3 Ideas to Avoid Overconsuming on Black Friday
Here are three ideas that I personally employ to keep my shopping in check and my consumption low during the holiday season.
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The Contradiction of Sustainable Fashion Blogging
It’s kind of hard to keep the acquisitions count down you’re a blogger who writes about clothes.
Shopping for a Changing Body
Though I’ve acted like business as usual on social media, in reality, I’ve been dealing with a health issue. This has led to uncomfortable changes in my body.
Buying Fast Fashion — Even When You’re an Ethical Shopper
Sometimes fast fashion happens.
A Big Move (& thoughts on decluttering)
Some personal news: I moved across the country from San Francisco to Brooklyn. And now I feel tension between unpacking and purging.
The Reasons I Got Rid of Things in My Wardrobe
Lately I’ve been in closet decluttering mode. After counting every single item in my wardrobe, I am now re-evaluating what I own.
What I Learned From Counting Every Item in my Wardrobe
Back in January 2020, I took an inventory of my wardrobe. I had never actually counted how many items were in my closet before and it was interesting exercise.
Lockdown Life Lately & Thoughts on Everlane
Hello from week 19-going-on-20 of lockdown. Things continue more or less the same in my household with both of us working from home. We make weekly trips to the grocery store and farmers market.
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!
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.