Friday's assortment

-We've established that  Rejected White College Applicant is entitled, just as we caught a similarly barrel-dwelling fish when we confi...

$90 yoga pants revisited

In a recent post on materialism, I gave Lululemon yoga pants as an example of a desired but not that desired purchase. I would like to be a...

Bringing glamor to the woods

Below, three recent or recent-ish things I bought but did not need: - Galaxy-print leggings . At long last! And $20! Which might seem like a...

The wedding not dreamed of since one was a little girl

On today's Savage Lovecast, Dan advises a mother (who's anonymous - this is not a post about parental-overshare) who thinks her 11-y...

Adulthood Studies: how do you buy pants?

I've decided I don't have a problem with leggings , or even leggings-as-pants (despite having once received 15 minutes of fame for ...

Cheapness made easy

Ever since Kei invented the idea of a " wanty list ," I've used this concept in my own life and spending-or-lack-thereof. At a...

Echarpe rouge homme

This afternoon I indulged, from the can't-believe-the-semester's-over-but-need-to-get-back-to-work-soon-anyway-but-oh-it's-nice-...

The day thus far UPDATED

-Car and train trouble, both likely weather-related, but somehow made it to class on time. -Not just in time, but with time enough to inhal...

Ruby slippers

While I was away, I noticed that the shoes were reduced from $150 to $90. And available in the half-size I take. So it had to be done. They ...

Satisfaction guaranteed

A much-anticipated I'm sure update on an earlier wanty list : -The perfect blue nail polish, the Yves Klein painting for your fingernail...

Ring finger as crafts project

Coughing, fixing the parts of my Napoleon chapter that don't require too much intellectual capacity, jogging incredibly slowly around Ge...

Pinteresting

My first thought with Pinterest was that this seemed like a Wanty List organizer, so I was not surprised to see that Kei, originator of thi...

Utterly frivolous things I might buy if they cost half what they do

-Yves Klein Blue nail polish . But at $20 plus $7.50 for shipping... -$70 galaxy-print scarf . -Neon yellow-green J. Crew chino shorts. Same...