To think that I'm entitled to buy a new pair of shoes because...

[lovecat]

...last night DH slipped upstairs with my Next Directory, logged on as me and ordered £279-worth of clothing for himself!! (little did he realise the confirmatory email would come to my inbox!)

We are supposed to be economising!

I have held off buying a new pair of 'work' shoes for months (current ones about to fall apart at any moment) because I didn't think I could justify it while the other ones had some wear in them, but quite frankly I'm tempted to go get the most expensive pair I can bleedin' well find right now!

(okay, I probably won't, it won't help our financial situation any for me to go blowing money as well, but Jeez.....)

Grrrrrrrrrr!!

but he doesnt know you can aways send it back

i would spend £279 on shoes

I'd cancel his order.

can you cancel the order? or swop some of it for some stuff for yourself and dc?

buy yourself shoes then and you can both be happy, then economise on other things this month to make it up, and get him to give you a massage to balance out the difference...

buy yourself shoes then and you can both be happy, then economise on other things this month to make it up, and get him to give you a massage to balance out the difference...

Cancel the order and buy yourself some new shoes anyway.

Tbh, he does need new clothes - we're about to go on holiday and he's lost 4 stone doing Lighterlife with me (gone from a n XXL to a medium) - it's just - Next, FFS! Nearly £300!! (I never throw anything out so I've still got my pre-pregnancy size 12's, I don't need new stuff).

It just peeves me slightly that he's done this purely because he can't be arsed to go shopping in real life and therefore go to Primark/F&F for similar items at a third of the price....

Well, dreamymum and Callisto, I like your thinking!

(sadly I cannot ask for a massage, as he gives horrible massages (painful!) but gets hurt if I criticise them)

However, I am gearing myself up to go buy the black suede ballet pumps I have had my eye on in Hobbs - I can even kind of justify the cost (£65 - eep!) because the last pair of them I bought (different colour) have lasted me 4 years so far and are still going strong, so in those terms it's the equivalent of spending £16.25 a year - bargain!

thats the best way - rationalize it by usage over time, i always do that, its a true justification, it works out to just pennies a month.

it is quite cute that he did that at all, nice that he is concerned enough about his dress to choose it himself rather than send you to get 'some black and some white tshirts and some jeans'

I'm trying to claim a new pair of shoes from work because they got peed in.

Naughty Nigella

What do you do for a living ??

Was it an occupational hazard ??

yes am a nurse - just been banned from wearing my machine washable crocs.
expensive leather shoes now a bit hard and smelly.
think i've made my point to them?

NN hope you're successful!

Well, I bought them and they are gorgeous and I want to wear them NOW but i can't cos it looks like it's about to P*ss down...

And I also bought a new suit for work and a dress from Boden... I'm as bad as him, aren't I?