I read in the Time’s Home section yesterday that former Domino editors are having a tag sale of their leftover props and accessories from past shoots. It’s 10am on Saturday. I’m desperate to go but there just aren’t enough sexual favors I can do to make up for the time I’d spend away from home or the money I’d spend. Chalk it up to the fresh spring air, the fact that I ignored my home decor hobby all winter, or that that I recently discovered Home Goods—or all three, but I’ve gone from decorating obsessed to decorating possessed. I have this blind urgency to tweak my house, as if my home is ovulating and I have to find an suede tufted X-stool in puce right now, right this very minute and I’ll pay whatever is necessary.

So I have to check my intensity and refrain from the Domino sale, no matter how much I’ll be thinking about it Saturday morning. When I mentioned the sale to my mom even she said, “Stay away! You’ll only find little things you don’t need and blow your budget on whimsy instead of the important stuff like curtains and slipcovers and rugs.” She’s right, of course. But I’m left with trying to find satisfaction in being frugal and cautious and it’s not nearly as fun as it sounds.

Luckily, next week I get to peek in on the Anthropologie Fall preview and John Robshaw is having is sample sale next week so I can get my fix. And darling husband, if you are reading this, please don’t worry, I was only planning on refreshing the guest room and maybe our duvet. I promise to control myself.

John Robshaw Sale: May 14-16

245 West 29th, 6th Floor

212-594-6006

Hours: Thursday and Friday: 10am to 8:30pm

Saturday, 10am to 3pm

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