It’s been nice to see that I can actually recreate the mood I’m drawn to in all these Pinterest inspo pics pretty easily from things I already own. It’s also been satisfying to observe that most of the things on my list aren’t necessarily items of clothing - and if they are, I already own most of them - but ways of wearing and pairing my existing wardrobe that I’m excited to try. 

However, in the spirit of full transparency, I have already made a few purchases in anticipation of the season ahead: a brown cropped wool coat and a dark wash pair of high-waisted flared jeans from a highstreet store, a vintage navy wool trouser, vintage brown trench coat and vintage wide leg pinstripe trouser, a vintage striped collared jumper and some second hand chunky monkstrap shoes... okay that's a fair bit now that I list it out, considering I 1. can't even try on most of those things to see if/how they'll fit my postpartum body (I'm confident they will even if they need tailoring to be smaller, but that's still risky behaviour) and 2. already have quite a robust autumn/winter wardrobe... perhaps a light review and declutter will be useful when switching over for the new season.

It doesn't help that I'm also currently teetering on the edge of a couple more admittedly not so steep purchases - some colourful socks and a few bits from a new-to-me second hand shop (mid wash 501s, a vintage black wool mini, this cute af red linen shift dress) that have been too good to completely let go of - but I'm really trying to talk myself down this time. I really am. We'll see how that goes when I'm feeling treatsy on my birthday tomorrow.