You know you spend too much money when....

nobody@vox.com(Heike) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:50:04 -0400

the salesperson at Ann Taylor remembers you by name! I swear, I haven't been in that Ann Taylor for at least two month (I've, of course, been in others in the meantime)... a saleswoman that has helped me in the past, remembered me and greeted me by name.... I go by "Melanie" in cases like that -- no one stands a chance of remembering Heike....

I bought a top and a pair of 3/4 length pants for $30 - such a steal! I LOVE ANN TAYLOR!

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My "What Not to Wear" Epiphany"

nobody@vox.com(Heike) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:15:32 -0400

My mom and I LOVE "What Not to Wear" Tonight, they had a "Where Are They Now" Episode looking back to 8 previous woman who had been on the show.... as I'm watching, I realize that I have a quite a few pieces of clothing that need the heave-ho. Honestly, college doesn't seem like all that long ago, but in reality, anything that I bought when I was a sophmore is now 10 years old. Yikes.... this has been on my mind a little this week - it dawned on my, as I was trying to stay awake in my exam class on tuesday night that the tee-shirt I had thrown on for class I had purchased in high school.... um, yeah, graduated in 1996.

So, I have decided that tomorrow I am going to put on a dippy chick-flick and PURGE. Called my mom during one of the commercial breaks and told her. She is thrilled to DEATH. She is coming down to Philly to visit (in honor of her birthday) the weekend after Labor Day. I promised to save my purge clothes for her so she can see. She wants me to put them on for her so she can poke fun at me (I may skip that part!). It bring my mother tremendous joy to help others purge. She is a fabulous organizer and would be fabulous on those house-make-over shows when you have to get rid of your crap and they redo your house all nice and organized... I wish I had taken photos of all the stuff we got rid of when she was here last Thanksgiving... Adam had less fun that day, but it was because more of his stuff got purged.

Best of all, she and I are going to go shopping to fill my closet back up with fun-hip modern clothes... a shopping exersion was already on my mind since there is an office rumor that we are going back to business-professional. While my initial reaction to that news was "Yeah, I get to do more shopping at Ann Taylor:" It dawned on me that I would have to actually WEAR those clothes, ALL THE TIME! Considerably less fun... may be time to start working from home more regularly. Anyway, I digress... my mom was thrilled at the thought of playing What Not to Wear with me and said to me three times "Will you call me Stacy while we are shopping" {She's one of the hosts} -- Pretty funny.

I actually really enjoy shopping with my mom now that I am older. I've accepted my weight (although I will probably always want to be slimmer), and have learned to just mock her when she complains that the Size 4 is to big on her, as I squeeze into an 8 or 10. She's very good at helping me find things that I feel good about myself in and compliment my (ample? curvy?) figure.

Should be a fun weekend when she visits

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You know you spend too much money when....

My "What Not to Wear" Epiphany"