𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 - 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐦

𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠

I swear that literally everyone in lockdown had a shopping addiction. Am I wrong?

I was one of the very few people who did not order clothes from PLT and Shein every single day. Mostly because I didn't have a job or my student loan yet so I was quite literally broke.

Fast forward to about a year and a half later to now where I'm working again, I have a student loan that I didn't really use last year because all my books were online, I still haven't bought any clothes.

I'm not someone who buys clothes very often. I buy a few things here and there and at eighteen years old, I still get a few hand me downs from my cousin and my auntie.

But I start uni again in a few weeks and I'm kind of in this weird place because I think I'm actually going to be on campus this year. I feel like a first year all over again! But I have a bit of a dilemma: I don't have anything to wear.

I know uni isn't a fashion show and that after the first week, everyone will come in, not caring about their appearance. And not to mention how incredibly privileged I am to be able to spend money on clothes! I just feel like I got so bored of my wardrobe during lockdown. I wore the same things all the time. I still wear the same three tops and leggings over a year later but I can't be bothered chucking stuff out either.

I'm not wanting to go all out. I just want a few nicer t-shirts, a few nicer cardigans and a pair of jeans.

I have jeans but I only really have one pair and they're skinny jeans. Nothing wrong with skinny jeans, they look lovely but ugh, a year of wearing lounge wear all the time, I just want to breathe. Which is why I'm looking at mom jeans because they're cute but look to be less restricting. But jeans are expensive 😭

I can literally put a few things in my basket before the total is up way too high.

I just want cheap clothes that will last, are good to the environment, look nice and will be good to my bank account. Is that too much to ask for?

Not to mention the fact that my dad will probably get annoyed at me for spending money even though it's my hard earned cash because "I don't need to spend money". That's not the point here 😭

Anyway, this was absolutely pointless and I'm so sorry for anyone who read this. It is literally not even a real issue.

Anyway, I'm going to sleep on this because sometimes I wake up the next day, look at the clothes and wonder what I was thinking.

Lots of love, e x