Do you know what is my hardest challenge with shopping?  Choosing a color of an article of clothing that comes in many man colors.

Some of my problem comes from my hair.  I have a slight red tinge to my hair, which has gotten even redder this summer, making it near impossible for me to pull off pink clothing.  It has to be just the right shade of pink, which is terribly hard to find.

I used to have a very simple answer to the color question:  black!  In fact, me and my sister Maura used to only get things in black back in the day.  Then we pressured each other to branch out, sometimes to gray, but mostly to navy.  I really like navy, but then you come across the dilemma that you can’t wear navy with dark jeans because then you’re all dark.

I often regret color decisions that I make with clothes, and also spend time agonizing over which color to choose beforehand.  I tell myself to not pick the same colors all the time, and then I branch out to a different color and sometimes it was a mistake.

This problem goes hand-in-hand with my allergy to making decisions.

I leave on Thursday.

I leave on Thursday.

I LEAVE ON THURSDAY!

Not to be a baby, but I’m not ready. I think the only part I have covered at this point is my shoes for work. I actually went shoe-shopping for somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 hours last Wednesday. That’s when I spotted these Converse boots pictured below. Wow. I guess it does take all kinds.

When I was in this store I spotted some shoes that I knew would be perfect for work. So I asked the very flamboyant gentleman who was working to retrieve me a pair in a size 10. I was waiting in the store with my friend Christine for what seemed like a good while, when he comes back with not one, but five pairs of shoes.

He had the shoes in question, then four other pairs he thought I might just… like to buy. And I’m not going to lie to you, he nearly convinced me to purchase a pair of spring patchwork Converse sneakers that were totally awesome and totally unnecessary. But I resisted in the end. Still, this shoe store made a good hire.

So, I have the shoes taken care of… the rest will sort itself out, right?

I bought this in brass/khaki/white on Saturday.

OMG I feel like a new person. I have yet to experience buyer’s remorse.

What should I give up for Lent? Candy? Baked goods? Soda? Expensive handbags?