Well, I mean, really, who would have thought it?
5 months and I haven’t bought any clothes or any shoes.
One bra. But that is kinda needed to spend the day in comfortable decorum.
And I bought a necklace and 2 bracelets at a school fete. $10.50 all up.
People are saying I am strong but the truth is I have become weaker. I can’t bear the thought of going shopping. And at the thought of parting with money, I go weak at the knees.
Truth be told, I have become extremely tight.
God give me the strength to actually go shopping and part with my money in 8 months.
Wearing old stalwarts hasn’t stopped me getting compliments every week.
“Nice outfit. Thought you weren’t buying anything.” Why thank you. The skirt is about 10 years old and I thought I’d team it with a jacket from last year and a cardigan, worn as a top, from two years ago.
“Like your jacket, Miss.” It’s ASOS. Cheap as chips. But from last year.
I don’t feel deprived at all. I don’t feel the need for more, for new, for current fashion. Maybe it is because I have reached a certain age, but I know what suits me and what flatters me, and I don’t need to succumb to the latest iteration in the fashion stakes. I have so much. I have items of beauty and taste (and a fair few tacky and “why-are-you-hanging-onto-that” items). And I love how my skirts now hang with room to move in one section of my newly slimmed down wardrobe.
I doubt I will ever get my wardrobe to be as spare as Jo’s, as much as I admire her ability to pare clothes down. Still, 5 months of no spend has flown by.
Now I need to turn to my food diet!!! My June challenge is scary!
Now time for today’s log:
Yes, my Liverpudlian masseuse is a funny bugger!
Yes. Not my masseuse!!! My darling husband.
Yes, red, red wine. Stay close to me e e.
Listened to some, thanked another, praised another, apologised to another.
Today’s decluttered item = I have been tackling my junk room. Piles have made it to the recycling bin. No photos but stay tuned!
lucinda sans 