Somewhere between the witnessed events of strewn merchandise all over the shop floor, throngs of frenzied shoppers barging into me, and that lipstick stain on that pretty top i found on sale, I have lost most of my enthusiasm for shopping in stores.
You always get brand new, unworn and never tried on pieces when you shop online, usually wrapped neatly in its original plastic bag. Unlike shopping instores, you don’t have to worry so much about hygiene when you receive your purchases in the mail. Not just in matters of hygiene, there are a few other perks of shopping online. For example, I love that when you order a jacket from TOPSHOP.com, it comes with a brand new TOPSHOP hanger in a huge sturdy polka-dotted box, so pretty that I don’t even throw it away. Everything smells and looks new and dandy, making the postage costs worth every single penny.
I was reminded of how much I love online shopping today when I received my new shoes by Nine West. As you can see from the pictures, each shoe has been individually wrapped and it even had a plastic cast that helps the shoes keep its shape.
Perhaps its just me but I find that every time I purchase something online, the item always looks much better in real life than in its photographs. I love that sensation of a discovery like that and I have always been lucky that all my online purchases have fitted me perfectly despite not having a chance at all to try it on.
Especially with these shoes which I had to order in 1/2 a size up that turned out to be my size after all. I was extremely delighted to see that Nine West’s UK 4 is equivalent to a US 6 even though it has always been known to me that a UK 4 is equivalent to a US 7. Strange, but lucky.
These shoes are relatively comfortable but I can tell that it will really wear out my leg muscles if I walk in them too much because of the weight. Also, I think if the black satin straps were purple, they would make a much prettier shoe. What do you reckon? Hmm…
Can’t wait to wear them out tomorrow night!
i LOVE the green in them
I love getting online purchases as well for the same reasons… but I think it takes a bit of shopping luck as well, many times I’ve received something that was quite distasteful and not same as the online picture. I guess you have shopping luck! Love those shoes, still contemplating whether or not to buy them too! heh
Nice shoes. Which site do you use to order from nine west? I go to their normal site but it says they don’t ship internationally (I’m in wales too!).
I think a 4 is definately more like a US 6. I’m 4.5 and I can take a 6.5 or 7 but my feet are a bit wide.
I love online shopping too, although in my case it’s more of a necessity than anything else because most of the “real” shops where I live are rubbish, and so I have to rely on the web.
I do think you need a lot of luck, too, though – I’ve had to send lots of stuff back in the last couple of weeks because it didn’t fit, I didn’t like the fabric or, in one case, they sent the wrong item.
Love those polka dot Topshop boxes, though
think it’d be lovely with purple, but this black and green combo is pretty rockin-regal, hahah.
ohh i’m in love with these shoes.
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Awesome choice..! I too got my shoes right after a day I placed the online order and of course I paid nothing for the shipping. Obviously, they are really catching my heart even that was my first order in Nine West.