Now Or Never

It's been nearly one whole month since I completed my wardrobe challenge...and coincidentally, almost one whole month since my last post.  It's due to a combination of writer's block and yep, you guessed it...PROCRASTINATION.  I was also feeling like I had nothing exciting to report and I don't think many people have read/been reading my blog so I kind of felt like..hey, I can procrastinate all I want...no one will even notice!  Until a friend asked me about my blog the other day and commented on how he noticed that I hadn't posted anything recently.  Busted. 

So here I am, blogging for the first time since I completed my wardrobe challenge...which was a success by the way!  I am proud to say I made it through 4 whole months without spending a single dime of my money on new clothes, shoes or accessories.  See shopaholics?  It can be done.  My shopping freedom began on a weekend so I had 2 whole days to shop til I dropped.  But I didn't want to throw 4 months of hard work out the window and blow my dinheiro on any random item just for the sake of saying "I bought something."  So I played it cool all weekend and waited until Sunday afternoon before enjoying some hard earned retail therapy.  My first post-wardrobe challenge purchase?  My very first pant suit.  It's nothing fancy or Law and Order-ish.  It's black, only cost $85! (fortunately for me Banana Republic was having a sale) and fits me pretty perfectly.  And it was an outlet store, which sometimes means sizes are slim pickings but I lucked out.  It was almost as if the suit was sitting there waiting for my wardrobe challenge to be over so I could come and claim it. 

Since that first pant suit purchase, I've shopped quite a bit...dare I say at least once every weekend?  But who's keeping track?  Also coinciding with the end of my wardrobe challenge? The opening of one of my favorite stores to buy shoes and purses at right around the corner from my work...Ross.  I picked up a fabulous pair of Carlos Santana black shoebooties (is this word in the Websters dictionary yet?) and much more throughout the month.  I finally used up my Gilt Groupe credit, and then some, on some new knee high boots...so glad I waited to use my credit!  My birthday has also come and gone which also brought with it a surprise birthday visit from my sister, who flew all the way from Toronto, Canada to California to surprise me and some birthday money which means the shopping will continue until all that birthday money is spent.

The lesson I learned from doing this wardrobe challenge?  Once a procrastinator, always a procrastinator.  Well aside from that...that not only is patience a virture, but self control is too.