Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to the first blog post of 2019!
I know, I know. A fashion blogger who canโt shop? What is even the point of me?!
Yes, my sordid little secret is out – I’m not a person who buys things on a whim or has a new outfit for every occasion.
Iโm a saver, not a spender
I like to think I am good with my money. Iโm not the savviest, or the thriftiest, but mostly I live within my means, and I save money pretty much every month.
I very rarely splurge, what can I say. I can think of maybe one time where I spent about ยฃ200 on clothes in one go.
Iโm not even very good at doing the food shop because I underestimate how much food we need. Mark has to do it now because we always run out of food if I do it.

Outfit: Hat – Restyle | Starchild Batwing Blouse – Killstar | Halter top (underneath) – Pretty Little Thing | Nightshade Bell Bottom Leggings – Killstar | Boots – Jeffrey Campbell (old) | Necklace – Dr Faust Clothing (gifted)
Iโm a deliberative person
Any idea that is put to me, I have to think over first. I pick it apart and put it back together, and then I can decide whether I like it or not. This is why you could never call me effusive, because Iโm not that over-excitable, scream-at-exciting-news type. Iโm quiet, Iโm reserved, Iโm the sit-back-and-observe-until-Iโve-figured-it-out type.
So if someone says โthis would look nice on youโ or I decide I need a new pair of jeans, I donโt commit to anything for probably at least a month
(I have actually needed a new pair of jeans for about 6 months if not longer).
I think part of the problem is that I want very specific things, and if I donโt find it, I wonโt buy anything.
I think this is also the reason that i’m a chronic under-packer. Other people take options. I take exactly what I think I need, and it almost always ends with me not wanting to wear the things that I’ve brought with me – or it turns out the outfit I envisioned doesn’t work out at all.
Having said that, I do have my impulsive moments. I once bought a pair of boots when I was 17 or 18 (black leather, wooden heel, Topshop) even though I had no idea how to style them. I saw them, thought about them all day and then went back to buy them (even my impulsive buys are considered).

I think I wore them once, and then they were put in the back of my wardrobe. My mum stole them for a bit, and now, 10 years later I still have them and I have finally figured out how to wear them!
I’m concerned about fast fashion
Thereโs also the fast fashion issue. And itโs a big one. I donโt want to be contributing to damage to the environment, or to the detriment of the people (i.e. most likely women or children) making my clothes.
However, I am still a person whose personal expression of style is very important to her. And a lot of the time budget is an issue too. And I obviously need to be clothed, so I need to buy clothes at some point.
Part of the reason I went vegan was because I donโt want my existence to harm people or the earth, so thereโs definitely some thinking (some research, some decision-making) to be done around how I can balance the two.

What I want this blog to be
This blog isnโt just a fashion blog, even though that is what I talk about predominantly. I want it to be somewhere you come when you need inspiration for living life alternatively.
Thatโs not just style, itโs interiors, itโs a bit of food, and dare I say it, a kinder, more open outlook on life and the people around you.
Even so, I donโt think anyone comes to me for the latest trends or things to buy, because I like to think of myself of more of a โstyleโ blogger than a fashion one…
Yes, I love clothes. I love haute couture and the incredible messages and artwork that people can create with clothes. I love how you can communicate your personality; how you can express yourself through what you wear.
I love feeling awesome about myself in a particular outfit, or finding a way to style something I wouldnโt have normally worn.
But that doesnโt necessarily mean I have to buy loads of stuff all the time, or encourage people who might read this blog (hi!) to either. It means working with the wardrobe I already have to do all those things.


Are you a bit of a shopaholic or are you like me, a bit rubbish at it?