Willpower

Maybe I've finally wised up, or maybe I've finally grown out of it. Or maybe because my bank account is so crippled. Because I had enough willpower today to walk in to one of my fav shoe shops, large 70%! SALE sign blasting everywhere and resist the most beautiful pair of satin Lacroix shoes. Why? Because. Just because.

Tod's sale, GSS, I've resisted spending so far. Maybe being crippled by H is a good outcome. And even TPF forum is getting a tad too dry and boring for me these past days. Maybe I can only be shallow for this long, and my true inner not-so-shallow self is fighting to return to the surface.

Maybe I'll strike the lottery.

Yeah maybe.

The Virus

C laments the shallow amongst us is deeply inflicted with the H1N2 virus. As in, Have 1 Need 2 (Hermes Bag) virus. Which will shortly multiply and mutate quickly into the H2N3, and then manifests as H3N4 etc etc.

Am afraid he is right. Scary.

This is a deadly affliction with no cure.

Lights for Dimwits

C had to attend a seminar for professionals in his industry. Is it like a light-changing seminar, I asked? So I asked C:

Me: So how many Hollys does it take to change a set of lightbulbs?
C: None. Because she's so dim she doesn't need any light.

Corny. I know.

Class, and Perspectives

Perspective is a strange thing. It just occurred to me this morning (as I was cleaning up dog poo) that there's a real big fuss over a bag costing more than $10K, but people hardly bat half an eyelid or twitch a toenail over a good swiss watch which would cost more than 10K anyway. See these uncles out there with their Loh-lex, or some banker with their Patek...heck, any good watch worth their hand-made parts would set one poorer by over 10K at entry-level. There's even magazine journals and horology magazines and catalogues on these wrist accessories. So what's the big hooha about a hard to get bag? Nothing. Madame Birkin, Herr Muller and Msier Cartier are probably in the same social class. A dozen Madame Birkins and her cousin M'selle Kelly will hardly impress the the lofty M'sier Patek, who will hardly make an appearance unless one's bank account is in the elite class.

So moral of story? No need to bat any eyelashes at the house of H, because the true signal of one's elevated bank account is only shown by the piece worn on your wrist.

Welcome to Shallow Club

So I jumped on the shallow club bandwagon, in a moderately big way. To quote Veron, "last time you were not so shallow, now getting shallower. Ha ha". And so did YP, with her Happy Diamonds. The person I'd least expect though is C. Apparently the dude happened to pass-by a reseller of designer bags store and decided to kaypoh a bit. Conversation with rather snooty sales girl went like this:

C: Is that a Birkin bag?
Snooty: No it's a Kelly.
C: How much for it?
Snooty: $12,500.
C: That's pricey.
Snooty (with a bit of snob): Well the price is like that one. It's not as if you can get this bag anywhere.
C: Not reallly. My gf just bought one recently.
Snooty (with a Yeah right look): There's a waitlist one. You can't just buy it off the shelf.
C: Nope, we can just fly to Japan to buy it. Anyway she already bought 2 bags from there, I just wanted to get her another one in a different colour.
Snooty: ......

C exits.

Wow, didn't think my usually very diplomatic and generous-hearted bf had it in him to suan a salesperson. Lesson for Ms. Snooty? Don't think your customers are not well educated by their partners. Ahahahahhaah.

And to C, I say, Welcome to the Shallow Club.

Italian vs French

Finally it has come to this - Tod's sale tomorrow and for the first time in ....7 years maybe, I'm not going to the sale. Why? Because the French leatherhouse has completely dominated and possessed my time (and my bank account) this past weeks, I can no longer afford Italian.

Is that why French restaurants are frequently more expensive than Italian? These frenchies make one so broke.....

Oh my poor Tods.

sob.

To make oneself

I spend a great deal of my life in pursuit of knowledge. And then some. And these pursuits come at a price. When friends are building their lives in a home and family, I build mine with books, courses, and of recent times ...good quality leather. I'm proud of the fact that I'm a self-made person, depending only on myself for what I have achieved so far.

Long of the short? This is why I have so little savings. Ha ha.

Major milestones:
MBA = 30K
Yoga training + lessons past 8 yrs = same cost as MBA
Good quality leather = reaching MBA
Dogs = luckily not yet reach MBA