I think I said I would update this blog daily, at least that's what my friend told me today. It turns out that updating a written blog daily is a lot harder than I thought. My other blog- what i need now, is much much simpler to keep updated. I think it's because it's pretty much based on all the clothes, bands and people I love, and of course all the things I need now. I'm not going to lie, I tend to surf the world wide web pretty frequently and I am constantly looking for my next purchase. I have been wondering about this lately, 'this' being my addiction to shopping. You probably think I have something insightful to say about this, but actually I have nothing. I can't explain it and I will never understand where is comes from. The simple fact is that I love clothes. I especially love shopping for clothes and dressing up in them and further I love to look at clothes, and research them, where they are made, who designs them, how much they cost, where I can buy them from, how I can accquire them, the way they make me feel. Once the researching starts my brain starts to click into action and then I start to build budgets, budgets which mean that I will need to wait approximately 10 weeks till I can afford the perfect pair of suede booties, or 5 weeks until I can afford that divine floral dress or even 1 week till I can afford a new pair of Converse Chuck Taylors. These budgets work in theory, however they are never actually put into action and all the purchases are quickly thrown on one of the three credit cards. The debt is still mounting and I'm starting to feel a little bad about it. It was not until recently when  I looked through my giant wardrobe and realised that almost 80% was filled with impulse buys I didn't wear. Maybe if I followed the budget I would have realised that by the time I saved for the almighty item, I didn't actually need it in the first place.
So in a moment of saneness (is that a word?) I decided I needed to change this bad habit of impulse buying. It was then that I decided that I really had to start thinking more about what I wear. I realised that 5 or 6, $100 dresses was the equivelant of a pair of Miu Miu shoes. This realisation was a bit sad at first, especially when I think about how many pairs of Miu Miu shoes I could own right now! But the simple fact is it's a hell of a lot easier to justify a $100 dress than it is a $500 pair of shoes. Despite this I have made the decision to make a clean break from impulse buying and am now looking for  a classic wardrobe made up of quality pieces. This will be an investment in my future and I have decided that from now on I am looking to the future. No more will I impulse buy! No more will I buy exessive amounts of high street floral dresses and blazers. From now on I am looking for quality not quantity. I am looking for luxury, rather than a cheap thrill. Most of all I am looking for a Chanel, Chloe and Pucci bag, a pair of Miu Miu shoes, a Dion Lee dress and a Louis Vuitton scarf. I said earlier I was worried about my impulse buys contributing to my growing credit card debt. Sometimes I think that my new idea of luxury buying might be worse...... I'm willing to take that risk.