshelf, because I have books all over my floor and my bookshelf is already packed. These are my wild fantasies, folks.

I'm mostly just proud of myself for actually feeling okay about the money I spent. I decided awhile ago that I'd actually like to start dressing, well, slightly nicer, and have been working hard on really feeling okay about caring about that. I don't know, maybe that sounds stupid, but it's really never been anything even on my radar, and I've always felt kind of weird and guilty about caring about how I look. So I've not only never done it, but I've always actively avoided it. So that I was able to go out, find things I liked, and not hang them back up just because they cost more than $20, is a big step for me.

I mean, it comes at a stupid time, economically speaking, but still.

In other news, it turns out I can make a decent omelette! That's pretty exciting.

And typing this has set off my wrists, so peace out, y'all. I'll check in again in a few days, maybe.

Um, so, I bought most of a new wardrobe today. I spent an incredibly amount of money, but I swear none of it was frivolous -- anyone who has seen my wardrobe (such as it is; there should be quotation marks around the word, honestly) knows I needed some new clothing. And I found the absolute most adorable, cutest winter coat in the entire world. I'm pretty sure. (It's purple. It looks like something Kenley would design on Project Runway -- very early 60s. I look like a plucky girl reporter. It is SO CUTE FOR REAL.) So there's that.

Aside from that, I managed to somehow update all three of my non-LJ blogs this week. It's remarkable, really.

Feminist nerd blog: ABC Family's "Greek": Surprisingly, Really Good! (It is. I swear. You should all watch it: every episode is online at abcfamily.com. DO IT. Come on, the really attractive naked boy in the cowboy hat in my new icon is the male lead! You know you want to see that.)

Active Voice: Two Mini-Reviews: Bruce Coville’s “Alien Adventures” and “Unicorn Chronicles” . What it says in the title. Bruce Coville rulez!

Tweenage Wasteland: The Suite Life on Deck. You guys, it was bad. Even for the Disney Channel. Even for The Suite Life. Really, really bad.

OH! And I cooked dinner, specifically with plans to save the extra for lunch tomorrow. I never do that! (It's veggie fried rice, if you're curious. I expanded the list of "things I can cook" another meal. Now I can have spaghetti OR rice, thank you very much...)

ETA: YES, I CAN SPELL "COAT," SHUT UP RACHEL.

So as anyone who has ever been shopping with me knows, I hate it. I don't like looking for or trying on clothes; the whole thing makes me grumpy. I am not so down with fashion, either. But I'm doing my best to build up a work-appropriate wardrobe, and recently got rid of all of my old crap, leaving me with...about a week's worth of clothing. If that. So I've spent the last week working up to it, and today made Rachel come with me for a massive goddamn shopping trip.

Spoils:
-New jeans (much needed)
-Adorable summer sweater in 3 colors
-Many new undies (the Gap had a 4-for-$20 sale!)
-Two button-down shirts
-A new, adorable hoodie
-An awesome non-work shirt
-Shoes!

The shoes are exciting, because I hate shopping for shoes more than anything else in the world. My feet hurt all the time and finding shoes that are comfortable and supportive but still appropriate enough for work are very, very hard to find. It took about six different stores and they ended up being the most expensive purchase of the day. (Oy.) But I'm actually quite pleased.

I still need work pants. Oy again. And now I'm exhausted.

Today, I spent about five hundred dollars. Four hundred of this was on student loans. As you can guess by the amount, I had some loans past due. This was not, however, my fault. I had them scheduled to go online, and the DL website said they were paid, and today I got an email informing me that I'm 43 days past due. This was no fun at all.

I'd be more pissed off (okay, I was more pissed off) but the guy I talked to on the phone was really, really nice.

The other hundred was on bras and underwear. Yeah, my life is exciting. However, I did deposit my last few paychecks from Ithaca today, and actually deposited more than I spent, so that's nice for my bank account.

The move is set for Saturday, by bus. I am starting to panic about finishing packing in time. Which is, of course, why I'm still up at five AM... reading bad fanfiction and watching Project Runway again. I need some sort of Project Runway specific therapy.

For fandom people: Rachel is doing a crossword puzzle.
Rachel: Three letter word for 'eye'.
Me: 'Orb.'

(I was, in fact, right. Badfic rulz0rz!)

( So I came to NY to shop... )

New York is nice. Except for the rain. That was pretty gross. However, we've been watching Scrubs, and heeheehee. Of course, we've also been watching Kim Possible and The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, but we like to pretend we haven't.

Dear God,

Don't you have better things to do than put pretty dresses on sale for me? I mean, isn't there a war going on and miracles to preform and stuff? Not that I don't appreciate the help, but I'm just sayin'.

Love and thanks,
Becky

( My dress is so pretty!!!! )