Hazel's World of Joy

We started with chilly days and rain, but by the Easter weekend my ankle grazing jeans and short sleeves were only just about cool enough. It didn't take long for the cooler weather to return, and it was back to jeans and jumpers, but wasn't it glorious while it lasted? Jeans and long sleeves dominated my current outfits until yesterday, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for more sunshine and warmth. All this rain is great for crops, gardens and filling water butts but it's not good for my soul.

April 27th, a day I had earmarked to tick off a number of jobs on my never-ending to-do list. 12pm Finished one body, starting another from wool scraps. 3pm Tea break. 4pm And another tea break We were eating at 6pm and spent the rest of the evening on the sofa, draped in various cats, watching The West Wing on DVD.

All of the items above are pre-loved. ASOS jumpsuit  |  £32.00 Pre-loved H&M grey jumper  |  £4.75 Pre-loved Phase Eight cardigan  |  £2.49 Only worn once so far. Total for April: £54.52 Total so far for 2019: £122.25 Total at this time last year: £147.02 Left of £500.00 budget: £377.75 Items purchased: 26 (pre-loved: 24) (new: 2) One of my new years resolutions was to spend less, and buy fewer new items.

Twelve items remain from the April capsule, with twelve added, and only seven items are brand new, 76% is pre-loved - a statistic that brings a smile to my face. April was a mix of cold days and delightfully warm days, my capsule served me well, but I did wish I'd added more lighter tops and fewer jumpers (why did I think I'd need ten jumpers? ! ). In addition to trying to wear my less worn items I've also had a really thorough wardrobe clear out and listed a lot of items on ebay. I feel there's little point in having a capsule wardrobe if I'm constantly adding more and hardly wearing the vast majority of it.