Best Ebay Buy EVER

I am J Crew's Bitch. I can't help myself. I love those pretentious bastards. Every time I get one of those catalogs with preppy overpriced clothing (weekly it seems, but don't let it fool you: only the cover changes), I lose all of my bargain shopping instincts. How can I not when they have all of these delicious-sounding colors like citron or welsh purple?

So I'm looking at the catalog and I see these shoes:


Love, love love!!! But, alas, they are $268 and way out of my bargain-shopping price range. Dejected, I head to my ninewest.com website. I spy these:

Reasonable facsimile? Oh, yeah! Alas, they are $99 and still out of my price (not to mention size range). What's a girl to do?? EASY! Head to EBAY!

These shoes, my friend, I not only find....I successfully bid on and win for $9.99!!! Take that, J Crew!

I also have outfoxed ebay in that the Rugged Warehouse here in my 'burg recently has had J Crew suiting for $12.99 per piece. Yeah, I feel like I've gotten over....while still maintaining that fresh-faced, preppy, standing on the Scottish moor-like glow, but somehow with more money in my tight-wad pockets.

I love you, J! Keep inspiring me to dress cool!