8 List Maven Shopping Indulgences

While travel is my blogging forte, I love writing about beauty and fashion here at Splendicity.  I thought it would be a great way to get in touch with my inner girliness.

It’s been great fun, but I’ve recently learned that it can also be quite expensive.  Here are 10 indulgences that prove my point:

1. I chose to buy an entire set of new makeup (MAC) to go to Europe, and I justify it by saying it’s research for two blogs.
2. I bought two different kinds of mascara, again claiming it was research – making comparisons for an upcoming product review.
3. Sephora has lots more stuff besides mascara, and since I’m here I need sunscreen, something to keep my hair from frizzing, some new perfume, and oh, did you see that lip-gloss.
4. Summer in Seattle, and that means new sunglasses (a pair by Marc Jacobs)
5. Even though the weather is too hot for baths, I can stock up for winter, and everything at Lush smells so good.
6. A new pair of walking shoes for Italy – of course, that’s practical.
7. Shorts, yep, I need several new pair, and they’re on sale (several walking length, and a couple shorter fun length).
8. This sun hat is just so darn cute, and I would look adorable wearing it as I wandered through Italy (from Eric Javits, in photo), and oh look, it squishes for travel.

Every purchase was practical in more than way.  Shopping isn’t a habit, it’s practical research.  And if it is a habit, it’s one that I don’t want to break!

Photo credit: Nordstrom