How (Not) To Save Money

**I rate this PG for violence and gore. If you are faint of heart, please do not watch this video.

Step 1.
Turn to online window-shopping as an outlet for stress.

Step 2.
Ahh, the sweet relief that pretty things bring... I do believe I don't have that, or anything remotely similar, in my wardrobe... HMMM.

Step 3.
Obsess about said pretty things and convince yourself that they are an investment and you've got nothing like them (yet), and fantasize about how they will go with every single thing you own or are going to buy. Feel sad that shipping is the bombz. Awww, bummer.

Step 4.

Recall that shipping to the US is cheap and contemplate emailing a friend to ask if she could bring it back.

Step 5.

Further convince yourself that you need to make the most of your shipping in these dire times and end up picking even more items that weren't originally within budget.

Step 6.

Draft out a very polite plea to your friend and save it in your drafts folder for when you decide on all the 2340981546 things you wish to buy.

Step 7.

Realise that your friend has limited luggage space.

Step 8.

Calculate how much it costs after the conversion. Probably a jaw-dropping sum by now.

Step 9.

Go back and ogle to your hearts content at the impossibly high heels and pretty frocks and useless wardrobe 'staples' you have picked out.

Step 10.

Sigh, resigned to fate, and return to the origin of the stress which induced this whole cycle in the first place.

Should I?
XOXO


(Images from Urban Outfitters, ASOS, Redo Redux on Etsy and Shoes and Your Mom)