I assuaged my concerns about the cost by reassuring myself that the entire outfit could be worn again and again, either together or separately.
I now owned what I believed was called a “capsule wardrobe,” clothes which were appropriate for most social events
that the musician and I might attend together. I’d look right in them, on his arm.
An evening at the ballet, perhaps? The opening night of a new play?
I knew he’d be opening up uncharted worlds for me. At least now I had the appropriate shoes for them.
I’d spent more in these last few weeks than I usually spent in a year.
Social interaction, it appeared, was surprisingly expensive—the travel, the clothes, the drinks, the lunches, the gifts.
Sometimes it evened out in the end—like with the drinks—but, I was finding out,
more often than not, one incurred a net financial loss.
I’d a bit of money saved up, but it only amounted to a month’s wages or so, and Bob’s paychecks were far from generous.
I saw now that this had only been possible because I hadn’t had much requirement to spend money on the social aspects of life before now.
Mummy liked to live extravagantly, but after... everything changed...
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