In the land of make believe

Like a majority of young women in my demographic I read and enjoy celebrity gossip Web sites. Having lunch at my desk is like having lunch at a celeb frequented restaurant like The Ivy...except the food is not as good and the celebs and paps are on my computer screen. While they stress about how to stay relevant in popular culture, I am stressing about making a deadline for work. Tomato, tomato, right?

But recently, I confess I haven't been spending my lunch hour with Perez or Harvey and the TMZ gang. Instead, I've been doing a little shopping...in the land of make believe. I've been picking out clothes, shoes, bags and stuff for my place without abandon. As a matter of fact, today alone my online cart at J.Crew was well over $400. Crate & Barrel: $3,500. Bloomingdales? $4,000...and that was on bags alone. I'm one well dressed and well decorated young lady! That is until when the screen asks for me to enter my payment information and I change my item count to "0." I'm sure that in a few day's time, I could rack up enough points on a credit card to redeem them for my own island in Dubai. But sometimes, it's just fun to pretend.