Way to go, Mo! I'm so glad you have sorted this all out. It's a great place to be, isn't it?

Congratulations and thank you! This is so inspirational and exactly what I aspire to, though I highly doubt I can do nearly as well or in only three years. Thanks for showing me that moderate budget + dream items - the "so-so/filler/quick-fix" = possible!

love the formula shemarie made! I might have to tatoo that somewhere

Your words encourage me to keep plugging away. Yes, I am on that shared path you mention but right now I feel like I must be facing the wrong direction! I'm not whingeing, (well, a bit maybe) rather it's a recognition that after nearly two years of addressing style with the help of YLF I am feeling quite befuddled. I know that is a normal stage of learning but I am impatient.
Hm, now I have definitely whinged, sorry'bout that.
Really I want to say that I appreciate this thread and, most importantly, it is absolutely brilliant that you have crunched your numbers and culled and purged and love your clothing choices. Congratultaions. Penny

This is inspiring, Mo, and you are an excellent role model. I so badly want to be in the place you are, and I'm getting closer. We moved recently and I ended up getting rid of loads of things I was just hanging onto and I swore I would never buy another thing, haha! I am much more thoughtful about what I DO buy and that's a big improvement for me. But IKWYM about having so many things be unworn, that just doesn't make good sense and I hope to be in the place you are at some point.