Wardrobe shuffle!

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Wardrobe shuffle!

Nothing like a good wardrobe re organisation to cheer me up!! I moved alot of stuff to the recycling pile. I also have a box of things that I love but am not wearing at the moment IYKWIM - Eg really soft black leather pencil skirt, some dresses, lace top thing - one day just not right now! I change my wardrobe according to the seasons - jumpers away or jumpers out. summer tops in or summer tops out. Very satisfying! Also played stylist wiith a few items - took stock! Am now after a waistcoat - black fitted one - will know it when I see it!!! Shoes, skirts, jeans etc Also called in to the RSPCA shop. It has been maryised - re decorated and repriced - no more sale rail of cut price items and lots of items now over priced if you ask me but such is the way of things..........

Would love to find some jumble sales - proper jumble sales with lots of jumble to rumble through but never see them advertised locally. Carboot maybe at the weekend.
Collected vouchers for the residents festival - Cragside is a must not sure for other days - some attractions are doing two for one which is still in the case of Alnwick Garden adn Castle £16 plus child price! tut tut
Uni Interview has been put back which is excellent - so have more time to prepare at a more sensible pace.
Debt - opened bank account today, need to transfer direct debits tomorrow, and also carry on with the care home search for the returning mother. We are on lots of lists and are waiting.........

Checked out Iceland today - needed milk and fruit, not bad for some items.

More debt sorting tomorrow and I may even dig out my camera software if there is time!!! I have lots of treasures to show!!! lol

4 comments:

Vix16 March 2011 at 00:34
Let us know what size you are then we can all keep our eyes peeled for the waistcoat of your dreams! xxx
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Scarlett16 March 2011 at 03:55
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leading me to yours! Look forward to reading your post and always happy to have fellow charity shoppers to share finds with. I know what you mean about the charity shop changes, most of the ones here have been revamped and over priced. I do have a couple of trusty ones which i know will always come up trumps and they know my face so they are good to me. I was saying the other day that there are no old-school style jumble sales around here, when i was growing up there was one every weekend but now they are the holy grail. I did blog about a church fund raiser one i went to a few weeks back and it was super cheap, they have one every month so will be first in the queue next month lol. Scarlett x
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Fran16 March 2011 at 12:22
I guess that ebay and car boot sales have taken over from jumble sales. I miss them too x
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Eeek19 March 2011 at 16:32
Lovely idea about the waist coat - any fitted leather ones about - black or dark colours ina size 12-14 and I'm your girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't write to share wisdom. Have very little of that. I don't claim to have an aspirational lifestyle of any kind. I dont write for it to be read even. If it is and my mad mixed up life interests people, makes them laugh, is a bit of a soap opera, whatever then that's great. Blogging - a bit of an affirmation of real life life choices maybe....

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Once upon a time the end was in sight and financial freedom from my little debt of under 5k was nearly within my grasp! December 2012 if not before with the benefits of frugality however our friend Dave had other plans!!!!

I was made redundant from my job with a pish package I took what I could find till a full time position. Finally taking a 10k salary drop.

In 2009 I invested in property buying my house with a 15% deposit. n 2011 after three years of home owning and negative equity to the tune of 12k I have finally sold and now have jack bloody buggery shite. What smarts is that I gave up time with my small child in favour of seeking security for us. If only I had done the opposite....... rented, claimed top up benefits and saved my hard earned cash .... quality of life for me and weeny girl for three years would have been be better and we would have a cash sum in the bank and no debt.

You play frugal, play independent, watch your consumption, don't do frivalous sofas or new cars, no nights out at the pub type debt just what you have to! After a double whammy from the government - house market slump and Local Authority redundancy compounded by rural living what is a single mum supposed to do???? = Suck it up, Keep smiling, and use a brush instead of a hoover.