Friday, November 2, 2012

Friday's Fashion Fallout: I'm seeing double

My obsession with espadrilles is over!
Anyone else have a nasty habit of finding something you like in a store and then buying the same thing in a bunch of colors? Or finding something you like and being afraid it will go out of style, so you buy a bunch of them?

I'm trying to break myself of that shopping habit. But first -- let me get rid of my last pair of unloved espadrilles. I have one pair left that I love to death and will be keeping. But I don't need three pairs of esparilles! Another $20 down the drain, and one more item (#145!) for the Reckoning. That's $1574.00 wasted so far on junk.

It's Friday...what fashions fails have you decluttered today?


3 comments:

  1. I have that habit, too, especially when I find something on sale/clearance and it's an excellent price and unlikely to last long for much longer - although I'm torn about it.

    I have a handful of things in my closet that are doubles, that I fell out of love with without really needing or wanting the seconds - but I also have several items that I am tremendously grateful to my former self for buying seconds of. (And there are yet a few other items that I am just kicking myself for not having bought a second, because they're near the end of their lives, even with repairs, and I am not at all ready to give them up.) I think I need to just get better about realizing what's going to be a good, classic staple that I really will continue to want to wear, and what isn't. For me, it's a good tool, if I can refine my application of it....

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  2. Oh I SO used to do that! I still have to fight that urge- I bought some yoga trousers recently and had to stop myself on several occasions from buying several pairs!

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  3. Oh Lordy...I do the same thing. It's those darn sales racks.

    I'm also worried that a manufacturer will stop making a favorite item of mine, so I feel I have to buy several to "save" them for later. I really hope Target doesn't stop carrying those awesome micro tank tops. I have gotten a lot better, and now stop myself from picking up something I already have.

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