First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

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Shopping Tale from Cyber Monday

November 30, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

On Black Friday, against my better judgment, I went shopping. On the hunt for a marked down “puffer” jacket, I roamed through crowded stores ranging from The Gap to Neiman Marcus. I need the jacket (really, I do!) for a trip to Memphis this weekend, and though it may seem over the top to bundle up for Tennessee, I’m an L.A. weather wimp, with no real outerwear to call my own.

No one dragged me shopping, and I love a bargain as much as the next woman, but I lack the patience to comb through racks of unsorted merchandise for a gem in the rough.  (I’m not a flea market shopper either.) I prefer experts to do the curating for me, so that everything I look at is beautiful and easy to find. I often sit out sales, and live in regret when I hear about the amazing discounts I’ve missed. Which is probably why I hate online dating. Spending hours squinting at thumbnail photos of men I have no desire to go out with, in the hopes of finding that one decent guy (that fits), really depresses me.

On the bright side, it’s Cyber Monday and I counterintuitively darted to the mall, and found the cutest black puffer at H&M. This one fits like a dream, for only $49.95.

(Photo by Trent Parke, 2006, Magnum Photos.)

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