Shopping Strategies

I confess I never really considered there to be too much of a connection between shopping and spirituality. And then I came across an article on spiritual practices for shopping and it got me to thinking that maybe there is a connection after all. In researching this blog post, I looked up the definition of […]

A popular wardrobe management and shopping strategy is the “one in – one out” strategy.  This approach requires that for every new item you bring into your wardrobe, one item (usually the requirement is that it is in that same category) must leave your wardrobe. So if you buy a new jacket, a jacket in […]

I’m an advocate for and talk a lot about conscious shopping.  This kind of shopping is a Before, During and After activity where you feel good during each stage: Before you even enter the mall or shopping district you are clear and conscious about what brought you there including all those context things – the emotional […]

For those of us who find shopping compelling, we can often get very caught up with the allure of a new garment, hanging tantalisingly on a store rail.  All other thoughts seem to exit our brains except “Isn’t this stunning – I just love it?”  Which can quickly lead to “I must have it!” This […]

So many of us have bought, and bought, and bought, because our braking mechanism wasn’t working correctly. We didn’t know we’d passed Go.  We didn’t know we’d reached our enough point.  We didn’t know when to stop. We kept buying, filling up our baskets with more stuff than we needed, or would ever wear and […]