Quick Hit: the 14 items on my Open-to-Buy List

And why you might want to have one too.

A little bit ago, I shared in notes a post from Tiia of Sunday Style Thoughts on her brilliant invention: The Do Not Buy or Wear List, adding my own current “nos” in Notes.

But I realized something: I also like to have an Open-to-Buy List. “What’s that, Starsky?” asked no one. Great, I’m dying to tell you!

One of my 2024 style/shopping resolutions has been to shop less in a holy-grail way and more in a serendipitous way. I don’t want to go down a mastery hole. I don’t want to get hyped up. I want to be inspired, encounter things, have slow moments.

So unless it’s something like “supportive workout bra,” my mere assessment that something might be useful to own, or even a semi hole in my closet will not activate me to start searching it out.

Instead, these pieces go on my Open-to-Buy list. In my case I use iphone notes; it could be a pocket-sized notebook, whatever. The reason I like having this list is that when I do have a serendipitous shopping moment, as I did recently (more on that TK), I can make the most of it, rather than flail around forgetting what I want or have room for, or trying to look at every single thing (though sometimes, time allowing, I do and enjoy just that, its own kind of inspiring serendipity).

In case it’s helpful for you, too, here’s my current Open-to-Buy List: