The Crazy £100 Clothes Challenge

Little_Miss_Boden

I'm a long time lurker on MSE but never really posted. Always read and run!
this thread has inspired me! Every year I always say, as the wardrobe is bursting at its seams, "I really must stop buying clothes". My downfall has been catalogues, but not your ususal Littlewoods, Kays kind. Mine have been Boden, Fat Face, anything expensive where no one can see that you've bought the same £30 top in three different colours...

I am on a DMP so money is really tight and whilst I do miss not buying anything, I find that by not actually going to the shops in the first place helps and all the catalogues go unopened straight into the bin!

I have found a new hobby that gets me off thinking about shopping/clothes - knitting - I'm going to knit and sew my way through the year I think.

So 6 weeks into the year my £100 challenge starts here.
I presume the cost of wool doesnt count?, otherwise I'll be scuppered before I've started!

LMB

Lula-Hula

Aaahh so many new posts cant keep up & have to go collect DD from friends so will be back later to update all the totals & read through properly.

Detox has kinda halted as i realised I was feeling very 'spacey' & probably not fit to drive so ... one large coffee and a very tasty hobnob later I feel human again & no longer inclined to lie on the floor & cry because 'it's all too much' . Hmmm thin & dangerous as off the planet mummy or chunkier but definitely safer as on the planet mummy No contest really :rolleyes:


bye for now
xx

sarahb123_3

lindylouandcrew wrote: »

I can't fit everything in my wardrobe unless half my clothes are in the ironing basket.

Ooh, this is me too:D I hardly ever iron anything anyway, I only have the basket to fool people into thinking I am houseproud:D

sarahb123_3

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Detox has kinda halted as i realised I was feeling very 'spacey' & probably not fit to drive so ... one large coffee and a very tasty hobnob later I feel human again & no longer inclined to lie on the floor & cry because 'it's all too much' . Hmmm thin & dangerous as off the planet mummy or chunkier but definitely safer as on the planet mummy No contest really :rolleyes:

That doesn't sound good at all! Definitely best to stop if it's affecting you like that. Yay to hobnobs and their restorative qualities:D

gratefulforhelp_2

I have loads of lovely clothes that don't fit as went from 16-20 in pregnancy and not gone back down despite DD2 being 18 months...
Am looking for a new job, so need to look ok.

poorandindenial

sarahb123 wrote: »

Ooh, this is me too:D I hardly ever iron anything anyway, I only have the basket to fool people into thinking I am houseproud:D

(I know I crashed out a couple of weeks ago but I am still lurking)

I have to have a full washing box and towering cities of clothes (the ones I actually bother wearing) so that I can shut my drawers and my wardrobe doors too (and I only have a washing box so that I can ignore the washing so that I can get to the bottom-ish of the piles of clothes that adorn my surfaces

Hmmm, time for a clear out??? As if I could part with my lovely things:o

glasgowgirl

Have got Grazia in front of me - v dangerous as I know I'll see things I like/want. Took out a 3 month cheap subscription but when that ends think I'll avoid mags and try to stay away from shops.

Loving the 'shopping from your own wardrobe' concept and the idea of rotating every few months so you never get too bored.

xx

Lula-Hula

Yorkshirechick wrote: »

One of my friends is moving away next week, and mentioned she'd been sorting through her wardrobe. I asked her if she had any clothes she didn't want as I would have them, and she said she'd just given 5 bags to charity :mad: GUTTED.

How very selfish :rolleyes:

I too have a clothesaholic friend, light years away from her own lbm & I just dont have the nerve to say :
" It has come to my attention that you have put on even more weight than me & you should therefore hand over all clothes that no longer fit you, immediately" :rotfl: .

Yes, I failed the detox on day 2 I felt absolutely awful, just wanted to lie down, cry & sleep :eek: . There you have it, proof that not feeding the body makes the mind very ill. I really couldnt have driven like that & I was utterly amazed that one cup of coffee & one hobnob & I could actually feel the headache fading & the energy streaming back into my body. Since then I've eaten some nuts & had a large salad with ham. Will just stick to cutting back on carbs & exercising from now on; that was too scary. In my opinion detox should only be done from bed.

Onwards ;

shelby161 - I am donut & didnt read your post properly first time around so will add you to the list.
Little Miss Boden - you too are being committed
fedupandskint - fabby news on vouchers - go forth & spend like a crazy person - it's freeeeeee :j
thoroughlybrokemillie - it has been decided that a coat is not clothes & therefore doesnt count
NO-BRAIN - funny that about the gym & smoking - last time :rolleyes: I quit I was going to the gym 3 x a week & was in very good shape, sadly the gym closed shortly before I had my LBM so I never joined another. I'm meant to be doing yoga everynight & riding my bike 3x a week.... but it's more fun here please nag me
poorand indenial - so glad you're still here, you are an example to us all ... I know where to go when I need new stuff now :rotfl:
Sparklygemster & Maz - hurray for fabby new stuff :j

Right, going to edit the numbers & members now,

Well done everyone you are all :A & I'm so glad you all joined :T & are having fun :j being frugal :rolleyes:

lula
xx

lindylouandcrew - sorry hon, you're on the membership list but I forgot to say hello how rude of me - blame the detox you're very welcome

poorandindenial

Lula-Hula wrote: »

poorand indenial - so glad you're still here, you are an example to us all You 're not far from me ... I know where to go when I need new stuff now :rotfl:

Stalker :eek:

:rotfl:

At least I make the halos of the rest of you look that bit shinier

Lula-Hula

poorandindenial wrote: »

Stalker :eek:

:rotfl:

At least I make the halos of the rest of you look that bit shinier

sorry hon thought you were in surrey like me but then realised I was still delirious & confused & you're not so have now edited that post, which now makes me look even more mad :rolleyes: , see what a lack of caffeine & sugar can do :eek:

think I need to go to bed :rotfl: