My 33rd birthday came and went [a week and a half ago]. It was on Easter this year, and I got to celebrate with baby boy Zander! First official holiday for him! :)
Last year, I could have sworn I wrote about my 32nd year challenge, but I can't find the blog post [not that I looked incredibly hard]. BUT, for my 32nd year of life, I chose to give up buying new clothes.
Long story short, when we moved down to Indy, we weren't on as much of a tight budget as we previously were, and I found myself making little needless purchases of clothes here and there. And while I love clothes, I think I just felt like I was adding to the consuming that is prevalent here in the US. So I decided I would challenge myself and take a full year and only buy used clothes.
And I did it!
Mostly. I want to go through my ThredUp account and see exactly how much money I spent [because, lets be real, I like my clothes, so it's not like a buy nothing year where I only spent $20 on new-to-me-clothes]. BUT, I'm 95% sure I spent less than I had the previous year, AND, I purchased more thoughtfully than I had previously.
And when I say mostly, it's because I gave myself a few loop holes.
1. Underwear; obviously, a loophole.
2. Work outfits; if after trying hard to find clothes to work in and coming up empty handed, I allowed myself to buy new work clothes new.
3. I got pregnant during this year, and well, while there are definitely ways to get consigned and used maternity outfits, I found myself being significantly challenged in the pants department. So I did end up buying [on a massive awesome sale], a pair of preggo jeans and two pairs of black leggings. And I don't regret that one bit :).
And it feels good to know I did it! I'm proud of myself. And I think I've instilled some good habits for myself for future buying.
I still have some 'tidying up' to do in my closets [especially for my post-baby body], but I'm now also free to buy new-new clothes if I want to. But I'm not sure I do.
So what's my 33rd year of life challenge? Uhm, growing up a baby?!? We'll see if I come up with anything better, but currently, I'm taking the year easy.
cheers!
-mrp-
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