Oops, in the various things that took over my life, I completely forgot about the Q3 reassessment post. Welp, better late than never!
New additions
A whole brand new main piece? Brand new from brand (even if from sale)? You must be having a laugh!
- 1 JSK (classic in green)
- 1 stole (classic in ivory)
- 1 underskirt (classic in wine)
- and 2 sets of accessories (1 pair of sweet earrings in orange, 1 pair of classic/gothic earrings in bronze)
That being said, I cannot say that I regret getting it. Even though I only wore it this one time so far, I feel that it will be a great piece to wear to weddings, doubling up as a relatively normie formal dress, and I am never upset about adding more green to my wardrobe. And barring the earrings, everything this time round was from one of my lists, so for once, I feel vindicated here.
Possible new looks
I deliberately chose not to include the Persian Rug coord here since of course that a new main piece equals new possible looks. But the small bits have certainly made an impact. And with fewer new additions, it is so much easier to make sure that they all get worn. |
| Photo from October 2026. |
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| Photo from August 2026. |
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| Photo from October 2026. |
Need list progress
Frankly, I’d forgotten all about the replace list. Which on the one hand means that I wasn’t window shopping for these pieces, but on the other – it meant that my eyes were straying elsewhere. Although I doubt that I’ll find the right kind of replacements for the jewellery and the skirt isn’t really a priority right now, I would like to squeeze some sort of an antique shop trip somewhere to hunt for the pearl jewellery items. It might end up being in the new year though.
That is far outweighed by the successes of the need list scores. Both a wine underskirt AND a lacy stole were excellent finds by earlier me, both pretty inexpensive too. Several times I got close to getting some of the newer AtePie arm warmers too, committing myself to dyeing them ivory somehow, but I keep chickening out. Maybe I’ll commit during my next order from Japan, as I plan on getting a few Secret Santa bits? It would’ve been far easier if AtePie just released ivory lace arm warmers though. You have ivory lace, I know you could do it! And, ironically, the black headdress that I got last time – I’ve worn it once now and decided that I hate it on me. Sometimes you have to try to realise these things.
Current wishlist
Well, well, well, look who ticked a wishlist piece off by shopping the sale… The extra ironic thing is that the day after I bought it, another wishlist main piece appeared for a good deal second hand. That one and I played the game of “Will you wait for me?” as I attempted to save up again to get it, but I lost as someone else got to it first. That being said, losing out on that one did make me hesitate on whether it is a main piece that I actually want or if it’s merely the one I’m most likely to obtain to tick off one of my broader category needs, so I don’t feel too bad about missing out.
Whilst the non-main piece wishlist stayed as was, that’s alright too in the face of my need list ticks from earlier.
New Year’s goals: progress summary
Let me tell you, there was a moment. A moment where I thought that all was lost. And then that moment had turned on its head almost as quickly as it arrived and now I am very, very optimistic about my goals.- Did I adhere to my wish/need/replace list more strictly? Based on the picture above, this quarter has certainly been better for it. Overall I haven’t been perfect, but I’ve absolutely had far fewer fashion purchases made overall and of those, the majority adhered to one of my lists. So long as I don’t go spending mad in these last two months.
- Have I gotten back into meet organising? Yeah, I did. I’ve not done any since the last post, but the Christmas Lunch is fully underway and now there’s also the Bring and Buy for January 2027, which may as well count for this year since all of the work is happening now. Our comm is thriving and I could not be happier.
- Wear Every Lolita-Specific Pair of Legwear Challenge progress? After a slow summer came that moment, the moment where I thought that things were going to be tough. It’s not even like I had loads of legwear left to go through as much as they were all pieces that had me stumped in some way (usually because of the style or colour). But that was precisely the point of the challenge – to wear everything at least once, but also realise what no longer has a place in my collection. And with some creative moments, especially over the course of October, I suddenly have only three pairs left to wear, one of which is too seasonal and will have to wait until December. A whole bunch of socks will go up on sale at the Bring and Buy. I keep meaning to post them on my Lacemarket, but frankly, I’m tired and would much rather sell them for less, but sell them to people directly.
So since I’m late, it feels like there’s less to say about what has happened and what is still left of this year. It’s certainly been a challenging one in many ways, for me personally, so I am relishing the opportunity to take November slow, to romanticise it a bit, to enjoy that suspension between Halloween and Christmas.
And I guess it’s time to start thinking about what I might want out of my 2027…