Road to Minimalism

  Very happy with this months perfume samples that are now gone! managed to use these up by putting them my work bag and using them as top ups though out the day. I also got a set of egg bath bombs for easter they smell amazing and I didn't want to wait to use them so I did stop using my current bath stuff to use these :D jan -red feb - orange mar-yellow April - green

 No Buy March Don't know if I can still give this post the No Buy title to be honest. Massively fell off the wagon this month. so all I can say is that I should have shares in the corner shop near work. But April is a new month and time to go again! 

Feb 2022 so red crosses are jan orange are feb   

No buy nooooooo  this month I slipped up 3 times! (it was 4 but I sent the item back 😂id bought a jacket)  what I bought was junk food drinks, chips and chocolate from the corner shop did I need it? nope  I did go out quite a bit this month and spend a fair bit. but i'm not including days out / experiences I can buy tickets and eat out with friends but a fail is when I just buy junk   

So I took a bit of and inventory at the beginning of 2022 and created this graphic (yes it did take me all morning)  I have crossed off what I used up in January in red. i'm very happy, I managed to stick to my no buy in this area as you can clearly see I don't need anything but I did manage to avoid the temptation of the January sales. and here all the products I used up (some samples and bits that I didn't include in the other graphic for the year.) And here's the make up. I really want to see how long some products last me. I'm not looking to try and use any of these up as I use them daily so the longer they last me the better.   

Make up inventory 2022  Make up inventory 2022 As you can see I know what I like. I have a lot of stock enough for a year (I hope) I had quite a bit gifted to me for Christmas as I didn't really need/want anything else.

  So this year I decided I didn't need any more clothes...... screen shots for proof....  I clearly have my favourites and I'm in complete shock looking at my finances this year that I spent a whopping £957.58 on exactly that. 2022 NO MORE CLOTHES!  

2021 Empties  looking at all of these items seems crazy. some I'm really happy I got through and others are my day to day that I will repurchase. I find it really interesting to see how many of each item I have used for example I can see here 3 powders  a hand full of perfumes and deodorants ect. im keen to do this again in 2022. I found it very motivating to use some of those smaller items that would normally sit around in a drawer for a few years.  

 December Empties perfume and some makes up! whooooop I'm please that I manage to get though some of the loose samples and little sashays this month all ready for the new year.... I'm just sorting out the image for the 2021 Empties 

  winter is here the jumpers are defiantly out looking forward to mixing it up next month bring on the Christmas theme jumpers. although with Black Friday deals im ashamed to say I have bought a lot of clothes 😩

 November Empties Some very long tail items here and a few samples very pleased with this lot. I am going to really push to use up some more this final month of the year. few more samples floating around...

  October Empties Finished a few long tail items this month long with a bunch of samples which I'm really pleased to clear out.  my aim for next month is to start using up the smaller sample / travel size items before the end of the year.

September  ok so i've been back at work. I wore a total or 31 items  I purchased a new scarf and some pj bottoms for £28 i'm surprised with the fact that over half the items I only wore once in the month  how has everyone else done?

 September Empties  empties for September, used up some larger items this month and so smaller ones that I would probably buy the bigger version of so quite happy with this little lot.

 Ok so after looking at my clothes at the beginning of the year I told myself I didn't need any more clothes. but still looking at my finances 9 months in I can see I still couldn't stop myself buying. so to hold myself accountable for future purchased i'm going to see if I can justify / explain my reasoning for buying. so in January pay day came I just changed jobs and though yes I need some jumpers for work. I have worn the teal one a total of 3 times, the grey is still in the plastic. I didn't like it at all the knit was stretchy and you can't roll your sleeves up. I ended up giving them both to my cousin. still in January we had some pretty rubbish wether so I got some dr marten boots I ordered the wrong size due to covid restrictions as you couldn't go and try them on so ended up selling on and buying the correct size.  happy with this purchase still wear them a lot I know they're pricey. looking at my style book app I have worn them 47 times since purc...