I had a reawakening to fashion these past 8 months. I had some things happen in my life that made me think, “Time to redo my wardrobe because the stuff in there isn’t who I am anymore.”

Strange how that happens sometimes. You just open your closet and find that you have “out-grown” almost everything in it, style-wise. Clothing you own just doesn’t suit who you are anymore.

So, I went through the wardrobe and got rid of a huge backlog of clothing dating back to 1990. Stuff that was in good shape but I would never wear again, stuff that was in bad shape from being worn to death, and stuff that just was not me anymore. Value Village and Goodwill must love me for the huge donations of clothing I have made in the past months.

It was a very freeing activity…and made me glad to shed my old wardrobe skin. Now I am in the process of rebuilding my wardrobe with pieces that suit me now. It’s a slow process since I am not flush with cash at the moment. So, I am slowly adding new pieces…little by little.

I have a deep love for shoes. If I see a pair that catch my eye, I have to buy them right then. This has started to spill over to bags/purses and jewelry. Sometimes I will buy tights/socks as well because a colour or pattern catches my eye and I know they can really add something to an outfit. Accessories can, and do, change the look of a whole outfit.

I cannot claim to be a huge fashionista or to be someone to look to to find out what will be hot…I just know what I like and what I don’t like. I guess it is the professional photographer in me that just knows when something pleases my eye or doesn’t. I am going to blog about my finds here and share them with you.