<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/benny_lin/276203090/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5369" title="276203090_b151d039c6" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/276203090_b151d039c6-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>Yesterday I worked through my extreme loathing of shopping and surprised myself with an enjoyable and successful lunchtime shopping expedition.

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I now ready for my Santa Barbara trip as well as a Hot Date (I'm working on manifesting this one into my life) for which I will don Greatest Date Outfit in the History of the World.

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For Day 212, I originally scheduled another soul-scintillating activity that I would delve into during my lunch hour.  Little did I know that I would be distracted by a Banana Republic email luring me in with a 40% discount on all tops in the store.  For 3 hours only.  At lunchtime, of course.

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Let me share that I've been on the Banana Republic email list for years.  YEARS!  I'm not sure why, because I delete all their emails.

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But now, with my lunchtime shopping radar finely tuned, I not only read the email, but I acted on it.  I dissed my original plans for shopping.   I'm so ashamed.

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I need an intervention.  Now.