By Hanna Moderkhai
New year, new me. Hopefully, also new shoes, and a new bag too. After you have decided that you just love pasta TOO much and that you aren’t going to be cutting out gluten in 2024, here are all the things that cool, pretty, and smart girls have jotted down on their Notes App.
Here are our New Year’s resolution:
1- “But it’s on sale!!”
We are DONE buying into black Friday. Raise your hand if you spent all of last month’s paycheck on Alo’s 30% off black friday sale just to find out this sale would be running all through December. Now you are stuck with 10 pairs of leggings that don’t match any of your tops, and it just reminds you that you don’t have the time to work out so much as they sit in your drawers. As much as we love a little red cross out mark and a cheaper price, our closets are sacred, and even their biggest sale of the year is just not enough. A tip for more mindful shopping in 2024: have a list of items that are a little too out of budget but you want, and if by the time it goes on sale, you still want it, it’s meant to be. If anyone from Ganni is reading this, I’ve been waiting on this one for a while:
I guess I just have a coveted taste!
2- Instagram Eats Last:
This year, we are not Instagramming the outfits we are super proud of the first time we wear them. Because as much as we love them, our bank accounts don't, and once you press send, it’s as if you’ve worn it for thousands of people to see. Instead, wear the same thing twice, each time with a different crowd, and you’ll get double the compliments, and trust me, they feel better from person to person, rather than on a comment section.
3- The Whole Package:
You can have all the right clothing, accessories, jewelry, and shoes, but that is as surface level as an Instagram story. We want to fill a room when we enter it, we want an aura that is bright and highly regarded. Spend your money on good fragrances, skincare products, hair products. More importantly, spend it on things that’ll keep you happy. Whether that’s your favorite overpriced reformer pilates class, a 20 dollar salad for lunch, a concert with friends, a real smile on your face is worth more than the Birkin could ever.
4- Big Big Jackets:
This is for my cold weather specific friends, no more cute-sexy-wool coats in January. Whip out the big ugly down jackets for January!! I am FREEZING!
5-Talking Smack:
Unless you are Luke Meagher of HauteleMode critiquing the red carpets, stop talking sh*t! About your friends, about people you know, about anyone. Gossip is so 2023. When you are talking about others, it is honestly just fan behavior, so unless you admit to that, focus on yourself and leave the whispers behind with your New Year’s kiss.
Hope you enjoyed these atypical resolutions, and hope you took something out of it.Sorry if I got niche and passionate. Is it too late to say I’m just kidding?