When your debt is more than your share of the mortgage and your partner s threatening to not only leave, but to tell your mother how out of control your spending is, then you know it s time to face reality and take drastic action. So, for one whole year, Alexis Hall sets out to buy nothing except the bare essentials in a bid to reclaim her life from the retail rollercoaster threatening to pitch her into permanent poverty. That might not sound too hard a task, but when you owe over 30,000 and you re consumed by consumerism, just making it to lunchtime without buying a pair of sensational shoes suddenly becomes a life-altering act. In the Red is Alexis hilarious diary full of fashion and frustration as she battles to transform herself from a spending junkie to a scrupulous saver. You ll soon realize there s a bit of Alexis in all of us!