SALE

Happy New Year to all!

January is the first month of the year. January is the month of resolutions, but January is also the month of SALES!

4 alphabets, 1 word, that I am dreading at the moment is SALE. Yes, to most people this is a wonderful word. It brings joy of sorts I can’t explain. Oh the joy.... but let’s not go there. My resolution for 2013 has been to not shop. Although this is probably overly dramatic, I like to think of myself as a recovering shopaholic. My resolution for the new year is to bring my shopping under control. 15 days into the new year and so far, I'm doing pretty well. the idea is not to not shop at all, but to cut it down and enjoy the pieces that I currently own. I will still allow myself to buy clothes but it must fall into the following categories for it to be a valid purchase Reason to buy things: a.       It is an absoloute necessity b.      Reason a +It is rare and if I dont jump on it now I will never have it c.       Reason a+ I have wanted to own this item for years but never found one that I like enough to buy in the past. I will admit it is really difficult to try and control the urge to buy things, but I like to be positive and l believe I have found a new approach to tackling this. One of the reasons why I like to shop is I like to constantly update/ upgrade my wardrobe and outfits. Over the years, I have accumulated so many pieces in my wardrobe, that i have realised that if I take a new approach to styling them, they can be  mixed and match and I can create several new outfits that i have never worn before. This break from shopping has given me a fresh perspective to styling.  To start off with, my winter cape. I bought this cape 2 years ago from Miss Selfridge. It is navy in colour and I think it is a classic colour that never goes out of style. The cape had rather large clunky buttons that I wasn't particularly fond of and as a result, last winter I dint use it at all.  I had completely forgotten about it but found it in my cupboard after deciding to go through all the things in my wardrobe as the first step of my self imposed shopping ban/cleanse.  I realised that the only reason I wasn't wearing the cape was the buttons and hence decided to change them. I ordered new buttons from LoveCraft.com. They were very efficient in their delivery I must add. This is the pattern of the button I selected.

I am so pleased that I did this, as I believe was the best thing I could do to my winter clothing. The cape is warm and stylish and oddly makes me feel very parisian, although I'm not exactly sure why. A beret with it is my ideal winter outfit. I could wear pajama shorts inside it and it would still look chic! (just kidding)

All in all I'm happy the way my utilitarian resolution is shaping up my hedonic need to style outfits!