....one minute you have none then all of a sudden three come at once.
The shopping fairy is a tricky little minx indeed. I get the feeling I'm meant to be learning some lesson here. Let me explain...
Remember I told you how I had some great Jazz shoes? How I finally succumbed to them after many long months of pondering? Well I technically didn't have them. I had ordered them online from Office. Well a week came and went and no sign of the shoes so after some serious Miss Marpling I discovered they were out of stock (finding out from Office that they don't have your shoes isn't as easy as you think - they don't answer emails, they don't answer the phone and they don't send emails, you only know if you're getting your order if you happen upon the section of their site called My Office, which to me isn't immediately obvious).
Anyway, thwarted I began a hunt for alternatives. After lots of internet searching I came across a Canadian shoe shop which sold these ones by Ash:
They weren't exactly what I was after but they were brown which I quite fancied. I will end up paying alot for these as I will be humped on customs charges - so they'll work out at about £150. But I figured I'd torture myself if I didn't get them. So these bad boys are winging their way to me as we speak.
Then on Saturday night Queen Marie was looking online and found the Repetto ones (I had looked for these after I discovered the Office ones were no more, but I couldn't find them). And I really loved them. So I bought them too, in black.
Unfortunately I can't send the Ash ones back as they are a final sale. So now I've got two pairs. But my dear Prince said he'd help me pay for the Repetto ones so that took the edge off.
Then this morning I get a little note from the postman saying he tried to deliver a package but I wasn't in. I couldn't for the life of me think what it could be. I buy alot stuff online so I assumed it was just something I'd just forgotten about...then it dawned on me this afternoon - I bet it's the shoes from Office! Low and behold, I go into My Office and there is a 'shipped' notice saying my shoes have been sent out afterall!
So now I have 3 pairs of friggin jazz shoes!!! So instead of spending the rather reasonable £45 which I had originally planned, I've now spent £365!!
The exact same thing happened with the Chloe shoes - one minute I had none then I had 3! Yep, that shopping fairy sure is trying to tell me something...
Queen Michelle
