Sacks of sadness ...
Quick question: What are you planning to blow your year-end bonus on?
If your wishlist is long and full of frivolity, high five, you’re my kind of woman … and like me, we’ll probably need to implement some sort of austerity drive.
Just take it from the following roll call of poor unfortunate souls – all of whom are the herworldPLUS team’s nearest and dearest! – and the uh, shall we say ill-advised purchases they’ve made in the past year.
Flash these #confessions to your colleagues if they ask why you’re smirking in your cubicle on the eve of the new year, and let’s resolve to be both frugal and fabulous come 2015!
I'm all about the bass ...
“I bought two oversized blouses that were … not ‘oversized’ enough; I had to give them away to a friend." – Angel, accountant
Pleather + perspiration = TMI?
“I bought a snug pleather top that seemed to fit well in the air conditioned dressing room, but when I wore it out in our weather, my skin couldn’t breathe at all. I had to go to the restroom to mop up all the perspiration on my back. I had to do it again after lunch. Haven’t touched that top since.” – Cara, communications assistant
Too sexy for my shirt ...
“I bought a swimsuit online that turned out to be well, way sexier than it looked on the shopping site. And It didn’t even fit me in the right places!” – Cory, graphic designer
The struggle is real for hipster Dads
“I got a gimmicky box that was supposed to cut butter into perfect squares when you press it down onto a wire grid. To be fair, I bought it on my cool Dad’s insistence; he said I don’t understand my daily struggle. #FirstWorldProblems” – Xinying, fashion writer
Lonely soles
“A pair of regular black sneakers. Two weeks later, I bought the same exact sneaker, except they were the ‘platform’ version. I still wear the platforms to death, but the regular ones are still rotting in the box.” – Bernice, intern
Shoe away the blues
“I’ve just bought a pair of plimsolls that cost me $20, as I just couldn’t continue walking in my heels. That wasn’t even the first time I bought flats due to my inability to walk in heels. Actually, that’s my life in a nutshell – a recurring series of bad shoe shopping decisions.” – Lin, account executive