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…
Someone at the shop told me point blank that I’d regret it, said her sister wore one to a wedding and spent the entire reception “breathing like a woman in…
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…
I bought a corset off a resale app eleven months ago, a real one, boned with steel not plastic, laced up the back, and it sat in my closet for…
Okay so I posted a #getreadywithme where I mentioned, completely in passing, that I’ve worn a thong every single day for like four years, and I did not expect that…
I’d like a word with the woman standing in a Denver garage in 2011, wriggling into a wetsuit over a bikini she’d bought specifically for a trip to Cabo, convinced…
I texted my esthetician a question I’d been sitting on for two appointments straight: “Should I shave before I come in, or does that defeat the whole point?” Her answer…
I found the bruise four days later, not right after, which is honestly the part that made it worse. I was getting dressed for work and caught it in the…
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,…
I paid $228 for a cashmere sweater in October and by December it looked like it had been in a fight it lost. Little balls of fiber all along the…