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I'm headed to Perth and Margaret River on Friday, and the idea of driving from beach to beach and winery to winery fills me with joy. I expect the weather to be hot in the day and cool at night, and I expect to be spending some long hours in cars, so I'll be packing comfy stuff that doesn't get too wrinkly from sitting. Overall, it's a generous list where I probably don't have to repeat my tops. that's amazingly light and warm, and the only sweater I need when I travel

Skip to main content And just like that, it's March. January dragged on forever, but February simply slipped in and out

I can't believe there were days where I comfortably wore long-sleeves, but if I recall correctly, I spent one of those days almost entirely in AC (attended a workshop) and the other day was a cool, drizzly day. The top is coarse, almost-linen like cotton, which is perfect for this kind of weather: doesn't stick to the skin like a T-shirt and far more breathable. It's nice, but not that nice, if that makes any sense... Trying expensive and new-to-me labels via the secondhand market has working out for me, as the ones I'm interested in tend to be available online only, making the risk of mistakes high. It's also yielded surprisingly practical buys, as I used to think shopping secondhand was for "Holy Grail" type items rather than useful day-to-day things.

And then I realised that what I often crave isn't new clothes, but new ways of wearing old things. New purchases can breathe new life into old things, but sometimes, it's also a matter of getting creative about how we put things together. I don't remember how old the shoes in the photo above are, but I don't think I had them before 2014. There's a touch of hypocrisy in my extolling of old things, because I do have new (to me) clothes flying my way.