My Personal Trainer Costs More Than My Rent Increase, I Finally Worked Out If Thats Fine
My landlord raised my rent by $140 a month starting in October. I know this because I got the email, read it twice, said a word I won’t repeat here,…
A Trench Coat Felt Like A Big Commitment Until I Started Wearing Mine Every Week
I built a whole spreadsheet the year I almost bought a trench coat. Not a metaphorical spreadsheet, an actual one, cost per wear projected against a Boston winter that’s really…
Trainers Feeling Tight Out Of The Box Turned Into A Whole Investigation
I bought a pair of white leather sneakers for $34 at the outlet mall two Novembers ago, wore them once to a work dinner, and spent the entire night walking…
The Puffer Jacket Price Tag Made Me Question My Whole Winter Wardrobe
I had the jacket in my cart for eleven days. Eleven. I know that number exactly because I screenshotted it to the group chat on day one as a joke,…
My Chelsea Boots Fit Perfectly In The Shop And Then Betrayed Me By Week Two
The guy at the shoe store had that specific confidence that makes you trust someone you met four minutes ago. Leather stretches, he said, patting the toe of the boot…
My Leather Jacket Got Caught In The Rain Once And I Panicked About Shrinking
Fifteen minutes on a bus stop bench, no cover, jacket soaked through at the shoulders, and I spent the entire ride home mentally drafting how I’d explain to my dad…
My Chelsea Boots Felt Tight For Weeks Before I Trusted Theyd Stretch
There is a specific ankle bone, mine, left foot, that spent three weeks in October convinced I had bought the wrong boots. Not sort of wrong. Fully, return label printed,…
Tights Under Over The Knee Boots Turned Into A Full Debate Getting Ready For A Wedding
My colleague Renata texted me a photo of her over the knee boots at 9:47 on a Saturday morning, wedding at 2, and the message just said “tights or not,…
Chelsea Boots And Skinny Jeans Together Made Someone Raise An Eyebrow At Me
A client texted me a photo from a work event, black Chelsea boots, skinny jeans tucked slightly at the ankle the way they naturally sit, and asked “does this look…
My Personal Trainer Had Opinions About My Corset, I Wasnt Expecting That Conversation
“You know that’s not actually doing anything, right?” That’s what my trainer said, mid squat rack, while I was adjusting my underbust corset between sets like it was a normal…