Hello again

It’s been three years since I’ve written a blog post. So much has changed since I last cracked open Slow Southern Style and sat down to write something here. I went back to school (again) to get an MFA in Creative Writing. I was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer in June 2018, something that I’m still dealing with today. I became an aunt (on Mardi Gras Day !!!), which is the greatest gift ever, I fell back in love with roller skating, I lost 30 pounds and dropped five dress sizes, the list goes on. Even though I haven’t blogged here, I’ve been sharing my secondhand and sustainable outfits on my Instagram. In 2018, I challenged myself to only buy secondhand clothing, which I was pretty successful at; I admit that I did buy two or three new items after my cancer diagnosis. Oops. Here are some outfits from the past year. Going forward, I want to buy less stuff and continue trading my clothes in for new ones so I’m not technically spending any money. I’ll share some of the tips I use when shopping to make sure I’m not buying frivolously in a future blog post.