Scrolling through designer clothes

 I don't know why, but I have lately found comfort in looking at designer clothing. My Instagram feed is full of runway photos from different designers. I've even bought a few labelled designer items -- I wonder if I'm in some databases classified as a "bottom-feeder". Item has to be severely discounted to enter my sphere. And in XL too. 

Discounts are so often when only XXS remains. If that's your size, you should really wait for things to go on sale. I used to see beautiful sample sales of that size in Building 19, and lovely vintage finds too-small-for-me at Goodwill.

Anyway, today scrolling through Sacks 5th Ave Sale for Women;

• The Classic Crew Distressed Tee - no thanks, I distress my own Tee's. 
• What's more, I wear holes in my own jeans, and patch them too.
•  I need to buy replacement jeans the next time I'm at the LLBean outlet...
• Crop top, crop top,  - I bought one beautiful crop sweatshirt from Nordstrom last year because I couldn't resist, and thought, well, it's XL and I'm short. It is not too badly cropped.
• It is pretty, cheers me up to wear it, but the cropped length means my belly's exposed when I lift my arms. Not too bad for a sweatshirt, since there's always another shirt underneath. 
• But I resolved never to buy any other top with the word "cropped"
• There was a funny tweet suggesting to clothes-makers that many women do want to cover the bottom half of their belly. I wish I could remember the quote.
• Sports bras - also need to be tried on. I did order one online from Venus Williams Eleven, on-sale and made in the USA. Their largest size was too small. Mailed it back.
• Koral leggings. - I bought my kid a pair of these because she needed long-underwear/leggings and these were made in USA and also an OK price on-sale. Don't need any more.
• The depressing thing about sorting price low to high is you have to scroll through a lot of underpants and bikini bottoms. 

• I'm also trying to not buy clothes labelled "Imported" unless I know it's not from China.
• I also don't need more clothes. I need to save $. I need to de-clutter.
• This weekend I was crocheting a weird probably-a-vest. This seems to be a somewhat reasonable way to satisfy my urge for silly new clothes.
• downside - could better spend time cleaning up, writing my novel, playing lute?
• then again, if I use up the yarn I have and don't cave into urge to buy more, that sort of helps the decluttering.
• I've also crocheted some pieces from slashed up old clothes. Another good way to be frugal and de-clutter.

It's better if I spend lunch-hour walking up the block and down again. Not at desk doing not-work.

Off.