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Shopper’s Lust - Resistance is Futile

marimekko1I do the bulk of my shopping in person, so it’s rare that a JPEG alone inspires that want-it-need-it-have-to-have-it-feeling that inevitably results in the purchase of a particular item. But after last week’s Designer Slumdown, I couldn’t shake my shopper’s lust for the H&M + Marimekko dress. I had to see it. I had to touch it. I had to try it on. I have to stop equating shopping with sex if I ever want to get laid. Anyway.

Not all H&M’s are created equal; in my experience, the one on 59th and Lex puts its counterparts to shame. My Marimekko was as good as its photo promised, albeit missing a price tag. I assumed it was around $50 - not so. $69.95. Oy vey.

I generally loathe the idea of spending more than $50 on one item. But when it’s something you can’t stop thinking about, the frustration of not having it is infinitely more agonizing than shelling out an extra $20.

Yes, we’re still talking about a dress. ;)

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