Girl Talk Thursday: Fifty Magical Dollars

April 30th, 2009 | Author: glowstars

So, Maria at Mommy Melee has told us that ‘this week on Girl Talk Thursday we’re talking about a theoretical magical fifty-dollar guilt-free shopping spree’. As she said, ‘holy shit, $50 doesn’t get you very far, does it?’ More to the point though, $50 get you even less far (I can haz bad engrish!) when you have to pay in pounds. Shit, that means my $50 is only worth £33.9117 as of 14:42 today, and I can’t even spend that last 0.17p. So, to get the full worth of my 50, I’m changing it from dollars to pounds.

And the three items under £50 that I would absolutely have to have are:

Shoes. I need new summer shoes, preferably of the wedge variety. Maybe one of these slingbacks or either of these knot wedges. Ok, I know none of them hit the £50 budget, but maybe I could get two pairs?
A super dooper ice crusher. Really, I’d like to steal into Starbucks one night and retrieve one of their blenders – they’re amazing! Seeing as crime isn’t really on my list of things to do before I hit 30, I figure one of these should do the trick. I need one, honest. My caipirinhas need one.
And last but definitely not least, as any addicition needs fuelling, I’d require £50 worth of items from this list. Because there is not enough supernatural romance in this world…

In all honesty, I don’t do much shopping for myself. The last pair of shoes I bought was in January 2008 (and only because I had no shoes to wear to the sister in law’s wedding), my ice is crushed by my regular blender, which is really showing the strain, and I rarely buy books, instead heading to the library or swapping them. Clothes are bought on an as desperately needed basis, and I can’t remember the last time I went shopping just to shop.

That said, we live well. We get by, we’re happy.