So I took an hour out of my revision time (final exam is Arabic Key Religious Texts on Friday!) to test out the clothes I already own.

Recycling clothes is not easy!!

I used to be skinnier, or shorter (maybe?) so a lot of my shirts aren’t very easy to tuck into skirts anymore! I convinced NYBoy to walk into town with me to pick ONE belt, because after paying all the preliminary trip expenses, it’s all we can afford.

True story.

I figured with at least one nice belt, I could use it to cover where my shirts come short.

My black shirt is the shortest so I tried that out first, with my new white skirt from BCBG, that I got over easter break in New York; when I knew I had an internship but wasn’t sure I could afford it.

I’ve known for a while, it took all I had not to open my big mouth and say something about it sooner.

The shirt was still WAY too short, so I hiked my skirt up incredibly high (Steve Quincy Urkle style), safety pinned it to my shirt on both sides, so I can move around without it falling back down, and used my new belt to cover up the frankenstein-like mess that was my first planned outfit.

Not half bad considering this was a shirt I would have otherwise thrown out!

Then came figuring out what to do with my new Zara dress, which I LOVE! but have never worn… it’s strapless, not very officey. But inspired by the new 80s style dresses out there that just look like tank tops sewn to skirts, I found an old Topshop tee to go under it;

And a cheap $5 cropped wrap that I got in Brunei;

PLUS I got my dad to send me a big box of random stuff I left. I don’t even think he looked through what he was stuffing into the Fedex box because when I opened it I found things like;

- An almost empty tub of TBS strawberry body butter

- Ballet flats with a hole in the bottom of one

- A cracked deodorant stick (?)

But there were also things like;

- My big box of cheap accessories and headbands!

- The shoes I bought in Nice last summer (see pictures above & below)

- A big box full of Redken Extreme Deep Fuel treatments and my Kerastase serum AND my Benefit That Gal primer, things I thought I had either lost, or had given away to my sisters without remembering!

Not to mention my Forever 21 black pencil skirt, that was a life saver for my internship last summer. This skirt goes with everything, and it only cost me maybe $20? I bought a pink Abercrombie shirt on clearance over easter break, which I later regretted because it has the light grey moose logo on one side, which I didn’t notice instore (damn you and your dark changing rooms A&F). But limited funds mean I have to make the best use of all the things I have so;

At this point you know NYBoy is trying to look calm, but secretly thinks his girlfriend has gone insane with the picture taking. If you look closely you can see his furrowed brow.

Last outfit I tried on before I got bored was my £3 (yes, THREE!) shirt from Primark, it’s lasted me three years and is possibly my favorite shirt ever. Not to mention you can’t tell how old it is when my $10 Forever 21 vest covers it.

Not bad considering some of the things I’ve had for so long! Thank god for NYBoy driving me around to go shopping in New York over easter, and my dad sending me my body butter old clothes and shoes!

I have to admit I did buy a few new things a few weeks ago, before we found out how much Italy would cost us! NYBoy brought me to Edinburgh to celebrate my new (and confirmed) job by bringing me shopping for some very cute clothes! I try clothes on and take pictures so at the end of my window shopping period, I can sit down with NYBoy and decide which pieces I absolutely NEED to buy.

@ FCUK
Why does FCUK UK size 6 fit really loosely on me? I get away with buying size 6′s everywhere else… I loved this dress, so upset it didn’t fit well

@ Miss Selfridge’s
BOUGHT THIS! I’m going to pair it with sheer tights and a shirt for work.

@ Topshop
Wish I could have bought this, but the smallest they had was a UK size 8, not for me.

BOUGHT THIS! It’s a little short, but again with the sheer tights.

Left this one, it made my arms look like sticks.

Looked too similar to the first dress I chose from Topshop (and had a broken zipper)

BOUGHT THIS! I love this jacket. I wasn’t looking for a jacket but this one was too cute.

Yes, my name is Hannah, and I am a shopaholic.