My Mission: Shoes

This past weekend I was exposed to the magical world of NYC shopping. It is amazing...and it is the dream and ultimate temptation of a girl who loves to shop. And the deals you can find are like nothing I have seen...

My mission that weekend was to find shoes, distinct shoes. I needed a pair to wear with the dress I brought from home for the Karen Walker show and a dinner and traditional pumps to wear with my suit for an interview. And I discovered more then that...oops..I guess! (Not really, I just need to not eat out...at all...like this whole week).

Day 1: Union Square-DSW (which was hiring so I picked up an application...details to come) & surrounding stores. I decided to start there because their shoe collection is amazing and prices range. I found a pair of shoes to wear with my little black dress-silvery snake skin sexy things for $30! I decided not to buy them right away and keep looking just in case. Then I headed to the area by my job. I walked up and down Broadway, discovering niche stores and unbelievable sales. I finally found a pair of flat boots, on clearance for $20! I vacillated and decided that if mom approved, I should not feel bad. She told me to consider it a present from my abuela. Finally, a substitute for the Fuggs!

I did not find reasonable pumps or shoes that I liked better then those at DSW, so I went back and purchased those.

Day 2: Herald Square-the thing about NY is you never know what a store will have so you have to check them all. After finally seeing the world famous Macy's (6 floors! It was amazing)I randomly decided to go inside a Journey's just in case they would have pumps among all those sneakers. And low and behold, in the clearance section, black pumps for $23.99! The whole thing took a whopping 30mins...but now I was free to roam. My Tio would not be done with his radio gig for another hour and half.

I came across something I had not seen since I was in Spain...a Zara! For those who do not know about Zara, it is Spanish based company who is taking over the globe and just now seeping into the US. They are out selling GAP in international sales with their unique strategy: They do not advertise at all, nor put out seasonal collections. They create based on sales...for example. If a particular shirt is a hot item, they will reproduce the shirt until sales fade. The clothing is constantly changing and their prices are very reasonable, so if you see something you like, buy it because it WILL NOT be there a week from now. This drives shopaholics crazy...and as soon as I saw the Zara I had to go in.

The sale was INCREDIBLE. I went through so much clothes on sale but was very selective. I tried on dresses for $20, shirts for $10...and luckily nothing fit quite right. Except for one little T-shirt with a child's artwork on the front, which of course, matched the tone of tan on my boots. It was $8 and in my bag at once.

I had my outfit for Tuesday. =)

Luckily the dinner party was not such a hot event, and the outfit for then will happily be recycled for the Karen Walker after party. Double =)