2024 Spending Review: Stars, Dogs and That Pledge
My "Take the Jump" pledge to buy fewer new clothes in 2024 changed my consumption, all right. When you promise to limit yourself to three new items a year, it's like eating three french fries: it can be done, but it's going to hurt. I misread the terms and thought I was committing for a year; turns out they asked for only six months' commitment, but that was long enough to shift my patterns. 2024 Stars In early 2024, before I even contemplated the project, I bought four things from retail stores, so when I signed on in May, I counted those as my new-item allowance. That meant I started at zero! These are the three pieces... and do shoes count? Please say no. Clockwise from top left, three Seasalt pieces, all bought on sale: 1. Fair Isle tank; similar here . A full-body Fair Isle over-patterns me, but a tank works, and with so many colours in the piece, it's endlessly wearable. 2. "Larissa" cotton shirt; similar here . Great for travel; it's...
