Overcoming My Online Shopping Phobia

Fear is a primal human emotion. It prevents us from getting hurt and making really big mistakes. But it can also be a energy usurping parasite that stops you from living at all. Some people even live in that constant fear or making decisions just because they're scared they are not making the right one and that can go from picking what take-out restaurant to order from to taking your next career move. Sadly, I can include myself in that group of annoying creatures. However I have great news, I've managed to overcome one of my greatest phobias: ONLINE SHOPPING!!!

That's right, I've put aside all of those "will it fit? will I like it?" fears and just ordered something: This jacket from Asos.com that I talked about here. It was on sale and I thought "What the hell! Just order it!" And so I did!  (Just realized it's no longer on sale. I bought it on sale about a week a go for half the price. Wop wop! It really pays to take chances!)

I got it in the mail yesterday and I can say I was not a bit disappointed. It arrived in perfect conditions and it looked exactly like I expected it to look, which it was not like it looked in the pictures. I believe we always need to have realistic expectations when it comes to that. It also won't look as good on you as it does on the model! Duhh!

I just didn't get it so right on the size. I ordered a size 22 and it's a bit big on me. I'm usually a size 16/18 but it kinda works because of style and shape of the jacket. I could send it back, but it's really not worth the trouble. And it was my own fault really, I measured myself with a tiny metric tape and kinda calculated a size. Not smart! However it was an overall positive experience and I might do it again if I ever fall in love with an item like I did with this one. Just don't expect me to stop shopping in physical stores, because that's a pleasure I'm not willing to give up.

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Dear Santa, I Swear I've Been Nice #4

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I know I need a coat, not a jacket, but Christmas presents aren't about needs are they? They're about wants and I want this jacket.

It's so cool and it's almost an exact replica of my favorite jacket when I was 17. It's worn to death and it doesn't fit anymore (I was skinny back then), but I'll never part ways with it.

So, did you like it? Do you also have a piece that you don't wear anymore but that you can't seem to get rid of?

Sei que preciso de um casacão e não de um blusão, mas os presentes de Natal nada têm a ver com necessidades. Têm a ver com desejos e eu desejo este casaco.

É tão giro e quase uma réplica do meu casaco preferido de quando tinha 17 anos. Foi usado até à exaustão e já não me serve (é, eu era magrinha naquela altura), mas nunca me vou conseguir desfazer dele.

Gostaram deste casaco? E também têm alguma peça que já não usem, mas que não conseguem deitar fora? Contem-me tudo!

 

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Resident Obsession

Milla Jovovich as Alice in "Resident Evil: Afterlife"(2010)

Milla Jovovich as Alice in "Resident Evil" (2002)

In the last month I've watched "Resident Evil : Afterlife" twice. I have this thing with zombies... Don't judge! However my favorite thing in the movie has nothing to do with flesh-eating beings. I'm completely obsessed with the jacket Milla Jovovich is wearing in the movie (first picture) . It's so cool, so relaxed and so warm. After all, she was supposedly wearing it in Alasca... But this isn't the first time I've obsessed over Milla Jovovich's outfits. Back in 2002 when the first "Resident Evil" was released I became slightly obsessed with her boots. Black leather knee-high boots that just kicked ass. I looked all over and I finally found ones that looked just like hers. They were expensive but they lasted until I was in my 3rd year of college, so about 6 years. And I wore them a lot. They were my badass boots and I must say I feel less of a badass without them. 

Do you have an item or outfit that makes you feel like you can take on the world?

No último mês, vi o "Resident Evil : Afterlife" duas vezes. Tenho uma certa queda por zombies...Não vale gozar! No entanto, a minha coisa preferida no filme não tem nada a ver com comer pessoas. Eu estou é completamente obcecada com o casaco que a Milla usa no filme. É tão cool, tão casual e deve ser tão quentinho! Afinal, ela está no Alasca...supostamente. Mas já não é a primeira vez que fico obcecada com os looks da Milla. Em 2002, quando saiu o primeiro "Resident Evil", fiquei "um bocadinho" obcecada com as botas dela. Botas pretas de cabedal até ao joelho que simplesmente arrasavam. Procurei por todo o lado e acabei por encontrar umas muito parecidas com as dela. Foram um pouco caras, mas compensou porque as usei até para aí o meu terceiro ano da faculdade, ou seja, duraram 6 anos. E eu usei-as bastante. Eram as minhas botas de mazona, e confesso que me sinto um bocadinho menos mazona sem elas.
E vocês têm alguma peça ou conjunto que vos faça sentir poderosos e capazes de enfrentar o mundo todo?