Within the next week or so I will be giving a speech on “ Living within your means for a richer life” to my fellow classmates so I find this post to be perfectly timed. I’ve been on such a life haul the past year and a half and finances are at the top of my list. I’ve lived carefree for so many years, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing….. it was the carefree spending that was not entirely a good thing.
So this secret I use may or may not work for you but in the off chance it will, I want to share it with you.
As you know, I love fashion. But you also know I love saving. Those two do not go hand in hand. I receive the J Crew catalog regularly in the mail, along with others, and I don't mind getting them. The catalogs inspire me to create new looks and use what I already own.
& that is my secret! Rework what you already own.
Here is how I do it, I'll tear out a page or two of outfits I like and look through my existing wardrobe. 90% of the time, I realize I have something close to it and actually use it for inspiration to expand my own wardrobe. The catalog helps me to see what I already own and inspire me to look at things in a fresh way. The cost to me, nothing.
Maybe not getting catalogs or even not caring what is "in" or "out" this season works for you and should be something that one day I can aspire to be, but for now I do enjoy fashion and I enjoy seeing how experts in fashion bring back looks or re-style things.
I no longer get caught up in having to have the latest bag or the greatest heel (sigh) but it is enjoyable to look and yet not get sucked in. So that's my little secret. Unexciting? Maybe.... but it really has worked for me.
One day, one day being the key word..... I will share the look book I created that inspires me. In the meantime, Id love to know what works for you when balancing the love for fashion and saving?
xo
Meems
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