When I moved house (the most recent time...), I realised that I have quite a lot of stuff. So I got rid of a bunch of stuff - to friends, charity shops and the bin. However, turns out I still have quite a lot of stuff (those assisting me in my move will vouch for this), especially clothes. None of the clothes were particularly expensive (about 1/3 come from charity shops) and while I'm not going to get rid of any at the moment, I really don't need more. Also, I don't want to be a consumer who just buys things because I think I need them (or might need them). Especially when it's cheap clothes that can't result in a fair price being paid to the workers involved (or indeed expensive clothes that still don't pay a fair price) and use up raw materials and energy in their production. Plus I'm about to be a very broke student again, so spending money on clothes shouldn't really be my priority...
So I've set myself a bit of a challenge: No purchasing of new clothes for 6 months. Since I started at the beginning of July, this takes me through til the end of 2009. This is going to be pretty hard... However the one light in the darkness is the word "new" in the challenge - charity shop shopping is still permitted, since it's essentially recycling old clothes and supporting a good cause at the same time - the condition for this is that for every item I buy, I have to donate one back to a charity shop (therefore preventing further wardrobe expansion).
This was a bit of an impulse decision, as demonstrated by the fact that I only have three pairs of trousers at the moment, 2 of which don't fit me very well, and I've never found a pair of trousers that fit me in a charity shop. Erm. So expect to see me wearing a lot of skirts over the next 6 months...
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