birthday bag
March is my birthday month and I definitely of overdid it on the shopping front. I plan to reel it back in for April for sure! But I did pick up a new Goyard bag (the Belvedere), some Hermes items (both old and new), and a new-to-me Cartier ring (which I’m already planning to sell—review coming soon). This month felt like a combination of doom spending and birthday spending, and honestly resulted in one of my highest credit card bills. So yes, I will have to go on a good ‘ole No Buy from here on out (ok actually starting after our trip back to Hawaii 😂). I used to be really good at No Buy months, but since the pandemic I’ve been spending like there’s no tomorrow. I wonder if I can get back to it. I have feeling it’s going to be harder than relearning how to ride a bike, which tbh isn’t the greatest analogy for me since I never really learned how to ride a bike. But I do have my very own No Buy July guide to help me get started on a No Buy Month(s).
Updated the following blog posts: Quince Home Review and Quince Turkish Towels Review (with the addition of the Turkish Ultra Plush Bath Sheet, which replaced my tired 10-year-old Pottery Barn towels), Goyard Cap Vert bag review (with some things I learned when I visited the Goyard Boutique), Polene Beri Review (I considered selling it but then changed my mind and needed to update the review 😂), Cafune Stance Bag Review (I revisited some of my older reviews of mid-range, high-quality bags and I honestly miss the Stance bag a bit).
We’ve been going on a mattress journey 😂 these past couple of months (and it’s still ongoing). We’ve been needing a new mattress since my pregnancy left permanent valleys in our old mattress that was giving me back pain. After much research we went for a Saatva Classic Luxury Firm mattress which I loooooved. I had the best sleep of my life. It was like a really good, luxury hotel mattress. Unfortunately it was giving my husband back pains. So we exchanged it (for $100+movers’ tip+ 2 weeks of waiting) for the Saatva Classic Firm. Now I’m having the worst sleep of my life while he’s having his best. I think we’re going to just have to return it (for another $100) and get a Sleep Number or something. Is this what getting old is like—each of our needs getting to be more specific with the possibility of them diverging completely? Haaalp 😩