I got together with a high school roommate I haven't seen for two or three years the other day. It happened that she was in Shenzhen on business, so I made an appointment to have dinner together.

As soon as she saw me, she rubbed her eyes in disbelief and shouted, "Hey, I'm not mistaken. How to change so much! "

I paused: "Where has it changed?"

"Everything has changed. Texture, yes, has become more textured. " She put her hand on her chin and looked me up and down.

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In the first few years after graduation, I was also keen to buy everything on Taobao, including clothes, shoes and daily necessities, because it was cheap.

However, those clothes and shoes bought by Taobao are deformed, faded or out of date after one summer, and there is no desire to wear them until next year.

So all kinds of Taobao, all kinds of buying, anyway, cheap, 200 yuan can buy several pieces.

But these clothes, because of poor fabric and poor tailoring, have no styling and no money to wear. So many years ago, I went to Changsha to see a college roommate. She glanced at me and muttered, "At least you have been in the metropolis for so many years, why are you still dressed so rustic?"

I was petrified in an instant.

What makes me even more devastated is that the last time I moved, I looked at a cupboard full of clothes and shoes and picked them for a long time, but I wanted to take them away very little.

I carefully looked at my wardrobe and found that there were dozens of clothes, none of which were over 300, but most of them were worn for several times and I didn't want to touch them again.

Not to mention going to parties and annual meetings on some important occasions, I don't even have a dress or skirt that I can get.

At that moment, my mood fell to the bottom.

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Can you really save money by buying cheap things? Not exactly.

Because those things are cheap, we often don't cherish them particularly, and we can change them at any time, and we won't feel bad when we throw them away. This is actually a waste of money.

Counting the money spent on those cheap clothes and shoes every year, you can actually buy a few classic styles that are popular in the season, and the fabrics are cut just right and have a little texture. These clothes may still maintain their charm and style after several years of circulation, so as to ensure that you will not be stretched out when attending some important occasions, so that you will be radiant and confident when having dinner and dating, which is enough to make you love them more.

It is precisely because these clothes are not so cheap that we will care and maintain them from all aspects and try to make them serve us for a longer time.

So since that painful experience, I have never bought a dress on Taobao. I began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of my body and browse various apps and websites. Go to the mall to try on clothes according to your physical condition and the matching rules learned on the APP.

And every time I will listen to the advice of saleswomen to the greatest extent, because saleswomen in most shopping malls, especially brand stores, have generally received professional training, have certain aesthetic knowledge, know their own brands very well, and can recommend suitable clothes to us.

Later, I found that I bought some clothes recommended by the salesgirl, which I often wear on weekdays.

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Buying some expensive and textured things can not only cultivate us to improve our quality of life, but also inspire our self-confidence and superiority from the heart, constantly gain upward strength and live a patchwork life.

I believe that everything is expensive for a reason. For example, the fabric, pattern and cutting of 1000 brand clothes will stand the test of time better than those Taobao goods produced by small processing factories, and also highlight a person's temperament and spirit as a whole.

Once you have this dress, you will want your whole body to match the temperament of this dress, so you began to be good at skin care, learn exquisite makeup, start exercising for this dress, keep a slim figure, and constantly improve your taste from the inside out.

Over time, it is the kind of self-confidence that grows in the bones, the kind of attitude towards life that will never be settled whenever and wherever.

For two or three years after graduation, I have been living in a small single room in Futian, Shenzhen, without air conditioning, refrigerator and water heater. I still remember when two cousins came to Shenzhen for a holiday. In that small shack, three people even had some difficulty turning around.

Later, I changed my job. Although the salary was not too generous, I didn't want to settle down, so I gritted my teeth and chose a one-bedroom apartment at the subway entrance. The rent was three times as high as before.

I bought a lot of furniture and exquisite tableware, decorated the room carefully, bought flowers twice a month, and invited friends to have tea and chat during the weekend holiday when the flowers were lingering, so that I finally felt at home here.

Although the cost has tripled, the happiness and satisfaction of life experience can't be measured by money. In such an environment, the mood and mental state are much broader.

Because my home is close to the company, I can get up early to make all kinds of breakfast, and I still have time to read and write in the morning.

And because I want to keep this state, I work harder and constantly improve my working ability and earning ability from all aspects.

After a period of time, I found that the pace of life gradually improved in the direction I hoped, not only the state of life, but also the state of mind and body, which made me more confident and open-minded.

Perhaps this is the state that roommates saw at the beginning of the article.

On the road of senior three, after thousands of turns, I feel more and more precious about time and happiness. If all these can be exchanged with money, my dreams and hopes in the floating years can be properly placed, and the rest of my life will be what I want most, even if it is expensive, what's the point?

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Today, I am no longer the girl who spent the afternoon in front of the computer, nor the girl who made do with her life to save that money.

I don't often buy it at buy buy, but once I buy it, it will definitely be something with good texture in all aspects, or it will save me time or bring me happiness.

Moreover, as long as it is necessary to improve the quality of life, I will consider buying it, no matter how expensive, not a necessity, no matter how cheap.

After a while, there were not many clothes in my closet, but most of them could wear decent clothes to attend various occasions. Skin care products and bags only buy what you need. As long as electronic products can provide convenience and benefits to life, I will consider buying them.

This not only saves a lot of money, but also saves a lot of time, which gives me more time to read and write, run and keep fit, participate in activities and study and improve.

I began to believe that I deserved better things and a better life.

And this kind of mentality and attitude towards life urges me not to relax, urges me to keep moving forward and do my best for the life I want.

Therefore, don't wait for Taobao Express every day, go to the scene to experience and try, and buy expensive and high-quality things, because your quality and temperament are hidden in the experience and value brought by what you buy.