The More you Spend the more You Save
I only lasted 26 days before I fell ‘off the shopping wagon’ and was lured in by the word SALE. Whether it be from running past the shops in the morning (safest time [...]
My Life & Times
Day 12 : Yellow Tulip’s Abstinence Update
It is Day 12 of my Shopping Abstinence and how am I doing? Well, I went into 17 retail stores over the weekend (yes, I did count them all) and I was oh so very tempted. [...]
A month of abstinence by What is Style by Yellow Tulip
So I have a confession to make – I am not going to buy any clothes or shoes for the month of December. Easy to say when it is only Day 6 but I have seriously taken [...]
The Price of Exercise by What is Style by Yellow Tulip
Having just completed the Auckland Half Marathon, a blog on where to buy good quality and reasonably priced exercise gear seemed perfect synergy this week. We won’t talk [...]
The re-union
I wasn’t too sure whether to laugh or cry when my birth parents met up for the first time in 40+ years. My emotions were everywhere. I felt sick on the plane, flying over [...]
Missing Pieces Re-unite
Tomorrow morning I am hopping on a plane to Melbourne to meet up with my birth father. This will be only the second time we have met since I tracked him down back in [...]
Fashion Through the Ages
For those that don’t know, the V&A Museum in London is the world’s greatest museum of art and design. It hosts a permanent collection of ‘fashion [...]
The Art of Giving
Having come back from holiday with a few additional purchases for my wardrobe than anticipated ….. (ok, so perhaps I had better be honest with myself and you, and [...]
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Recently I was in a shop trying on a tee-shirt from May Day which isn’t too un-usual in itself, except for the fact I am kind of over changing rooms not having [...]
The Little Black Dress
So I’m going to a wedding in a couple of weeks and trying to decide what to wear. At this stage I’m going to be wearing ALL BLACK, which got me thinking – [...]
What is Style? 