…but so rewarding!
I was feeling a little otherwise, which is probably how I came to completely mistime my walk into the city for a lazy lunch. How to fill a 45 minute gap?
1. Mecca Cosmetica, Little Collins St
Amazing staff, always very helpful and friendly and totally non-judgmental when an unmade-up person with scarily unkempt brows walks in and starts poking around. As soon as I’d said “lipstick” the assistant was rummaging around painting colours she thought would both appeal and suit on the back of her hand. We narrowed it down to two, and I walked out with an Ellis Faas lipstick and a booking for the Nars event. Huh?
I was tempted to buy the Nars "Damned", just because of the name...
2. Myer – 35% off cookbooks
No, I don’t need any more cookbooks. Let’s face it, I don’t need any material possessions beyond basic clothing, right? The frivolity of cosmetics purchases needed to be balanced by something more practical. Something more useful. Something I could almost justify as being a money-saver in the long run. So now I am the proud owner of bourke street bakery – the ultimate baking companion. Of course, now I think I’m going to need a proper electric mixer… Recommendations welcome!
3. Sole Devotion, Degraves St
Last year I bought some shoes online from John Fluevog Shoes, which means that they now send me regular emails to tempt me into further purchases. As far as I’m concerned, the existence of these shoes makes up for Michael Buble and Celine Dion. Anyway, SD in the city also stocks the shoes and I was in the area… sort of… and couldn’t resist dropping in. Once you’re in there, it’s impossible not to try on shoes and once you’ve tried them on, it’s unlikely you’re going to be able to walk away without them. My new black Viardots are similar enough to the Malibrans to sneak under the shoe-monitor’s radar for a while, I suspect.
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A proper electric mixer.
Get a KitchenAid. Just keep your eye out for sales. I got mine at Minimax in Camberwell when they had one of their sales. But even at full price, you won’t regret buying one. Oh, and the red coloured ones look sensational.
This post just reminds me that I need to go shopping!! I’ve been procrastinating for ages because I don’t want to go shopping, but I have to. My phone died, my iPod’s earphones died, I don’t have enough clothes, I’m down to approximately one useful pair of shoes, I need to buy $600 worth of books for uni (ugh)…
…but I really hate shopping.
Perhaps I need retail therapy to “cure” my aversion to shopping.
Another thing Mrs Kraut won’t tell me………What is a woman’s infatuation with shoes???????????????????????????????????????????????/// To me they are something you wear (preferably cheap as chips brothel sneakers (slip-ons)) to stop your feet getting cut to shreds by the broken bottles left over on the footpaths from the Gen-Yers drunken brawls or used needles.
@Daniel – thanks for the suggestion! Don’t know whether I can crank the wallet open that far, particularly when we still need those stairs… Will keep an eye out, though.
@Jess – I’m worried that hitting the shops might consolidate the aversion rather than cure it, particularly if you go out on a day like today. It was hideous out there! If I hadn’t needed to go to the market I’d have stayed indoors for sure. I’ve found 10am to be a good time for calm(ish) shops, and for the non-clothes/shoes items, I’d go online.
Must be close to starting for you, now?
@sourkraut – Mrs S is clearly a believer in maintaining the feminine mystique, and good on her! Just thinking aloud, but perhaps shoes have become such a coveted fashion item for women is that they tend to always fit whereas clothes shopping can be a horrid experience if there’s a little bit more or less of you than there once was.
My favourite line from Black Rain was Andy Garcia’s detective saying “The ladies of the 80s are going for shoes”. He was talking about men’s shoes…
Injera
Sensible answer. Women must be lucky in that respect (ie shoes fit them), I always seem to need fractional fittings which no longer exist, so the shoes either fall off or pinch. And why is there so little choice for size 10 anyway. (to give males the opportunity like me to buy the first pair that vaguely fit without costing megabucks?)
Wot do women do with shoes that have been worn more than twice? I remember flatting with 2 women millions of years ago b4 marriage and their cupboards literally overflowed with shoes.
That’s a lot of therapy!
I know everyone bangs on about Kitchen Aids but really for half the price the sunbeam mix master is fantastic, and it comes in different colours and it is built to last.
MY mother has had hers for 45 years.
I have a nice red one and use it weekly
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