Lately I've been cruising the city streets with blinders on. Avoiding sales and cute spring wear after a long winter is BRUTAL.
The battle is twice as hard once I go online. The internet is such a timesuck and these Piperlime sales are not helping.
Every now and then, I'll add something to my cart and immediately x-out of that page. I admit it, I love to shop but I love traveling more. My Poshmark corner (where clothes wait to get listed) is a constant reminder of my love and how it hasn't previously helped in the travel department. In fact the only thing this pile gets is an exasperated "UGH" from the boyfriend... Like every day.
Does any of this sound familiar? If it does, I feel you.
You're probably wondering why not stop shopping completely. Speaking from experience; cutting myself off would only lead to an insane and unplanned shopping spree.
So, in an effort to save up for my trips and hopefully build up my closet (wishful thinking) I decided to go the route of investment shopping. Hopefully these tips will help you too.
Investment shopping would:
1 - give me a purpose and a goal to work towards
2 - prevent mindless shopping (very important)
3 - free up space by getting rid of similar (lower quality) items
4 - help establish my lewk by only investing in pieces that I've carefully thought about
I've put this plan into action last month and so far it's been going good. The first two pieces I decided to roll this plan out with were an Equipment shirt and this Acne leather jacket.
Here's the break down:
1 - goal: an Equipment signature shirt + Acne leather jacket
2 - mindless shopping has stopped. Instead of spending $400+ on things I didn't need, I started saving $160 a month for my investment pieces. Plus, I've been able to save an additional $350 per month for my future trips. All in all - lots of saving!! By December I will have enough for a jacket (got the shirt last month on eBay) and will have enough by summer for my winter trips.
3 - every month, there's a mini purge and lots of things have been Poshmarked or donated. It can be a little hard at times to list everything, but small changes will lead to big progress.
4 - establishing my look is a work in progress, but I'm getting there!
