I've found a cure for my shopping addiction: having a friend the same size as me who has almost exactly the same taste in clothes. Who has bought many items and never even worn them. Who happens to be clearing out their wardrobe. Cheers Cat!
I'm turning into a thrift queen! This is how I see it; buying full priced clothing from shops is bad because it eats into your credit card. Whereas buying from a car boot or charity shop...or rummaging through your mates unwanted bags of clothes...is good. If you buy from the charity shop you're doing good because you're donating to a good cause whilst emerging with a fabulous vintage piece. If you buy from a car boot you're doing a great favour to the seller by freeing up some space in their wardrobe. The best thing of all? If you buy from second hand shops you can buy DOUBLE the amount of clothes you usually would, because they're cheaper! *deep contented sigh*
I'm very lucky with Cat because she has good taste in clothes (except for those hippy numbers...Cat, what were you thinking girlfriend?!) and we're around the same size. So when she texted me the other day asking if I'd like to go through her stuff before she gave it all away, I almost had to have a special moment to myself. The thought of acquiring new clothes, new or hand-me-down, makes me so happy I swear I could fly. A shopping trip should be prescribed by doctors to patients who suffer depression. But you have to be a little sensible too, otherwise you could end up spending so much money you get yourself into debt and then you get depressed - vicious circle. Suddenly my credit card bill is £450 and I've absolutely no idea why. When the bill came in I had to check my purse to make sure it hadn't been stolen. I kinda wished it had, then I probably would've gotten away with it. Actually...that's not a bad idea!
So my thanks goes out to Catherine Earle who, today, became my favourite person in the whole world. I'm now off to have a special moment.....
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