The Crazy £100 Clothes Challenge

Chick2organise

Hello everyone!!!!!

Well I am shocked with myself!! This thread is doing me the world of good, I actually have not spent a penny of my own money yet on clothes which normally pay day comes and i am out there spend spend spend!!!!

I will admit to buying 2 tops from New look but i spent a £10 gift card on that so technically i havent spent any of my own money!!!

Is this right???

Anyway even if it does count, £90 left.... still really good for me!!

I hope you are all ok and refraining from buying just for the sake of it!!! Be strong for the thread!!!!

Speak soon! :T:rotfl::T

Tesco_points_addict

Hello everyone, well I have finally sucumbed to temptation and bought a top in TKMax for £14.89:eek: So thats me with £85.11 left for the year.

TPAx

Intergalactic_Floozie

Hello, haven't posted on this thread for a while, not since I found out on 21st April that my DH was being made redundant, well, I can tell you that snapped me out of this obsessive spending habit I have developed. I've barely spent anything since (apart from food and kids activities that I can't get out of paying).

I'd ordered 2 tops (cost £10) and some controlling underwear (£19) the day before his redundancy (the redundancy was completely out of the blue, by the way) and when they arrived I didn't even bother trying them on, I just sent them back.

Anyway I should be able to have lots of new things....well, not new but things I haven't worn for a long time due to piling the weight on. I've now lost just short of 19lbs, which has made me drop from a 16/18 (lets call it a size 17) to a size 16, and today I was tidying the wardrobe out and noticed that there was a pair of black jeans tucked away at the bottom. I pulled them out and discovered they were a pair that a friend gave me last year (Tesco 14, skinny fit) that I never fit into, and they fit me perfectly, so it's like I've got a new pair. I never imagined I would be fitting into skinny fit jeans this early on. Although I know deep down Tesco are a really generous fit so they'd probably be a small 16 anywhere else but hey - who cares, they are a 14!

So another 10lbs or so, and I think I will be able to fit into loads of my old size 14 stuff, and I have loads of size 12s lurking in suitcases too. Maybe by the end of the year I'll be in them?

luxor4t

Spent today sorting out summer clothes - ironing, sewing back buttons, a bit of mending & shortening a long skirt.

Result? one ready to wear summer wardrobe, total cost NIL

I shall be on the look out for a coffee or dusty pink t-shirt to go with my skirt, and my neutral coloured trousers died in storage (Dewhirst seconds here I come!) but otherwise I am sorted :j:j:j

mum2one

Were going to have an attempt at altering a dress I had made in Gambia, (back in 2005), too big, too long, think it was made in Gambia time..........and a kaftan for mum, she doesnt like the way it was sewn.......

Were praticing on dds kids sewing machine........ not sure when were get round to it..........x

moneysavingmonkey85

I can't sew (wish I could!), but this challenge has inspired me to try new things - i bought a 98p primark top and £1.25 t shirt transfer from ebay, to make a cool cartoon logo top (that are in new look for about £20!)

looby-loo_2

puss14 wrote: »

Still haven't brought anything:D

nor me!

Not even underware or shoes

mum2one

moneysavingmonkey85 wrote: »

I can't sew (wish I could!), but this challenge has inspired me to try new things - i bought a 98p primark top and £1.25 t shirt transfer from ebay, to make a cool cartoon logo top (that are in new look for about £20!)

I cant sew either........... I brought 2 dresses when I was in Gambia, pd bout £8 for the two, the 1st one got altered professionally, it was lined and I needed it was a wedding, that was about £25 to alter it, so it will be sink or swim!!

Can do transfers, done couple for dd, (freebies from Hannah Montana,used Asda value tshirts) they went ok x

Barneysmom

I'm on the verge of a spend. My bras are all packing up at the same time - one nearly took the washing machine out when the wire came out of it in the drum.

Trouble is where do I go, I'm the sort that needs a fair bit of scaffolding underneath her clothes :rotfl:

mum2one

Barneysmom wrote: »

I'm on the verge of a spend. My bras are all packing up at the same time - one nearly took the washing machine out when the wire came out of it in the drum.

Trouble is where do I go, I'm the sort that needs a fair bit of scaffolding underneath her clothes :rotfl:

I usually have to go via Evans, (sale rack 1st), or if u have an account with jdwilliams, fashionworld etc, they have a clearance section www.crazyclearance.com I've picked up some lovely bras 2for £10, as long as u order over £50 p+p is free, but u dont have to keep them all.x