At the risk of imagining myself one of those people who unboxes new toys for their millions of YouTube fans (about which I have zero delusions), or TikToks themselves showing off their latest thrift store haul, I do still want to tell you about how I came to possess not one but two zebra dresses.Continue reading “A Zebra For All Seasons”
Category Archives: Minimalism
So now what?
No, really? So now what? I asked myself. What am I supposed to do now? Just waltz into a thrift store, or a sock store with the wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket? (–Umh, Lily? Umh, hunny, to what cash are you referring?) After a year of being hypervigilant about my shoppingContinue reading “So now what?”
Challenge Update: Week 52
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We did it! Stay tuned to the end for a podcast trailer! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet Well. As I mentioned yesterday, Ms. Lily Fields has been sidelined with the COVID this week. So, one good thing about that is that, while covet and COVID only differ by two letters,Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 52”
The Ideal Life Round-Up Contentment
Similar to the Ideal Life Theme of “Gravitas”, “Contentment” is quite idiosyncratic. If “Gravitas” is part of my Ideal Life, it is because I have always felt as though, for some reason, I never properly grew up into an adult. If “Contentment” is part of my Ideal Life, it is because I have never beenContinue reading “The Ideal Life Round-Up Contentment”
Challenge Update: Week 50
Two more weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought nothing. Yay me. Can I take a pass on that coveting question? Just this once? Challenge Rule 2: The Inventory Well, the deed is done. everything in my closet, including my evening gowns, has been worn at least once this year.Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 50”
Challenge Update: Week 49
Three more weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought nothing. Yay me. On the other hand, I have been having deep, deep, deep thoughts about the idea of coveting: what is the line between appreciating and coveting? Is wanting what we don’t have inherently wrong? Under what circumstances does aspirationalContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 49”
Challenge Update: Week 48
Four more weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I bought nothing, and I’m going to be honest, I didn’t really covet much this week, either. I can’t tell if it was a function of having planned what I would wear a week ahead (which it definitely could be–more on that inContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 48”
Challenge Update: Week 47
Five more weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet Aside from the usual and recurring coveting which I cannot escape, I didn’t do much of it this week. I was pretty busy, which helped immensely. Challenge Rule 2: The Inventory Ooh!!! This is interesting, if you have been following along with theContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 47”
Challenge Update: Week 46
Six weeks to go! Stay through to the end for a sneak peak at our Christmas concert! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet I did not buy. I have been coveting a little bit, but wait! Let me explain! It’s a very fine line between thinking about the things I will actually need toContinue reading “Challenge Update: Week 46”
Challenge Update: Week 45
Seven weeks to go! Challenge Rule 1: Buy No Clothes/Don’t Covet Oooooooooh boy. I walked right into the lion’s den this week: I went to my favorite thrift store It was for scientific reasons that I went, mind you. I went to the thrift store to look for fabrics for my furoshiki project. So really,Continue reading “Challenge Update: Week 45”
Sing With Your Feet 