See, I have been making those same arguments to myself and convincing myself to not get a corset ever since I first went into Gallery Serpentine so that I didn't go and buy one. This has been going on for 2 years and I still really want a corset, so obviously the arguments aren't doing that well. I am definitely a t-shirt and jeans person, but at the same time I am trying to dress up when the occasion calls for it. A corset may be for balls and goth nights, but they can also be for special occasions when you want to dress up, or just wear something a bit fancy and different. This one I want to get isn't a huge overbust victorian velvet-and-lace deal, it is a small, pinstriped underbust dealy that I can wear in a wider variety of situations.
Plus it's my birthday coming up and I can afford to buy it and it makes my waist looks tiny and I look curvier in general and I like it. I am slowly trying to push my limits on what I wear and how I look in general, and move away from stuff that will let me blend into the crowd, so I learn to deal with people noticing me, and I was so happy when I finally tried it on and it looked nice.