Breaking Even
It was the kind of shopping trip where you only buy things that you should have owned already. A stress-free operation in which personal style is simply not at stake. You choose the things that look most like the things that are already in your closet. There is no need to innovate. You end the day looking virtually the same as you did before, but with a deep sense of satisfaction and completeness.
That is, until you look inside the shoebox and realize that you picked up two right boots.
