I have velvet jeans from two brands. 7 for all mankind and INC (Macy’s house brand). Love them!
I really need to track my clothing usage. I’m so spotty in doing so which is weird because I always track bag usage. I’m going to commit to starting today.
Jewelry is my weakness but I’ve grown very planful.
I finally decided to get serious with my everyday items - for me that means pretty, sparkly, non branded white gold and diamonds. I wanted 3 sets (earrings, bracelets, necklaces) that I can rotate and semi mix and match. Some selling, some buying and some restyling has gotten me to just about complete with that project.
And, because I’ve collected jewelry since my teens, I already have a number of yellow gold items from when that color was more popular. However, I sold / gifted a lot (anything 10k, 14k or generally blah) and only kept the best pieces. Most of what I kept were pretty chains for which I upgraded / restyled pendants so that the stones were a good size. One of my favorite is a yg drop pendant in which I set the 1ct diamond that was in my mom’s engagement ring. It means a lot to me to wear that. I have a couple pair of pretty yg earrings but, need to work on that a bit too.
And, I’ve sold off almost all my sterling silver (lots of Tiffany’s stuff) and just about all my colored stone jewelry except for one killler earring / necklace set I adore and one bracelet. Sterling silver gets on my nerves with the tarnish. Colored stones just don’t make my heart go pitty pat as much as diamonds. (Plus the price I’d rubies has gone through the roof. It was a good time to sell mine.)
What’s slowing me down is that I only want to add super extra special pieces at this point. And, most of those are 5 figures in cost.
Not the kind of items I can just run out and impulse buy.
So, Mr. Sparkle has his marching orders and I expect him to look neither to his left nor right til he’s done.
Seriously though, I’m really not thinking more bags right now. I’m really focused on jewelry. I have about 12 pricey items at the consignment jeweler right now.
I need some hungry buyers to buy so I can get moving with what I want to get. Lol!
I encourage you to sell what jewelry you aren’t wearing. It feels as good as getting rid of bags and clothes we aren’t wearing.
I can’t window shop or I will buy. So, I just have to stop cold turkey.
In contrast, TPF doesn’t tempt me. It helps me refine my choices so I make better purchases. It stops me from making purchases as I get the inside scoop on bags and learn of deal breakers. And, this thread gives me healthy peer pressure to resist buying into external buying / marketing / keep up with the Joneses messages. So weirdly, TPF stops a lot of my buying and makes what I do buy much smarter choices.
That orange bag is so happy!!!!