Is a New Emphasis on Hashtag Minimalism Actually Better for the Planet or Women's Mental Health?
Last month I participated in the #may30x30, which is a minimalism challenge to wear the same 30 items of clothing in differing combinations for 30 days. I posted a blog about it mid-month, which I will link to here.…
What the heck is the #May30x30?
The #May30x30 (or just 30x30 anytime, really) is such a well known term in sustainability and minimalist circles that I honestly forgot some people had no idea what I was talking about when I first mentioned it on social media—so for those who haven't heard of it, the #30x30…
The autumn of 1990. Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares 2U" had just cleaned up at the MTV video awards. Madonna was Vogue-ing right up in our faces. Stephen King's "Four Past Midnight" topped the best seller list. The first Bush was president, and (completely outside my radar) work had begun on the foundation of what would…
So I took the month of January off of shopping.
I think it's a fairly common thing to do, after our collective Black Friday Bacchanalia and the glut of holiday "special offers" and "last chance savings" emails (Hint: it's never the actual last chance. Never.) it seems like a good idea to take a month to…
Come Thrifting With Me!
Check out my plus size thrift haul - my first ever!
So January is a no-buy. No clothes. No makeup. No personal care, no homewares, no nothing. With one notable exception - in-person thrifting doesn't count. And that's deliberate.
You see, I hate thrifting. I get enormously grossed out at thrift stores. The…