The cleanse continues! One month clean and counting ... honestly, I have only purchased one thing and that was tanning lotion but it was to share between myself and Chris because we were out of the one he uses so I'm not even considering that one a purchase.
Earlier I blogged about needing a new suit and how distressed I was that buying a new suit is essentially out of the question within my cleanse. Now I am leaving for New Jersey in a week and I am really distressed because I really do not have a summer suit and I need that competitive edge a fantastic outfit always brings! For my presentation, I do have a few fashion tricks up my sleeve -- both on and off the clothing spectrum -- but I will recap those post-presentation, just to be safe!
So here's what my upcoming week looks like...
Today - tanning, closing at work, working on my presentation
Tomorrow - opening at work, stockroom inventory, tanning (I know, I know but I don't have any other time before the wedding!), my birthday dinner out with Chris & parents
Thursday - sales floor inventory day (i.e. 50+ inventory associates from an outside company in the building counting units during business hours PLUS 35 of my own associates...yikes!), and the bachelor/bachelorette party booze cruise, hotel in boston
Friday - check out of the hotel, mani & pedi, catered lunch for the wedding, rehersal dinner, night out with the girls
Saturday - hair appointment at 11, makeup appointment at 1, wedding at 5
Sunday - post-wedding brunch, more work on the project
Monday - going to Plainville, CT to train with a manager there, finish presentation & practice
Tuesday - host a shoe training session for managers in my district, pack for NJ
Wednesday - fly out to NJ, pick up rental car, check into hotel
Thursday - presentation, fly out of NJ, head home
... thankfully that doesn't leave much time for shopping! But I stand by my claim that a new suit would absolutely, 100% give me a competitive edge in this presentation and I'm not convinced that I can't find some way to get one ... i.e.: my grandmother just sent me a birthday check AND I have a gift card from Express that expires at the end of June for my birthday...
which brings me to my next decision...
I'm sure everyone knows all those little cards and coupons you receive during your birthday month from retailers, especially if you have their house charge card. I recently got one from Express ($15), one from Victoria's Secret ($10), a free drink at Starbucks, and some % off's from other places. I am on a cleanse, but the main goal of the cleanse is to save money and resist the ongoing urge to shop. So, doesn't it seem a little counterproductive to WASTE free money? I thought so, too. So I have decided that within the rules of the shopping cleanse, I am allowed to spend any gift cards that have an expiration date, but the purchase price must be within $5 of the gift card amount. So, if I find a shirt at Express for $19, I can buy it, spend my $15 gift card and only pay $4, which is less than breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. I think this is pretty reasonable.
Doesn't solve my problem with the SUIT, though...
Seriously, this suit thing is the core of the shopping cleanse altogether, so I guess caving in is really five steps backwards. I honestly know that if I have a new suit, I will feel better, present better, you name it. All in the name of fashion! I will continue the cleanse and figure out a way to avoid the suit, but maybe my fashion addiction is in my DNA (thank you, grandmother Arden). Maybe no amount of cleansing will cleanse the desire to acquire a bigger, better wardrobe.
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