About the high quality garments discussion, I feel when I would be working I would do that, but now that I am student and my parents are not rich, I have two options: buy some garments from Zara, Mango, and being able to wear cool clothes, or buy one Chanel bag, or Ferragamo shoes, and that’s old in the whole season. I would like to be able, but I am not, I need to buy more than one thing in six months!

Before you buy something, think about whether you need it or whether you just want it.
Always look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

I also find reality shows about people who have got into debt by trying to live a life they cannot afford very fascinating. So many people who shop compulsively do it not because they want the items but because of the buzz they get when they are at the counter, walking out of the shop with the fancy bag and placing the stuff in their wardrobe. However that feeling wears off so they go shopping again. I am about to read a book called Bonfire of the Brands by Neil Boorman where he talks about his addiction to buying brands till he decided enough was enough and decided to kick the habit. This is his diary.

@patricia… you know that’s really interesting, my grandmother made most of her own clothes, and she still wears a lot of them even though she had to give up sewing a decade ago, there are some really fantastic pieces in her wardrobe, and something of a unique style.

@poochie… i went through the same thing when i first started blogging, now it’s subsided a little bit, as you see trends come and go quickly… i’m still going through it… like now i ‘have to have’ the american apparel mini skirt…. it’s cute.

@riz… good find! i usually end up getting ferragamos for the same reason.. actually, this is probably the likely direction i’m heading in at the moment… consignment rules!

@trendini… your comment makes perfect sense… i keep trying to see how long i can go, so far it’s only two weeks… argh.

maret… did you post these boots the over the knee ones? i’m curious to see some of your purchases.. but yeah, i’m thinking of doing the same thing in terms of quality….

: )

It’s just a huge marketing ploy, make things cheaply so that we’ll all end up buying more then we needed, and these coorporations are just sucking the soul out of us.