Mar 19
O.K. I’m wrapping up the latest poll. And the results are in…more people think this diet is easy than hard. That said, it’s easier by a thin margin. 58% of you said it is relatively easy and 42% said it was hard. For me it all depends on the day. Today it’s hard, tomorrow it might be easier. I think about the pre diet era. There were days when I wasn’t feeling all that good e.g., bad hair day, ridiculous work meeting, argument with my seven year old. My immediate reaction, conscious or subconscious, was to go buy something for myself. Often times it was something completely wrong and poorly made and probably on sale (hence my closet full of crap). It was an emotional impulse.
But the fact is life has its peaks and valleys, but for every valley there is a peak whether you’re wearing new clothes or not. I hope for all of you this is an easy day but remember we will be here when its not. 5 mos. and 15 days. Your fearless leader. 
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Tagged with: accessories, addiction, clothes, Consumerism, fashion, fashionista, free clothes, Nordstrom, recessionista, shopping, The Great American Apparel Diet
Jan 25
I love, love, love clothing swap’s! Fortunately for me, my friends who own the bar in my neighborhood biannually agree to open up for the ladies to conduct a “squaw swap” and what a great one we had this past Sunday. While the turnout wasn’t large, the group of ladies (about 10) had enough clothes, shoes, accesories, and housewares to really make it fun. We swapped stories of our favorite items while enjoying a glass of wine or a Guiness and poked through each other’s cast-offs. We made goofy costumes, we were amused at another ladies delight over our silly hand-me-downs and we had a blast. Guilt-free shopping is always fun. I am in between sizes so I swapped out for a few new items in both smaller and larger sizes so I’ll be sure to have space to move up and down over the next few months. I got clothes that fit perfect, some that I can refashion or alter and some that I plan to simply cut apart for the fabric and figure it out later. My favorite find was a brown cashmere knit poncho, like an all-business snuggie; I love it. I also found a beautiful Banana Republic blazer, sweaters galore and an awesome cowgirl shirt. It was fun, it was refreshing and I can’t wait to do it again! If you live in the Baltimore City area and are intersted in future clothing swaps, you can follow my personal blog or twitter feed for updates, or sign up for the Parkside’s newsletter where they’ll send you emails of their upcoming events, including clothing swaps. The more ladies we get, the more choices we’ll have so bring your used clothes and get ready to have have a liberating, guilt-free, swapping party!
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Tagged with: accessories, clothes, Consumerism, fashionista, free clothes, jeans, recessionista, Shoes, The Great American Apparel Diet, vintage
Nov 05
Hello all, we are starting a “theme of the week” posting contest. Every week I will post a theme of the week, this week it is Denim. Every week we will put out a theme and all of you bloggers can blog on that topic. Then we all vote on the most thought provoking, silly, scary or outrageous post. The person who wins gets a piece of apparel.
Food for thought, there was a recent article in the NYTIMES style section about the falling prices of denim…check it out.
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Tagged with: Big Star, Denim, free clothes, Levis, Lucky, New York Times, Paper, Seven, The Gap, True Religion, Writing Contest
Sep 26
Well, Trader Anne and Trader Francine, OK? So last weekend, my pal Francine had a big yard sale, and I offered to help. We each were (sadly! regretfully!) hoping to get rid of racks of clothes. And we did. Made us happy to see someone trot off with Francine’s Union 76 racing jacket, or my spaghetti-strap slinky black top.
As we were packing up we had an a-ha moment: I coveted some unsold things of hers; she coveted some of mine. Voila! I now have a cute lavender panne velvet top (compliments both times I’ve worn it, including on jury duty) and she now has the best little black dress ever (from Olivine) and a few other things. Cost: Zero. I think of it not as cheating on the diet, but rather, sharing bites of each other’s allotment of cottage cheese and peach slices. Delish.
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Tagged with: free clothes, trade, yard sale
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