Ugh, I'm said I'm done shopping, but I'm still looking and finding all sorts of things.

I just recently got winter treads put on my dress boots after wiping out and causing huge bruises on my knees (and landing on my iPad, but that's another story - yay, AppleCare!) - so I might have to shift around some money to get the rest of my boots done.

It makes such a big difference! - I should have known that. HAHA.

Ugh, clothing maitenance. I'm terrible about staying on top of it. I have a few things that need to go to the tailor, a few things I need to mend myself, and a bunch of knits that need to be de-pilled. I also need to check over all my boots and take the worn ones in to the tailor for maintenance and repairs. Hmm, where was my to-do list again?

I also plan to do a big sort-and-purge after my colour consult this weekend. I may be tweaking my hair and makeup colours afterwards as well. I'm really looking forward to all of that.

I am done with fall/ winter. Anything I buy now, has to be spring appropriate

I was done with fall/winter in November really. I am now focusing on spring/summer. The weather has been so nice here it is hard not to. I do plan on cutting my spending and only filling wardrobe holes. I also have a difficult time deciding what is a hole and what is an indent.

Im curious is your $30 monthly or for the whole year? Ive set myself a goal pretty close to $30 monthly which will be a huge step back from my spending on the past few years, but an amount that i hope will allow for a (very) few replacements and help me focus on the priorities and to discover true wardrobe holes. I feel as though i am embarking on a bit more if a style evolution and the budget constraint will certainly make parts of that difficult i hope sewing a few key pieces can help with that. SYB here i come!

I'm on a huge minimalism kick. I swore to stick to a budget this year and the next two months I declared myself on a shopping ban. My 2014 goals are similar- reduce spending, save, reduce clutter and related stress, and stop feeding the want monster

I went through a bit of a buying frenzy in the last couple of months, as it seemed that lots of things were on mega sale, suddenly available in my size, or a very obvious and annoying wardrobe hole. So from a financial standpoint I should probably go on SYC. But I also need to take a step back and assess what I have before I buy any more stuff, as well as making a dent in my alterations and up-cycling pile.

One thing that would be useful as well is coming up with more actual outfits so that I can identify my wardrobe holes better. Basic stuff, I know, but I find it hard to make myself do it!