Today having been an unusually slow Wednesday, I decided to actually take a lunch break today and walk up to State Street and do some window shopping. Normally when I make this trek I almost always end up at the Block 37 Anthropologie and come back to work ashamed of that fact that I probably spent more than I could have possibly made that day. But today, I went the other direction and decided to stop into Nordstrom Rack. I almost never dare to walk in there, if only for the simple fact that the first floor of the place always looks like a mob scene and the line is almost out the door. Personally, I don't really like department store shopping that much. I don't care what place it is from Neiman Marcus to Bloomingdale's to the real Nordstrom, I just feel like it is over-whelming and crowded. But today, it didn't seem so bad, so in I went, and all I can say is WOW! All of the great Nord's clothes like Free People, Juicy, Splendid, Theory.... it was ALL THERE! And the Jeans Department! J Brand, Seven's, Joe's, Citizen's, racks and racks of jeans! Wide legs, skinny, cropped, and shorts and in a size 26!!!

I could not believe my eyes. Why on earth have I not discovered this place before? Why at 31, is it the first time that I have ever moseyed in here to look around? Could this be the great discovery of the year? Last year, at 30, it was my real shoe size. Don't ask the details, but it turns out that I'm actually a size 7 and not a 7 1/2 like I previously thought and it has totally revolutionized my ability to walk in pumps and high strappy sandals. Is 31 the year that I finally realize that I can buy the same $180 pair of Citizen's at Nordstrom Rack for a mere $90? Why would regular Nordstrom even still exist? It's right up the street. Are people that excited to drop twice as much cash on the same pair of jeans? Nordstrom is a racket I tell you! Shop Nordstrom Rack!

And the savings makes the shopping bag walk-of-shame back to work so much less shameful...