Spring is in the air and the daffodils are popping up. This is the time of year I prefer to make my resolutions instead of in gloomy January. I am starting to feel revitalized with all the new growth around me so what better time to make a few resolutions? A few of my spring [...]
It is getting chilly here in old London town so it is time to take out the heavier clothes, tights, socks and sweaters. What is the easiest way to get in a bad mood first thing in the morning? No, it is not being out of milk but not being able to find a pair [...]
As soon as I mention wearing your summer clothes in the winter I’m sure it will bring up all kinds of images of bikinis over thermals or someone wearing all of their t-shirts at once. Well, I have a confession to make – I don’t have separate summer and winter wardrobes. That’s right. Now I’m [...]
Yes we have all bought things that don’t really suit us. After a bit of spring cleaning of my closet, I noticed a few items way in the back, that have never actually been on my back or my feet for that matter. Keeping my fashion errors just makes me angry at myself for spending [...]
I must admit I am having a bit of an identity crisis. I used to work as a stylist, so I used to live fashion then I got tired of the constant need for the new and the very large strain on my finances. This was about three years ago then I started The Lean [...]
Do you remember when no one wanted to sit next to you at lunch because your Mom made you a stinky egg salad sandwich? So what did you do a the clever age of 10? You chucked it out of course, because you didn’t want to be the kid with the stinky sandwich. Well I [...]
The sun is shining and we all want to get out of our very clean houses. I have been tidying and clearing out and what do we do after a big clear out? We make a list of the new stuff we want. Last week in the post Spring 2012 Style Update, I listed the [...]
Spring is quite an easy season to update your look since the fabric is more cotton than cashmere so much less expensive to add a piece or two. For us real women, I have noticed a few style trends that would be pretty easy to incorporate into our wardrobes. The other great thing about buying [...]
What is wrong with a little cheap and cheerful clothing? Every girl would like to get a new dress for Saturday night, right? Wrong! Don’t we ever get tired of consuming? I know of people, no it is not only women, that have so much stuff that they could not list a quarter of it. [...]
I have found so many of my fashion mistakes are made by buying an item in the wrong colour, better to say a colour that does not suit me. There are a few colour rules - 1. Figure out if you are a warm toned or a cold toned person. This is as easy to [...]
Here comes another frugal confession, I miss the finances of the past. This past weekend, I lost a very good friend in an accident, when something like this happens of course, you are flooded with memories. I have fond reminiscences of spending Saturday afternoons browsing the shops and when you wanted to buy something that [...]
There are two times in the year when life gets a bit more challenging for the frugal woman; when the fashion circus comes to town. It is difficult to avoid fashion when the shows are covered in all the papers. Everyday more beautiful things to look at, it is a kind of torture for women that [...]