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Buy Once, and Slowly

The single organising principle of French dressing is that a wanted item is waited for. Weeks pass between noticing a gap and filling it, and most gaps turn out not to be gaps.

Put a thirty-day wait on any clothing purchase over a set amount. Write it down when you first want it. Most entries will not survive the month.

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Nothing. This is the one where the correct purchase is none, and the tip is the object.

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