What's your S&B 'thing?'

[FelicityFoxton]

Everyone has something that they've got loads of already but can't resist a new addition to the collection.

For me it's coats. I have five Gilets, and probably eight jackets and several winter coats, I added to the collection yesterday with a lovely Mint Velvet Boucle coat. God knows why, just loved it!

I'm also partial to mascara, lip gloss and trainers. It's actually an illness , right?

What's your thing ?

Recent ones have been
nail polish
hand cream
lip balm
grey jumpers
jumper dresses
tunic dresses
shirt dresses
red ballet flats

Dior bags and Clinique. I'm like proper addicted to both.

Make up in general, two of everything!
Jumpers in readiness for winter
Entire wardrobe of new clothes a size down ready for miracle weight loss
Boots
Ballet shoes
Blazers
Maxi skirts
Nightwear

Oh & lip balms!

Cardigans and chunky boots.

I keep buying dresses for the me who lives in my head.
Then the me who lives in my body takes them back the next day
Another one going back to Coast tomorrow..lovely it is too

Red lipstick and red nail varnish. Not entirely sure why I've ended up with so many of each.

Blue things: trousers, tops, jeans, cardigans.
Varying shades but most of my wardrobe is blue!

Scarves. I have thousands.

And nail varnish. It goes with the territory if your other half works for a cosmetics company.

Grey jumpers here too! Had to restrain myself earlier from purchasing yet another, but this time grey and cashmere - fatal!

Boots, shoes, bags, scarves.

Please you aren't "ooh I'm all about the shoes" women though? They are similar to "ooh i'm a chocoholic crazee"

I like grey. Looks dire on me tho. I buy jeans a lot. Mostly baxters on eBay

I don't actually buy many perfumes as I am incredibly fussy about them, but can't walk past anywhere that sells it without sniffing and spraying a few. Got about 6 at the moment.

Shoes are a nightmare for me, I've got a bad back necessitating flats 99% of the time and very wide feet, I wear sandals for as much of the year as I can bear, usually well into October.

Well no, I don't think I am one of 'those' women, actually. I'm not consciously all about the shoes. I'm also not a dumb-dumb. And I eat very low carb so I can't have chocolate at all.

I like lots of things and would spend a fortune if I could. Sadly I don't have a fortune so my spending choices are limited. There's a tendency towards spending on the items I mentioned more easily, that's all.

I spent many years not really buying clothes because I was much bigger than I used to be and didn't feel lIke 'me', so I got used to buying accessories that were easy to wear and where size didn't matter. I'm now three stone lighter and four sizes smaller, so not far from the young and fashionable me, and I am really enjoying being able to (mostly) wear what I want. I spent some money over the past few months to build up a new wardrobe, and when I looked over my haul the other day I realised I had fallen into old habits and had ended up with more than a few pairs of shoes and boots and not actually many items of clothing.

So yes, my thing is boots, shoes, bags, and scarves.

If I had a lot of money my thing would be leather jackets (particularly bikers) and blazers, plus a wide selection of carefully chosen clothing all working together to form a cohesive wardrobe. Sophisticated but cool with it and not too try-hard.

Shampoo, conditioner, serum, oils, heat treatments anything that promises me straight hair then never delivers. Also will join in on the scarves and grey jumpers/tops.

the chocolate was just an analogy - not a venn diagram

Dunno Betty, I've not seen anyone yet say ' ooh I'm all about the shoes ' in a crazy way '

havent you?
oh god there is one in every workplace.

Heh yes I did gather that but just thought I would make it clear anyway :-D

I find anyone who is overly exuberant about their 'quirkiness' or 'crazeeeness' very wearing indeed, particularly if it takes a very cliched form, so I'm not disagreeing with you. But I don't believe that being interested in shoes or bags or make up has to be synonymous with being a complete dumb-dumb. It's perfectly possible to have enough room in one's head for style and beauty and more worthy things.

crazy shoe lady checking in.

Lipsticks. I have 3 Mac ones exactly the same. I just walked past the counter and thought 'wow! The perfect colour!' Got home and it's identical to the one I had. Twice.

Grey jumpers, usually cashmere. Eight last count.

Dresses. God knows why as I wear trousers most of the week!
But cant resist a fabulous dress that is a great colour and cut and looks good on

adds to list:

• grey jumpers (I was looking for something in my wardrobe this morning and realized I had five, and just bought one last week)
• lipsticks that are almost but not quite identical to lipsticks I already own