de facto redhead

Here lies my shopping bounty, all of which was purchased between May 26 and July 19. Already, two things have been sullied, and that’s the sunglasses and the owl necklace. Firstly, poor Mr. Owl has a broken link and he hangs lopsided from my neck, but Darcy said he could solder it back together, so one of my next adventures could involve finding such a tool for him to do this with. Can’t wait for that, especially since I only found out in the last five years that “solder” is not pronounced at all like it’s spelled. Secondly, ink leaked from a pen in my purse and, among other things, found its way onto my white sunglasses that I hadn’t even had for a week. Wrath was nigh.

But, let’s take stock of the loot as a whole, shall we? If we travel from the bottom right and work clockwise, we have:

A lovely yellow V-neck T-shirt from Wal-Mart ($7); a vintage white seagull brooch ($4) and Mr. Owl ($22) that I bought at the Lacombe Secondhand store while in Alberta; a 1987 Edmonton Klondike Days pin from the Rocky Mountain Antique Mall in Edmonton ($3); a black tuxedo vest from H&M ($10); coloured sandals from Reitmans ($16); black sandals from Forever 21 ($19.80); a black and white retro-style bikini from Joe Fresh ($12 each for top and bottom); (once-pristine) white sunglasses from Joe Fresh ($7); a nautical three-quarter-length-sleeve shirt-dress from H&M ($7); a pink-with-black-and-jewelled-ruffle-collar T-shirt from Forever 21 ($9.99); and a funky, screaming-loud wallet from Winners ($24.99). Missing from this picture is an item I forgot to include but later recalled: a red souvenir T-shirt with an outline of a moose on it ($19.99). (Darcy and I both bought T-shirts when we got back into Ontario; his is black with a big wolf’s head on the front and back – and the wolf has green, glowing eyes. Take from that description what you will.)

So, total spent here, with tax, is $188.21, and that brings my official Tally it Up 2010 total to $464.73. The year is half over, and I haven’t even hit $500 yet, so I’m going to give myself a box of doughnuts and a bag of candy for that little feat, and call it a day.

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