It’s Over

((Random shot of Leonidas to celebrate my 300th post. YAAAAAAAAY!!!))

I’m ending No Buy Month early.  Surprisingly, it’s not because I HAVE to have something and I can’t wait another 2 weeks.  It’s actually because I was able to meet about 6 of my fiduciary goals for the year this month.  Holding out just seemed stupid.  LOL.

Now, just because I wasn’t in dire need of something doesn’t mean I didn’t treat myself.  I did.  Indeed I did.  However, I am glad to report that I’ve decided to go on a new route when it comes to throwing down my cash.

• I’m done (for the most part) with mass retailers (today, I made my “last” purchase)
• Any supplemental wardrobe pieces are going to be from indie operations or thrifting

Overall, I think this approach will curb all most of the impulse spending that has defined about 60% of my closet.  Oh joy.

The latest haul: the boots I’ve been mentioning all week and a couple of pairs of earrings from carpedraco’s etsy store.  A huge thank you to Miss Elle of Broke and Beautiful for the heads up!!!

For those of you who have always been fascinated with stretched earlobes, you definitely need to pay carpedraco a visit.  Go quickly.  She’s announced that she’s moving on to other pursuits and will be closing up shop soon.  Not to leave her fans completely disappointed, she’s made shipping free on everything.  Score.

Everything in the store is made of natural wood or bone (great for those of you with metal sensitivity) or is an actual piece of jewelry that has been modified for standard pierced ears.  Genius.   Especially for non-committal with the holes in the body people like me.  Oh, and everything is $15 or less.  Yeah.  LESS.

There is stock left, so go on over.  If you’re confused about how they work, Miss Elle posted a video.

Happy Weekend!

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