High Street v High End

Photo: brownsfashion.com

Though I am not one for New Year's resolutions, if there is one thing I would make up my mind to do in 2009, it's to buy less but better. I checked my bank statement for the period since 10th December and the amount I have spent on the high street in less than a month would easily buy me a dream pair of Nicholas Kirkwood shoes (pictured above) - currently in the Browns sale at a price I baulked at until I realised I'd spent about the same amount in Topshop in the last three weeks. (Of course, I could just stop spending so much money full-stop, but I really don't think that's something I'm capable of.) Anyway, as fond as I am of my Topshop purchases (and, boy, do I heart Topshop), I'm sure the fashion-tingle I would get from these purple/blue beauties would be incomparable. So, can I do it, can I actually go for quality over quantity? Hmm...