I NEED some of those strappy clogs…
Jenny
x
I keep deciding I need more lipstick, spend an hour choosing the colour, and then get home to discover it’s excactley the same as all my other lipsticks. Does this count?
Nicky x
Hi (india1) - from one Nicky to another
I think anything quite unnecessary like that counts!
Nicky x
The great thing about chemotherapy (starting to sound naeseoating…naeseatin…sickmakingly positive!) is that is did open me up to the world of hats. I had never worn hats before, being of the belief that they didn’t suit me. Now I always wear a jaunty little number often a beret, got a great one from covent garden with patterns on it before xmas. If we are to have an alternative fashion show I insist on including a beret of some nature, or perhaps a flying helmet. Over and out
ohhh Celeste, does that mean I can wear my ski stylie hat which is black with a bright orange mohican down the middle… what the HELL was I thinking!!
Never worn it, reckon it would go great with the whole fuscia deal 
Nikki
Umm - i bought a fleece hat which looks a court jester hat with green, red and yellow tassles coming out off it - not sure it will go with the fushcia ball gown but I’m sure between us we could rustle up a handbag or a pair of shoes to go with it.
Damn - keep heading back to Jan Jansen and those clogs and can feel my switch card twitching in my handbag!!! What doi do - onlybought a football magazine and a ‘Toxic’ magazine today. T he internet makes it too easy to spend!!!
Will trry to get back to sleep again now.
Night all.
Kate
Ooh Kate, if you do, I will. I love those clogs…
Jx
right, it’s confession time…not sure if it’s this thread that’s caused the problem or a recent conversation with my oncologist…but my recent purchases have got to a point where my neighbours think i’m having affairs with delivery drivers…
but…i had to have the handbag, then the purse looked so lovely with it that i had the both…that eased the blow of my recent conversations…then i realised that i needed a ball gown for my dance show, so i got a lovely little green chiffon number and yes and some satin shoes to match…obviously!
then i saw another bargain handbag that needed me, so i rescued it, also i though i deserved some nice smelly goods so i ordered a container load from boots which conveniently arrived this morning while my husband wasn’t in. then i sent a shopping list to new york which came back this week which also included a handbag or 2 and a few clothes that i really needed and a few smellies and oh it goes on.
but at the end of the day i feel happy so surely it’s good for me and everyone around me…isn’t it???
but as celeste says…hats!! i haven’t bought one for a while (december) so i think i might have to have a look in that area for a while…
cheers ladies and heres to more pointless, but inner self happiness shopping…
After the men in white coats and the men in beards had failed her Ruth Picardie wrote a lovely piece about her discovery of the real cure…retail therapy. She recommended the Ghost sale.
Jane
I didn’t think I was a shoe person, really, but those Jan Jansen things are great. And compared to the price of the shoes, the clogs actually look a bargain. Who was it who bought a pair? Are they comfy? If so, that will cinch it for me.
Deirdre
It’s the smellies that do it for me. I can’t go anywhere without buying one…or two…
Also, I went and bought a velvet knee length dress! This from somebody who’s been living in jeans for the past 20 years!
Peggy
Hi Deirdre,
I have 7 pairs all very different, weird heels bright colours 40’s 50’s 18th century all individual and soooooo comfy even capecitabine feet could walk in them!
Love Debsxxx
Oh any one buying them Annie has some good sale stuff so don’t pay web price check and I will try for a discount.
Hi all,
Think I’m the opposite to you all - I’ve stopped buying stuff and now actually look at things, think do I really need them, and put them back !! This is quite worrying … mind you holiday is booked for June and I am starting to look for spring/summer things so perhaps it’s wearing off…
Liz x
MINE WAS 4 OR 5 BRAS I DIDN’T REALLY NEED SINCE I HAVE HAD A DOUBLE MASECTOMY AND IMPLANTS. I THINK I LIKE THE IMPLANTS BETTER THAN THE OLD ONES AS THEY DON’T LAY ON MY CHEST! THAT MIGHT JUST BE MY SILVER LINING!!! WELL LADIES, DO YOU THINK WE CAN COLLECTIVLEY END THE DEPRESSION / RECESSION?
oh not again, just bought a load of make up - I hardly wear it. How could I say in Harvey Nicks ‘I have no money’ especially after they had given me a facial one hour and fifteen minutes worth for £25. T’was gorgeous, but my income only equals primarni at the mo. What am I doing?. I need the shoes really especially if they are comfortable - where are the clogs everyone keeps talking about?
Hi all,
I know this thread is meant to be very light hearted and a bit of fun, but please consider those reading with a secondary diagnosis who may be suffering financially because of their medical condition.
Many thanks,
Jo, Facilitator
Hi all,
I hope I have not posted an inconsiderate post. I would like you all to know the shoes I have, have been presents from my hubby and bought over the last 5 years. We are not rich and have not had a holiday for the last couple of years, only weekend breaks. Why have I even reacted must be my hormones!
Love Debsxxx
Mine too then,
A lot of us are struggling financially because of secondaries and credit crunch.
Surely that does not mean we cannot post about our own ridiculous ways in dealing with all this crap.
Buying a lipstick you dont need, or bras that are unnecessary are not a sign of us boasting about our wealth.
I live in a small house with a big mortgage. I have a big credit card bill because I spend, as i do not know how deal with the shitty hand I have been given.
Knowing that my family are going to lumbered with the debt does not help, but does not stop me. It is a problem.
Psychological problems I thought that BCC would be more aware of .
Making light of it helps. Sorry if us confessing comes across as bragging!!
Jo…I think you’ve missed the mark here.
Of course women who use these forums vary greatly in their finanical security…as do all women irrespective of whether they have cancer at all, irrespective of whether a secondary or primary diagnosis.
This has been a funny thread but perhaps you have to be in the predicament we’re in to appreciate it…
Jane
I think BCC has missed the point. I hardly think those of us that have posted to this light hearted thread are bathing in wealth and have nothing better to do than spend our wads of spare cash as a means of coping with the fact that we are all going to die prematurely. I think when faced with death sooner rather than later you do adopt a feeling of why not? whether you have the cash or not - that is the point BCC, whether you have the money or not. Hence feelings of guilt … hence credit card bills… hence (I hate this term) … credit crunch.
This thread has made me laugh a lot in the time that it has been running and I think it is a shame that we should be made to feel unduly chastised not to mention being so misunderstood by the organisation in place to help us cope better.
Angee