Spending Moratorium 2014: Week 1 & 2

$52.97 @ The Vitamin Shoppe
$10.24 @ Macy’s
$110 @ Josh’s Valentine gift
$125 @ my dentist
$200 @ District Court of Maryland
$31.97 @ Nine West
$156.51 @ Rizik’s
$9.60 @ Red Top Cab

I’m on a sort of health kick, in conjunction with my plan to not be a fatty in 2014. So I purchased 2 Dr. Oz recommendations for weight loss: Relora and tart cherry juice. I also threw in some cranberry pills for the lady bits, you know. The tart cherry juice can also be purchased at Harris Teeter, but I didn’t even finish one bottle of the concentrate before it expired. I am just not a juice fan. I am taking the pills with regularity. Plus one!

Also, the Vitamin Shoppe smells like poo.

We ended up doing a Secret Valentine at work, and my Valentine wanted Frango mints, sold exclusively at Macy’s. Thank goodness there was a Valentine promo. My true Valentine got two tickets to see Richard III at the Folger Theatre next month. Wonder who he was take as his plus one?

The dentist and District Court charges will be reimbursed by MetLife (let’s hope) and my work, respectively. Finally we have my formalwear charges for Josh’s black tie work event at the end of the month. I searched every store between Dallas and DC that sold long formal dresses. I ended up with a $60 dress from Nordstrom Rack, in blue. It fit like a glove, but just skewed matronly. I purchased it because one long dress was better than no long dress. But once I read the online reviews and saw that the number one admirer of this design was MOB/MOGs trying to look their best at their children’s weddings, I quickly began to hate the dress.

American clothing manufacturers, I am JUST 20 pounds overweight (down 8lbs since January 1). And you LITERALLY made me feel like I should be shopping at Georgia Tent and Awning. Eff oh.

By the grace of God, and Tiffany’s faith, I found something suitable at Rizik’s, a real old school ladies clothier downtown. It needs alterations, which cost me a cab ride to drop off at the tailor. The shoes I purchased are even further on sale now. I’m going to see if they do price adjustments.

Now would be the time to mention Josh was NOT a fan of those shoes and wanted me to just purchase these instead. Pretty sure thousands of women in America would want to slap me if they overheard our conversation in the Nordstrom make-up department last Saturday where I talked Josh out of the purchase.

I take my spending moratoriums seriously.