So another month of this so-called shopping ban and another failure to add to the books.  If you've been following my Insta-story, you know we've been doing about 2 weeks of traveling with our Airstream.  And most of the time we're glamping at campsites (side note: I got a request from a reader to do a post of my top glamping spots in California so that'll be up soonish), but we had a couple days in LA (which IMHO is the shopping mecca on the west coast).  I browsed around DTLA (downtown LA), which back when I was going to UCLA was deader than dead.  Now there's a ton of cool stores like Vrai and Oro at the ROW at DTLA and COS stores (the big sister to H&M).  And well of course if I'm looking, I'm going to be tempted to buy, and buy I did at both of those places (oh and at the new Bridge & Burn store in LA too).  I was especially guilty about buying stuff at COS since they're fast fashion and I was on track to a completely fast fashion-free year.  But I can no longer claim that prize.  Ah well, guess it just goes to show that I'm weak when it comes to clothes.  

On a related note, I'm really trying to view my collection of clothes and what I wear daily as just a facet of my self expression and not such a main focus of my life.  I want to do great things while looking stylish, I don't want to just look stylish (and by 'great things' I mean anything meaningful acts big or small).  And lately I feel like my clothes have been more of a focus than my actual actions, so I might take a step back and try to focus more on doing rather than accumulating.  If this sounds vague and confusing, it's probably because I don't feel very clear on it myself.  

Anyway two more months to go, and the most consumeristic time of the year so we'll see how I weather that.  Though come January I'm totally going to let myself try some new Elizabeth Suzann items since I've been dying to try them since month one!