Today, I am obsessed with the thought of no new cashmere this winter. I can’t wear wool, it makes me itch, so cashmere has been my knit of choice for years. However, the new cashmeres (I don’t shop, but have looked at the covers of the catalogs I receive) are all soft and ruffly. Mine are straightforward, turtleneck, or crew neck, one tie neckline, but no pretty soft ruffles. I’ll bite the bullet as long as I can, but if I do cheat it will be for cashmere. (The devil made me do it!)
We are well into March and I am still “abstinent”! About a year ago I carefully packed up my winter sweaters—oh, yes, cashmere and cables; sumptuous silks and feminine flounces. I have yet to find this box of sweaters. I survived this season with one sweater that remained behind as a Spring chill “back-up”. I used some jackets, blazers and I overused the one sweater I could find.
But the outcome of the equation is that one can survive a season with but one sweater. I will have the entire summer to seek out the missing box.
I’m doing better–it’s been a long time since I cruised E-bay or Zappo’s or various other on-line sources. I cannot quite give up looking at catalogues but I resist. I am increasingly stunned by my own virtue and wonder just who was that person who “needed” scarves by Hermes (and then did not want to spoil them so never wore them!)
I hope everyone else is thriving.
I’ve told a couple of people about “the diet” and at first they think it’s the other diet – food, weight loss diet. I’ve tried not to give the confusion too much thought or to take it personally, but my twin sister thought I’d given up buying clothing until I’d lost “the weight.” OK, I’ve got the message, and in a perfect world, I’d stop buying clothing and the weight would vanish. As we all know, not going to happen.
My mother-in-law and I went shopping today, and I broke the news that I couldn’t buy anything because of the diet, to which she even responded, “oh, that will be good for you.” Clearly, my husband hadn’t relayed the fabulous, budget-enhancing news! So, shopping we went and guess what? I was really tempted as I was surrounded by all the things I love – wool sweaters (it’s Maine!), cashmere and black pants. All sorts of fabulous sweaters, especially high-end, brightly colored cashmere.
After all, I can’t buy because of my “commitment” to this project and I am, sort of ok with this. Now that I’ve clarified the type of “diet” that I’ve gone, I’ve heard from a lot of friends – “good for you” or “Wow, I couldn’t do it in a million years.” As the shopping season gets into full gear, I’ll let you know if it gets more difficult. Chances are fairly high that it will.
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