WHY CAN’T I FINISH WHAT I START??!!
Two weeks have gone by since I learned I was only 40 points from my prize at Sephora. Why have I suddenly turned my interests elsewhere? For some reason it’s really difficult for me to go back and spend damn $40 there and I don’t know why.
Maybe it’s because my weekly splurges have taken a new direction recently…
I’m pretty satisfied with my makeup collection right now. There are a few eye shadows and lipsticks I want here and there, but nothing I’m really in need of. I started this weekly splurge thing right around Christmas time- It’s almost March, so I’ve been buying at least one makeup product every week during that time frame. I never thought I would say it, but I’m about Make-Upped OUT right now! Haha. But I have GOT to bite the bullet this week and complete this Sephora project so I can move on to my next splurge mission!
And the last two weeks have been a crucial turning point in my weekly splurge quest! I casually strolled into Victoria’s Secret while Mall Surfing at lunch and my splurge destiny was revealed (lol)!
My senses were on overload. All of their new spring bra and panty sets were out in pretty pastel colors, looking like Easter M&Ms!! They have a whole new line of lotions and perfumes. Super cute & casual pj sets for lounging around the house…
And of course, they had to have a SALE too! Some new bra called the “Air Wear”?? is on sale for $29.50 right now. It’s a really light breathable fabric for the warm weather months up ahead. I had to buy one, OF COURSE, because summer IS coming… lol (The Simpsons- inside joke)
…..ok I bought two! HAHA! There goes my splurge budget for last week!
They also have really cute pastel undies with girlie patterns and graphics on sale 3 for $30!
So THEN the sales associate SET ME UP- She bypasses TWO registers in the bra section to ring me up at a register in a separate room of nothing but perfume, lotion & powder puffs! Now I’m waiting for her to complete my transaction, and I can’t help but to smell this, smell that, try this lotion- ooh and aah over this display case- man, Sometimes it can be so much FUN being a girl!
It takes me back to my beginning days as a single new mom- when I ALWAYS had a second job to make up for not having another person’s income. For one blissful year I worked at Victoria’s Secret on the weekends. The BEST retail side job a girl could ever ask for! Each season when a new bra came out, you got one free. You learn how to measure for the proper bra size and the training courses were awesome- (ask me about the 3 things you should look for when buying lingerie! LOL) You got first dibs on the semi-annual sale (and now you ladies now why you can never find matching sets when you shop that sale- the employees got ‘em first!), plus EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS!!
And then it was just cool to be surrounded by feminine scents, pretty frilly things, and soft music all day while wearing a black suit!
That year I worked there, my goal was to have 30 matching B&P sets. I met my goal and then some! I also had a gang of sweet smelling lotions, bubble bath and perfumes. Even though I was exhausted and had worked my ass off all week at both jobs PLUS staying on top of my mommy duties, it felt like it was all worthwhile. I would go home from being on my feet all day on the weekend at my second job, tired as hell, and just SUBMERGE myself in a bathtub full of bubbles that smelled like strawberries & champagne!!
Plus there is just something about wearing something pretty UNDERNEATH your clothes that gives you kind of a confidence boost throughout the day…
Anyways, enough of my reminiscing- I think you guys know where my weekly splurge reports will be coming from for the next couple of months!!
