Seeking Inspiration on the 27th Day of My Shopping Ban

You may recall that I decided to go on a self imposed shopping ban for this year.

The ban consists on not buying shoes, accessories and of course clothes, I made the following "guides" to be followed:

1. I will not buy anything during the month of January 2010

2. In February I can buy one item

3. March I can buy 2 items but, 2 items of the same kind must leave my closet

4. April no purchases allowed

5. May, June, July : one item per month allowed

6. August, September, October: 2 items per month

7. November, December: one item per month

So far, in this month I have purchased 0. So I have been controlling myself a bit.

Now, I still do not know how I will handle upcoming vacations, do I assign a budget ? How would you do it ?

Anyways, as I continue with my self imposed ban, I was looking for some inspiration and found the above picture from the Philip Lim Fall 2009 Collection... and here's my summer version:

- Brown pants GAP

- Fuchsia Uno core ruffly top

- Beige cropped jacket Ann Taylor Loft

- Brown stretch belt 

- Silver Matte sandals Payless

- Yellow bag Lulu brand

- Silver Chanel wannabe earrings 

- Almost all my silver bracelets

You know, this whole set looks a lot better in "person" - meaning that the photographed version is not that flattering....