Tag: Strategic Purchasing
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Iceberg Dead Ahead
Do you sometimes think about what’s coming. Perhaps with a mixed feeling of excitement and dread, all the time thinking there’s an iceberg dead ahead.
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How to Set up a Giving Programme
About a hundred years ago (February 2020), I suggested we think about setting up a giving programme. What with the Covid-19 pandemic, a great deal has changed since then, and I have been astounded by how much ordinary people are contributing to the greater good. Some of the giving I’ve seen reported includes: It’s been…
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Wealthy is as Wealthy Does
There’s a proverb of sorts, Beauty is as Beauty does And according to Walt Disney (video has sound) at any rate, it means being kind and doing something nice for someone who feels down. Every single day. Because beauty is about what’s on your inside, not the outside. And you can Google to your heart’s…
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The What, Why, and How of Pleasure
When times get tough, one of the first expenses cut is pleasure. In the face of all other considerations, it becomes frivolous and wasteful. And yet, without pleasure, life can look and feel very grim. The other day I was watching one of a series of news reports by Geoff Thompson on Australia’s housing affordability…
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The Joyful Memories from Gifts of Love
I took advantage of the recent gloriously summery weather to catch up on some washing, starting with the towels because they take the longest to dry. As I hung them on the line, carefully stretching and straightening them out so they dry square (and are easier to fold neatly), I realised I hadn’t bought any…
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How to Win in the Sales Season
It’s sales season again – that time of year when it seems everyone is trying to get their hands in your wallet. Preferably to empty it, leaving you (and their competitors) with nothing. But you can win the sales season, “all” it takes is a bit of research and planning. Know what you want, and…
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5 Tips for Surviving Your Renovation
We’re renovating our bathroom. It’s been interesting… Here are my top five tips for surviving a renovation.
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How Wardrobe Reviews Make You Happy and Boost Personal Power
I recently watched a video where some women talked about the life-changing nature of KonMari-ing their closets. How their wardrobe reviews boost personal power, and made them happy. I haven’t read the book, but I get the impression that it is a method of systematically removing extraneous matter from your home by keeping only those things that make…
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A Critique of Glamour’s “24 Fashion Essentials You’ll Need in 2015”
Stradbroke Day 1935 at Ascot (Brisbane, Australia) race day fashion essentials. By Contributor(s): The Queenslander (6 June 1935) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons In a large nutshell, this is my problem with “fashion essentials”. An essential is something that you just can’t do without; the air that you breathe for example. Fashion is a customary or conventional way…
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The Three Kinds of Capsule Wardrobe
I’ve already mentioned that I have a cold, and am flat-out (like a lizard drinking) trying to get my book Build Your Signature Wardrobe finished so just a very quick post today to share what I have learned about the three kinds of capsule wardrobe. That is, that there is more than one kind of capsule wardrobe,…
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The Importance of Appropriateness in Clothing
Brighton Beach 1967, H. Dacre Stubbs via State Library of Victoria Just a quick post today. I am starting to get a tiny bit stressed about getting my book Build Your Signature Wardrobe finished and published by the end of this month, and it seems like there is too much still to do. Anyway, I thought I…
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Wardrobe Planning 1935 style
Today’s advice about wardrobe planning 1935 style comes from a college textbook I discovered during my book research [1]. It offers advice on designing and fitting clothing, gaining the most satisfaction from your clothes and handily, a four step wardrobe plan. 1. Understand What Makes a Good Outfit Your outfit (or as they say, costume) starts with your…
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Your Clothing Shopper Responsibilities
I’m going to share the Author’s thoughts about clothing shopper responsibilities the responsibilities of wardrobe shopping. Some are still surprisingly relevant today and looking back some are strangely prescient
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Wibbly Wobbly Family Timey Wimey
We just got home from a mad dash back to the town we grew up in (as opposed to our hometown, where we live now). The principle purpose of our trip was, of course, to visit our respective aging parents who have assorted medical problems, and are approaching the time when we don’t know when/if will be the last time we see…
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The Benefit of Wardrobe Budgeting
It’s been a couple of weeks since I talked about the value of wardrobe planning, so I thought I’d follow up with some thoughts about wardrobe budgeting and buying clothes.
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Why Wardrobe Plans are Valuable
The key wardrobe plan problem is building this year’s wardrobe around last year’s clothes (not lack of funds). I think this may be…
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Discovering Your Perfectly Comfortable Heel Height
I don’t recall how I stumbled across How To Measure Your Ideal Heel Height, I think it was one of those newsletters where someone sends out a bunch of stuff to read on the weekend, but by the time you read all the links you’ve already deleted the source email. (Or is that just me?) It…
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Could You Do Fashion On a Budget?
As I mentioned in presence, clothing is an issue that has been concerning me since the transplant. As I mentioned, I had to replace all my clothes, and I went a bit nuts, just buying things that I liked the look of with no real plan of how they would work together or even how they would look…
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Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Presence
Your authentic self is initially seen through personal presentation – your beautiful presence; your clothes, hair and makeup.