I took on a second 30×30 challenge midway through November with mixed feelings of trepidation and optimism. The silly season and its accompanying sales draw me in every year without fail, as emails announcing 50% off storewide, or 70% off shoes trickle into my inbox. With more than my fair share of purchases already made in 2013, I decided to approach the sale season with a half-hearted shopping ban, accompanied by a wardrobe challenge. I can say with surety that the shopping ban was most definitely half-hearted, as I jumped at the chance to make more than a few purchases;…

With multiple festive themed gatherings behind me, I’ve managed to make it through the week relatively unscathed, although well in need of a quiet weekend. For me, I’m looking forward to curling up with the latest copy of the Gentlewoman, and reuniting with these Karen Walker ‘trixie’ sunglasses. After misplacing them while in Auckland two weeks ago, and subsequently finding they had been snatched from their ‘resting place’, I’m still feeling incredibly grateful (and lucky!) that the lovely girls at Karen Walker so graciously and swiftly replaced them. I’m not usually one to be sentimental, but after three years, and…