I had just gotten off the phone with a girl at Joe’s Jeans because I had to order ANOTHER pair of coated denim. They didn’t have my size in the Santa Monica location so they had to order it from Atlanta, which was $20 more then if I had picked it up in store. I did not care so I gave them my credit card information.
When I checked my bank account to make sure I was charged for my jeans I looked at the bottom right corner of the screen. There was a small graph that displayed what my earnings were, what I spent, and what I spent my money on in the last 6 months. When I looked at how much I spent on “fashion” I nearly threw up. 14,000 dollars in 6 months, for what?
I promised myself I would never become one of those people that spent more then they had. I don’t have 14,000 dollars in my bank account so I’m officially now one of those people.
Fashion is my thing, styling, blogs, great sales, and designer labels are things I live for. I’ve been using the excuse “as long as its my money its okay” or “I pay my bills on time so who cares how much I’ve spent.” When I saw how much I spent I felt like I really had lost control of reality. The overwhelming amount of regret I felt in that moment made me really feel the need to get it together. I decided to make a change and challenge myself, I will not spend one penny on any new clothes or shoes in 2013.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the kind of person that makes new years resolutions. Obviously this has to be true because its now January 18, but this year I need to change my ways.
I’ve talked my friend Cortney into this, and we both live for the thrill of shopping. Now we need to live for the options we already have, and make it work.
Alright well…Day 1, 364 left to go!!!
Excuse the iphone quality, I can't find my camera charger--bare with me til I find it :)
Outfit Day One: Zara tank (Basic's Collection)
Shoes: Trouve (Nordstrom)
Jeans: Hudson Nico Jeans
Bag: Alexander Wang Rocco
Watch: Michael Kors
Earrings: Target
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