It Begins

Hello.

This blog has started because of shopping, and a tight budget.  Like any constraint, it both chafes and forces me to think differently.  This is nothing new, I know.  In my case not getting what I want can be a good thing.  Thrifty shopping is no longer my aim, as such: I simply don't need ANYTHING.  A vast collection of shoes, accessories and clothing is testament to the absence of assets in my life whose value would actually appreciate.

"I'm not buying that" - to me, not buying things is not just about a financial transaction. I must engage critical thinking! No, really! What am I buying into? Says who? What do they get out of it? Question Everything! 


I might talk about my ideas around what I think is outrageously beautiful, what looks splendid, what is secretly cool in my books, an inkling of a trend... maybe, although I hate that T word with a passion.

Perhaps my ideas can be outlined by some things this blog won't include: naff iterations of how I patted myself on the back for denying myself the hottest jeans evah on Net-a-Porter's winter sale, or a pair of Jil Sander suede wedge heel boots, almost illegally soft and amazing.  No; you won't see that, because they cost more than my student allowance pays me in six months so they were never really on my shopping list.  BUT there's nothing stopping me from writing about shoes in other ways (like why beautifully made suede wedge heel boots are so yummy in the first place).

In the absence of lucre, I have time... lots of it, and eyes and ears and a desire to understand my material urges. 


Some topics other than 'not-shopping' that this blog might include: 

• Single malt whisky
• The odd remark about globalisation (yeah - I'm studying that).
• What it's like being green these days (yeah - I do science too).
• Plus, some debates: 
• Are engineering students hotter than politics students? (I will more or less argue the affirmative, with some exceptions.)  
• Are Art students cooler than Physics students? 
• Do you really need that piece of disgusting acrylic masquerading as a scarf?
• and so on.

As a final note, I make no apology for any upcoming acid-tongued remarks and harsh critique.  I promise no sweeping statements such as "We Must..." "We have to... " "We need...." (world peace, stop persecuting women, stop pollution, end species extinction, liberalise the agricultural sector...etc etc)

Still don't know what to expect? Good ... stay tuned.  I won't let you down.