My Year in Shopping Less & 2020 Goals
2019 marks my third year of trying to shop more ethically and sustainably. I look back over the year at the numbers — and the lessons I learned this year.
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November 2019 Shopping Diary
I’m writing this post later in the month than I usually do because I wanted to see if my Black Friday fashion buys made the cut. But, I’m still waiting for some of them to arrive. So, never mind. Onward.
Questions to Ask When Shopping (especially during a sale)
A hazard of writing a blog about stuff, even ethically-made stuff, is that sometimes I influence my own damn self. While I was putting together my annual Ethical Black Friday & Cyber Monday list, of course I started browsing. So many tempting things!
October 2019 Shopping Diary
October was a stressful month for me, which led to a lot of online browsing as a way to unwind.
September 2019 Shopping Diary & Travel Capsule Wardrobe
Hello from the land of slow Internet. I’m away on a trip (not for fun), which I packed lightly for. Here’s my travel capsule wardrobe, plus an update on what I bought and decluttered last month.
How Target’s Designer Collaborations Fueled My Bad Shopping Habits
Target is celebrating 20 years of its Design for All program by bringing back some of its greatest hits this weekend. This is not a post about how groundbreaking Target was, though. It’s about how I got caught up in the shopping craze.
August 2019 Shopping Diary & Shoe Woes
August kept me busy, which was good for my goal of curbing shopping. I simply didn’t have the time and bought just one item. I also had to remove some shoes from my wardrobe because of problems with my feet. 🙁
July 2019 Shopping Diary
It’s time for my monthly consumption check-in. This month I bought three things. Considering that in the first six months of the year, I added a grand total of five items to my wardrobe, three feels significant.
The Thrill of the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is Gone
And that’s a good thing.
June 2019 Shopping Diary
This month I added two items to my wardrobe. One of them was fast fashion. 😬