The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Melissa

"Do the thing you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt Whenever I first read the words G-A-A-D I immediately felt a sharp, inner wince. Then a pause. And instinctively I knew this is the thing I must do. I have learned from previously giving up other "substances" that seem to have some hold on me (coffee, chocolate, sugar and ego-enhancing behavior among others), that there is a power that is lost to the substance that you take back when you let it go. I have always prided myself on my clothes, my unique, eclectic way of wearing them, and the high of finding them at TJMaxx, Ross, Filene's Basement, eBay, etc... So because I have identified myself so closely with my clothes since I was a child, at 40 I'm feeling its time for some spiritual maturity by breaking out of the pattern and stepping into the discomfort zone. I did shop one last time at Lululemon for some new yoga clothes and now, here we go.