SOMETIMES I WISH MY BOYFRIEND WAS MORE LIKE DEBORAH
Since I've gone into some kind of shopping frenzy while I'm here (made worse since I have, errm, limited funds, meaning that I can spend hours deciding what to buy and prioritise) I'm torturing Alex by talking about what bra styles I should get from VS, what skintype I really am (oily, combination, combination- dry, combination- oily?), cashmere prices, why italian merino wool is better than other wool..... And, naturally, by my talk about handbags. The other day I tried to convince Alex (and myself) that it'd make complete sense to buy the Michael Kors Hamilton bag for 345 dollars. Since if you split it out on cost per wear, it's really not that expensive (I'd use it every day!) and I've wanted it for like a year. Plus, it's like 100 pounds cheaper in the US compared to the UK. Alex took it all in before saying...
"Well, it's cheap if you HAVE 345 dollars...."
"I have 345 dollars!"
"Yes, but you're gonna want to buy other things too and THEN 345 dollars won't be so cheap anymore."
"Well now you're just negative! Why do you ALWAYS have to have such a boring attitude?"
After finding a Bumble and Bumble schampoo that smells like coconut, making Alex smell it, waving my hands in excitement and shouting "my hair can smell like coconut for just 27 dollars!" and him not getting what the big deal was I simply said, "Alex, sometimes I wish you were more like Deborah." Alex said maybe I should call her and tell her everything about the coconut scents. And while I was at it, ask her whether she thought the coconut & vanilla scent or the pure vanilla scent spray from Victoria's Secret was the best one. Apparently this was kind of out of his league. (Debs, Dags and Sissel: if you read this, prepare yourself for getting e- mails asking for advice very soon!) A pro with shopping with my girlfriends is that, as opposed to Alex, my girls have a very, eum, positive attitude when it comes to convincing you of what you need. ("Need" is after all such a relative concept.)
By the way, when I asked Alex about his skin type he said that his skin is so good that he doesn't need a daycream. Now, how annoying is that???
"Well, it's cheap if you HAVE 345 dollars...."
"I have 345 dollars!"
"Yes, but you're gonna want to buy other things too and THEN 345 dollars won't be so cheap anymore."
"Well now you're just negative! Why do you ALWAYS have to have such a boring attitude?"
After finding a Bumble and Bumble schampoo that smells like coconut, making Alex smell it, waving my hands in excitement and shouting "my hair can smell like coconut for just 27 dollars!" and him not getting what the big deal was I simply said, "Alex, sometimes I wish you were more like Deborah." Alex said maybe I should call her and tell her everything about the coconut scents. And while I was at it, ask her whether she thought the coconut & vanilla scent or the pure vanilla scent spray from Victoria's Secret was the best one. Apparently this was kind of out of his league. (Debs, Dags and Sissel: if you read this, prepare yourself for getting e- mails asking for advice very soon!) A pro with shopping with my girlfriends is that, as opposed to Alex, my girls have a very, eum, positive attitude when it comes to convincing you of what you need. ("Need" is after all such a relative concept.)
By the way, when I asked Alex about his skin type he said that his skin is so good that he doesn't need a daycream. Now, how annoying is that???
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