A blue shirt purchased in September '18 has hit #30Wears, as has a stripe jumper that was added to my wardrobe a month later. It's true that it wouldn't take me so long to hit #30Wears if I had fewer clothes, but I don't, so it took me over two years. They're both still in good condition and will continue to be worn...
So far this year I haven't made a single non-essential purchase - yes I know we're only 25 days into the year so I'm not claiming that this is a huge achievement, I'm simply saying 'so far, so good'. I've used the time to ponder what will constitute essential spending for my Year of Less. I wrote about my desire to buy less,...
January 16th was chosen as the first Photo An Hour day of the year. I'm hoping to take part in them all this year, but I make no promises. 7amUp at 7am, I was lured downstairs by the smell of toast. I fed the cats, put some laundry in the machine, made myself a cuppa, and stole my husband's breakfast. 8amI would've really...
Last year I decided to make monthly resolutions but with the year we had I stopped making any after March, and focused on getting through the weirdness that was 2020. This year I've decided that I want to focus on less. Accumulating and having less to be specific. To be a more mindful consumer. An Instagram post I saw at the end of...
Just a quick one for me today, and something a little different. I've just read Kezzie's Style Imitating Art post, and whilst I've always enjoyed reading these I've never taken part - until today.I was wearing a white shirt under a mustard jumper and realised how easy it would be for me to change my earrings, bung a blue snood on my head...
Here's my annual breakdown of spending on clothes and accessories for 2020. I've been keeping track since 2012, and I've included the figures from previous years for easy comparison. You can see every item I purchased in my previous post. Spending total? 2012 £1,751.00 2013 £1,188.00 2014 £745.65 2015 £1,207.87 2016 £742.39 2017 £663.03 2018 £546.18 2019 £400.102020 £205.85I'm delighted that I managed...
Here are all the clothing and accessory purchases I made in 2020, a total of just 20 items. I had planned to buy one item per month and whilst I obviously didn't stick to it, it was successful in curbing my spending more than anything else I've tried.When I saw an item I liked I would ask myself if I liked it enough...
With Wearing It All Summer complete, I moved onto Wearing It All Autumn. I didn't know how long I'd keep it up for as the deeper into Autumn we got the more the weather thwarted my efforts to take daily outfits shots outside, my efforts to take photos inside has always been fruitless, but I continued for as long as I could.I don't...
I thought I'd document our Covid Christmas as it was markedly different to other years.Christmas Eve started with Andy nipping out to work. I cleaned the downstairs loo (festive!) and then showered. I continued with some vacuuming and general tidying. Once Andy was home we had lunch (noodles if my memory serves) and then we embarked on a baking session. Whilst Andy made...
