I’m being a copy cat today. I love the way Erin over at Blue Bird Baby does this thing on Monday’s sharing her outfit and links she likes. I’m gonna do the link part, but not the clothing part. Read on and you’ll figure out why…
Well, my life certainly has gone through some changes these past couple years. All positive of course. Not only am I back on track with eating healthy, wholesome, whole-foods, but I’m loosing weight (slowly). I’m down 15 pounds since January 4, 2010. Whoot! Five more pounds and I get to reward myself with a pretty necklace. Of course even after the next five pounds come off (hopefully soon), I will still have 80 more to go. But hey! 15 pounds is a milestone, don’t ya think?
I’m already thinking of clothes I want to buy for the thinner me, when I meet my goal in a year or so. For now I purchase disposable clothes as Sara over at Live Wildly calls them, because I really don’t want to spend a lot of money on clothes when I’m only wearing them for a short time. I’ve already gone down three sizes over the past year and in five pounds I will most likely drop down another. So against my better judgement of supporting consumerism at it’s worse, I will buy cheap clothes from Wally World, Target and Kmart…gasp! Okay, but seriously folks, who wants to spend tons of money on clothing that is only going to be worn for a month or two while the body is down sizing?
Once I reach my goal weight I will start to focus on building a closet of good quality long lasting clothing. I have a few places in mind of where I want to shop and what I want to buy. I’m not into name brands, so I don’t worry about buying high fashion or what’s in style. However I will spend a bit of money to get something that is durable and lasts longer than a season.
As I purge my closet of things I don’t wear, won’t wear, and can’t wear, etc. and give them to a charity organization here in my community, I have begun to replace my worn out, cheap, made for one season only, disposable shoes with durable, long lasting ones. They are not cheap. Yet considering how long these shoes will most likely last, I know I’m getting my money’s worth out of them.
I recently purchased a pair of Birkenstock clogs. OH MY WORD! They are so comfy and so well made! I can’t believe I’ve never bought these before. I can tell just by looking at them they are going to last a very long time, not to mention they feel as if they could last a lifetime. This summer I’m gonna purchase some Birkenstock sandals for sure. Purchasing these higher price durable shoes will mean I’ll have less shoes in my closet, but you know. If they last as long as I’ve been told they will, it won’t matter a bit to me. I’d rather have a couple pair of high quality, durable, long lasting shoes than a zillion cheap, only made for a season disposable shoes. That’s how I feel about clothing and basically everything else.
Okay…links…
- I’m lovin’ this song right now.
- I’m waiting on my next DVD for this to come in the mail, cause I need to move up and my daughter is bored with the one we have right now.
- I love and want these.
- I also love this dress. Oh to be thin again (and I will be!)
- Everyone is getting one of these for their birthday this year!
- This product has given my gluten-intolerant teen daughter hope.
- This company is giving this mother of a gluten-intolerant teen daughter hope.
- I want to wear this when I do yoga when I’m skinny again.
- I like shopping at this grocery store, this grocery store and this grocery store. I just wish they were all closer!
- I’m planning to get one of these this spring and it will have one of these and one of these on it.
- I also love this dress.
You all have a wonderful Monday!