JMorgan

Last updated 01:00, Thursday, 14 June 2007

AS if I don’t already have enough going on in my life, I now seemed to have developed an obsession with Victoria Beckham.

Nothing unhealthy, mind. It’s just that since she has decided to move to LA, all I seem to do is read about her house-hunting, designer clothes and standing around looking a bit lost at A-list celebrity bashes.

I know I should be above all this sort of gossipy and pointless stuff, but I find myself torn between being desperately interested in the school-hunting for the young Beckhams, while being equally appalled at the fact that Victoria has been awarded Glamour magazine’s Woman of the Year (for what exactly?)

Last week, I realised I had wasted an hour of my life wondering whether Victoria is actually enjoying her wealthy, pampered existence since I never see her smile. I was hoping that when she finally moved to America, she may chill out a bit and start laughing in paparazzi shots.

Instead of spending time thinking about world poverty or the state of the planet, I fell asleep on the sofa pondering how it was possible to have the Beckhams’ wealth and connections and not feel the need to spend entire days laughing out loud at your sheer damn good fortune.

It doesn’t seem to be a happy place in LA at the moment with 20-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan in rehab, Britney Spears and her problems and Paris Hilton’s appalling driving whilst disqualifed (her jail stint was treated as though she was sacrificing a kidney for a homeless person, not the deserved punishment for bad behaviour it really was).

Oh yes, you really can be too rich, too thin and too thick for words.

Recently my friend and I went on a shopping trip to Carlisle. We were looking for shoes and came across a rack in a well-known store that was offering sale footwear, prices starting from a pound.

I can’t tell you how much fun we had trying on numerous shoes which cost less than a glass of wine. The young assistant who helped us was amazed we could laugh so hysterically about the fact we could buy a bag full of shoes for a tenner. Eventually we decided to buy just one pair each for a £1. “Are you paying for them separately?’’ the young assistant joked.

Victoria Beckham may wear some of the most beautiful and expensive shoes in the world, but now and then she could really do with letting her hair down and laughing herself silly buying cheap, green gingham wedges.