(exhibit A)
Have you shopped any of the "private" sales via Gilt or Hautelook or RueLaLa? Today I finally won something. I say "won" because there's more to it than simply clicking "add to bag" and checking out. First, it's very hard to find anything that isn't already in someone's shopping cart. Other shoppers (referred to as members) have 10 minutes (on Gilt at least) to complete their transaction or that item goes back into circulation. So...you feel like a cat waiting to pounce. In the meantime, you must scurry about looking for anything you can possibly find to put in your own cart.
 

(exhibit B)
Today I found an adorable Milly chiffon floral top (exhibit B) and was lucky enough to snag it. Bag it. Add it to my cart (woohoo!). But then I noticed an even cuter Milly blouson top (exhibit A) that I just "had to have" - and it was in someone's cart. So here I am, knowing I only have 10 minutes (9:15 and some change now...) to score this other top. In the meantime, if my 10 minutes passes, the top I've already secured goes back into rotation. So how do you "win" this new top? You keep hitting "buy it now" repeatedly until it happens to expire in someone else's cart.

And I did it! I actually did it. So there I am... in the homestretch, checking out. And all of a sudden I begin to second guess my first top. (You can see where this is going.. right?) So here I am...clock still ticking, because now I could lose BOTH tops if I don't hurry. I go back and forth and finally decide I can live without that first AWESOME (what was I thinking?) top. So... I deleted it from the cart and checked out. Suffice it to say, by the time I realized I regretted the decision, this lovely number was gone, baby, gone.

Ladies...can you send me a virtual slap? Two of them. One for each side of my face. What was I thinking?

In my defense, there were no witnesses to this fashion crime. But this is my confession. I hereby sentence myself to a month of no second guesses. Trust the gut....trust the gut. 

So.... to all you Gilt'ers out there. If you WON this top in my size and do not like it, I will buy it off you no questions asked. Help a sister out. I had a momentary bout of insanity and this is added to the list of ones that got away.