Socks

I don't really understand...I'm a total hypocrite to myself. I think of myself as fair, optimistic and savvy...I try to budget shop, not paying too much for everyday items. So I think about myself in this elevated way...yet the TRUTH is, I'm cheap, too practical and down-right irritated not to buy items at bargain basement prices. Does that make me a curmudgeon? Did I spell that right!?!

My dilemma? My husband needs socks. His tastes are very practical and very simple. Just white ankle sports socks. NOT DIFFICULT...well, for you maybe.

So I love to shop online...the convenience, the MONEY I save by NOT setting foot (ha) in a store! I do it DAILY for my business and for personal items. I'm good at it and enjoy it! So I go online...searching...for brand x white ankle socks.

I can purchase a package of 3 pairs for $9 on amazon. Or from the brandname website for $12. Or Penney's for $15 for 3 pairs. Oh, there are two other sites, same price, 3 pairs for $12. So what is the deal here...I can't seem to click the BUY button!

Do you EVER have these weird issues!??! It's like "I want them on SALE". There's a WHOPPING one, two or three dollar difference between each webstore. Geesh, they are socks, BUY 'EM!!

I confess, this is SO embarrassing, but I have been THREE times to buy socks and I just can't do it.

I think something might be wrong with me. I think...I'm not just CHEAP, but maybe SUPER-cheap. Yep. I see myself as this sophisticated, bargain-hunting fashionista (I'm NOT a fashionista, but I like the word)...this woman-of-the-world-who-can-do-anything...but dag-nab-it I can't seem to BUY SOCKS!

Maybe I have a sock-phobia...I mean before my sister got married I was told the fiance needed "white dress socks"...so I searched the mall (when I shopped at the mall)...MANY stores later only to realize that "white dress socks" don't exist. (You are not surprised. Thank you.) So, there was my first sock issue. We still joke about it, I mean come on, only Naval officers in their dress whites wear WHITE DRESS SOCKS!! Oh, and my 4 year old at Easter.

I'm going to be brave. I'm just going to do it. Buy socks, I mean. I'm giving myself a deadline of midnight tonight. Thank you very much for listening. Thanks for helping me work through this. I'll check back in with you and let you know what I decided. I'm sure you'll wait with baited breath.