Forever January

A cheap $9 garter belt because you’ve lost too much weight for your old one to fit is a steal (until you get home to find that you really miss your old, higher quality one and will just have to fork out the $40 for a different size of the same belt).

But I digress. The woman at the store who rang me up said, “What? $9? Are you sure you want this?”

“Uuuummm … yes?”

“It’s not even a whole stocking! $9 dollars … that’s just too expensive.”

And I couldn’t help but thinking, “Lady, you should have been there the time I shelled out $80 for a Betsey Johnson scarf/hat and squawked about THAT!”

I firmly believe we budget and make allowances for the things that matter to us, and in the world of Rowan some of those things would be: travel, beautiful items and items that enhance my appearance. I don’t make these impulse purchases all the time, but to me I find it paramount to my happiness that occasionally I splurge and buy something beautiful for myself — and whether that means an expensive bottle of perfume or a Betsey Johnson scarf/hat, then so be it. Je suis une femme!

That said, I want the same woman to squawk when I finally purchase my first Hermès scarf. And oh yes, sir! One day I will have an Hermès scarf.

I don’t find that I am materialistic so to speak, but I do enjoy beautiful things. I don’t view my possessions as necessary in my life — I could give them all up for the right reason — and they are not “status symbols”. It is simply that I find when I dress well, smell good and look nice, I feel beautiful.

And that’s what’s MOST important.

A photo taken with the Betsey Johnson scarf/hat equipped. I really need to move to a colder climate so I’ll have more chances to wear her outside.