Buy Nothing New - Update

It's the 26th October and I am still alive.  Miraculously.   I have not imploded from the lack of buying anything new.

As much as this secretly pains me to say, given that I love stuff, and the buying of stuff, it has been quite refreshing to have a restriction placed on my spending.  It's like I have borrowed someone else's will power, and I like it.   I am 100% sure I can make it though the rest of the month.

I have had a couple of morning grumbles in my wardrobe.   If only I had bought that Woodford & Co top, or the House of Wilde jacket, this outfit would be all kinds of awesome.

I'm even heading off to the Alice Euphemia sale tomorrow on behalf of a friend who cannot attend, and I am confident that I can resist the temptation to purchase anything for myself.



Not only have I bought nothing new thus far, I have hardly bought anything at all!   I am 80% sure I can make it though the rest of the month.

So this is it.  This is all that I have bought so far.

A pair of second hand summer sandals and a vintage bag from Take 2 Markets.


A second hand jacket from an OP shop.


A recycled vintage spoon necklace from local designer Greg Mann.

Which, now that I think about it, was taking the whole 'buy nothing' part of the quest a little too literally.

I'm 60% sure I can make it though the rest of the month!

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