Avoiding consumer culture saves money

Just throwing out there that I broke a habit of reading women's fashion mags or regularly reading style blogs to avoid the temptation to get trendy and impractical clothes, shoes, makeup, home goods etc. At least for me, it saves me a lot of money to keep the "latest and greatest" stuff plugged into media content that is basically ad copy out of sight. It becomes super insignificant and reorients shopping to be practical and more authentic to your own personal style. Also makes you focus in being grateful for what you have and other psychological benefits for self image.