A Revelation

I'm not quite sure when it dawned on me. I could say that I stopped abruptly in the middle of the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica while making my way through the bustling crowds at Christmas,  to shout I HATE SHOPPING!! So dramatic! But most likely it was while I was standing in my giant and mostly empty closet looking for something to wear to work. There I was scanning through the empty hangers, and glancing over at my red chair to see if I could wear something in that pile of clean clothes that has yet to be put away. Dragging my feet and moaning...I need new clothes. And then the next thought...ugg I don't want to go shopping. I don't like shopping. A day at the mall shopping for clothes sounds like an awful way to spend the afternoon. It's so daunting. Frustrating. Poop, they don't have my size. Why is the music in this store so loud? That's hideous. That's pretty...$200?!?! I like this...but not enough to buy it. I don't really need to spend money on this. Nothing found and time to go.

Apparently this has been going on for a long time. I just didn't realize it. But how could I not!? For years I've been carrying a pencil pouch full of gift cards in my purse. It was always with me just in case I found myself in a store and I saw something I liked. Friends would curse me for having so many cards and not using them. (I do admit it was fun to taunt them with the stack). But there they sat, year after year accumulating from birthdays and Christmas. "Some day", I thought. But I would go in with my free money and not find anything worth buying.

The last thing I bought myself was a blue tank top at Target in October...something cute for Palm Springs. But honestly I can't recall anything before that....maybe a pair of bright yellow heels when I was in Tahoe. But that was in June. And my mind goes blank. I think I bought 3 things to wear in all of 2010. Unheard of right!?!? Especially for a woman!!

When it came time to list out my goals for 2011 I started to write: buy new clothes. I generally like to write things that I WANT to do. But I didn't want to do this. So I thought....maybe someone could buy clothes for me. All of my friends LOVE to shop. If they have a gift card they use it the next day. If they have a few free hours to kill they go to the mall. They show up wearing new things all the time!! Why don't I have them shop for me!? My friends sometimes know me better than I know myself. They definitely know more about fashion than I do. Why not give it a go?

I mentioned it to Andi first. She definitely shops more than anyone I know and she jumped at the chance to get her finely manicured lil hands on my gift cards! She's been trying to steal them for years! A few more chats with a few more friends and whattayaknow....I have a personal shopper lined up every month through September of 2011!!

Several people have asked if I have a blog. Pish Posh I thought, I don't blog. I barely read, let alone write. But one turns into two, two turns into three, which turns into more than a few people asking about a blog. So here I sit in my messy bedroom looking at all of my new outfits (I have yet to master the putting away of clothes) as I write my very first blog. I plan to upload photos of everything bought for me and a lil something about each of my personal shoppers/ awesome friends. If you wish, please enjoy I HATE SHOPPING.

Lola