excess baggage.

i am a sale-a-holic.

i guess the tipping point was when i bought these absolutely adorable bejewelled grey slingbacks a couple of weeks ago. nevermind that they were a tad too small - couldn't resist the 50% off.

a mental inventory of my belongings will yield approximately a third of my stuff personally unusable because they don't fit or they don't look good on me, but were "extremely good value" since i didn't buy them full price. wth! i tried adding up everything and i realized my npi (non-performing inventory) could already amount to a full month's salary. double wth!

i've always thought i was a smart shopper. i have a nose for catching wonderfully discounted and/or for unbelievably cheap premium looking stuff. i can barter like a divisoria wholesaling, and i can most definitely spot a steal a mile away. but what i didn't realize is that at some point, my bloodhound's instinct for a good buy had morphed into this manic sale-panic button.

this is unacceptable. a purge is in order. stat. and a sale shopping ban. from now on, i am subscribing to the "if you can't wear it tomorrow, you won't ever be able to wear it, hence put it back in the bin dummy" mantra.

and while i'm at it, might as well sell off all of these fantabulous spanking new stuff so they can find new loving masters who will actually use them.

stay tuned.