Love The One You're With

Hello my lovelies!

It's that time of year when my mind's a blank when I try to remember what I wore this time last year.

Sometimes I buy something then think "Hey, I've already got something very similar.  Somewhere."  

Which is good because it reaffirms my own personal style and choices.  And then hopefully the piece returns whence it came.

I guess if ALL my season's clothes were stored in ONE place I would save myself the palaver of the buy/return cycle.  

But it is what it is.

When this happens and I find myself with two (or more!) of the same thing, I invariably assure myself that my first piece is still just fine and that I should continue to love the one I have.  Like with these recent purchases ...

White Jeans

I thought I'd pretty much hooked out my summer clothes but could only find one pr white jeans and one pr white trousers.

Hardly enough to keep me going through the summer months eh?

So I went on a white jeans spree and ended up with 5 prs on my bedroom floor. 

Duh, this doesn't make sense.  I managed with just two pairs of white bottoms last summer?  That doesn't sound like me.

Some of my summer stuff just may have strayed into my winter storage cubes, thought I.  And they had.

And thus, seeing six (yes six!) pairs of white jeans and crops fluttering on the clothesline was an immensely satisfying (and money saving!) feeling.

So I'm loving the ones I'm with, like these from Per Una.

And the five new pairs have been returned whence they came. 

Yellow Dress

During my white jeans hunt I found myself lured by this cute Next number.

Credit  Next

But when I tried it on home I of course realised I had one very similar, which I love. 

 Yes, I found my old dress in the white jeans cube stash too!

So my cute yellow gingham shift has been returned whence it came.

Red Dress

Now I don't have a red dress per se and I'd been lusting after one, probably because social media is awash with them this SS19 and thus so is my brain.

I found this one from Peacocks.

Wrong shape and length for me.  Better with a shift dress, thought I.

Credit Next

So I found myself a shift.

It was ok, but just that.  Ok.  No real love.

So red dress and shift were returned whence they came.

And this isn't red, it's pink, but I can live with subtle hue variation.  And the more flattering shape!

So what I've learned from this little exercise is two-fold:

1. Sometimes you keep getting drawn back to the same style, colour or print.

2. When this happens, check your storage cubes, you probably already have it!

As Steve Stills advocates, just love the one you're with!

Good on the purse, good on the environment.

A la perchoine,

Mary x.

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