tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post2193054838353722827..comments2024-02-27T07:37:46.350-05:00Comments on K-Line: The Shopping StrategyK.Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-27682741232789248192010-01-28T13:30:04.358-05:002010-01-28T13:30:04.358-05:00Sophie: I love your story. I'm trying for the ...Sophie: I love your story. I'm trying for the same aesthetic!<br /><br />Stacy: You haven't been to Europe but you live in Manhattan! :-)<br /><br />Tipchic: I so hear your concerns about walking away from the sales. I struggle with the same ones! Good for you for working on the challenge. I think we'll both be better for it.<br /><br />MK: I love looking in the closet at loving it all too. Extremely worthy goal!<br /><br />E: You are the original conscious shopper. I learned so much from your shopping ban (was it more than a year ago already??). I couldn't be as disciplined as you. Well, who knows, maybe I could! But baby steps :-)K.Linehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350615302797686048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-22362359948500408812010-01-25T19:59:18.737-05:002010-01-25T19:59:18.737-05:00Since you already know my take on this, I won'...Since you already know my take on this, I won't go on and on. <br /><br />I'll say this: Unless I can actually use something at least twice a week in my current lifestyle, I won't buy it. <br /><br />This leaves me with not much to choose from, but it keeps me sane. I don't wind up with anything for "special occasions," of which I have none in my life. I have things I can wear every day, and not just look at, wishing there was a place/time/reason to wear them.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406942482508439839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-36764836535723215202010-01-25T18:24:29.223-05:002010-01-25T18:24:29.223-05:00I try to buy only things that I LOVE and will wear...I try to buy only things that I LOVE and will wear constantly. I find that otherwise I just have huge buyer's remorse. I also love looking in my closet and absolutely loving everything in it.Meg Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377139562606523033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-27125004119170357492010-01-24T16:01:29.468-05:002010-01-24T16:01:29.468-05:00There is a lot of food for thought for me in what ...There is a lot of food for thought for me in what you say here. I decided on a shopping ban til end of January; in part inspired by MakeDoStyle. Also because I am feeling somewhat financially insecure at the moment. I have not extended it to (not) buying stuff for my kids. <br />I have had sooooo many temptations between fabric sales, closing down sales, usual Jan sales BUT so far, have stuck to it. And I dont feel deprived. Instead I am ensuring I USE what I have. <br />What have I learned- that I am easily swayed by what I see now; a fear that it will not be there in my size later; or by the comparative saving on full price. <br />The other lesson is that I should/must abstain from fast, cheap stuff entirely. I'm getting to old for it!<br />Maureentippchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145488015849042381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-81272120594096409742010-01-23T13:37:05.469-05:002010-01-23T13:37:05.469-05:00I used to be a total shopaholic. But, I've ba...I used to be a total shopaholic. But, I've basically stopped since I've not been to Europe in two years. OK, I'm gonna go cry now...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926222718529626128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606088928583067206.post-77180371084843520192010-01-23T11:38:52.428-05:002010-01-23T11:38:52.428-05:00i am so with you on this one. here's my story:...i am so with you on this one. here's my story: about 3 years ago i suddenly realized while cleaning out my closet that a majority of my clothes all were of the "fast fashion" variety - from H&M, Zara etc. and it seemed such a waste to keep throwing $$ away and having to throw clothes out after only a few months or a year. <br /><br />so i've tried to completely overhaul my wardrobe in the years since and work on building "the perfect wardrobe" of staples, classics, etc. making a list of some of these things that i didn't have in my wardrobe but needed to keep a lookout for during sample sales really helped me stay on track and not buy redundant multiples of things i already had. it's taken a few years, but now i find that i purchase less, better quality, and more "strategically".<br /><br />and this also applies to accessories - shoes + bags - which, in my opinion, is almost always the stylish woman's achilles heel!miss sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427223953623415005noreply@blogger.com