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The Crazy £100 Clothes Challenge

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  • Er..Lula-Hula I blew 26 quid on a boden cardie and a fat face linen skirt...:eek::eek::eek:
    Please do not confuse me with other gratefulsforhelp. x
  • dizzydebs27
    dizzydebs27 Posts: 147 Forumite
    Hi Lula and everyone!

    can i ask if buying clothes for the gym count as i have started a dance class etc and needed to buy things to wear?? if it does count please add £30 to my total.

    thanks xx
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  • Buffythedebtslayer
    Buffythedebtslayer Posts: 18,936 Forumite
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    Long black Skirt my traditional summer over weight wear, 19.50.

    think I may have spent my budget completely now. In fact I also brought a pair of trousers. shoot. thye were ermmm. 9.50?

    so I am over budget. !!!!!!. E bay must be used.

    xxxx
    Nevertheless she persisted.
  • luxor4t
    luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite
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    edited 26 May 2009 at 4:03PM
    luxor4t wrote: »
    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 :D

    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

    Finally found a t-shirt I liked in coffee brown (well, quite strong coffee ;))= £4 :D

    Finally found trousers I like, that fit well & are 'good value' ...(drum roll, please)£2 in Dewhirst's, also got a black cheesecloth blouse and a pink cotton shirt for £3 the pair. I LOVE the Dewhirst reduced rails :heartpuls,

    so total spend was £9, meaning my total is now
    £59.72- £9.00= £50.72

    Thanks Lula!:j
    I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Hello all,

    oooh oooh oooh Happy New Clothes :j to Flying fresian, gratefulforhelp, Buffy & Luxor4tea ,I do like it when there are a few confessions - so much easier to slip mine in unnoticed :shhh::D

    I had to take my car for a check up on saturday to nearby Poshy town where the charity shops are full of expensive cast offs :rolleyes: & managed to get myself a new dress/top that looks great over leggings now & will one day look good on its own too ( that day being the one when I have long , lean tanned legs :rolleyes: :rotfl:) It was a mere 3.99 so I'm happy.

    Off to upate the totals,

    bye for now
    lula
    xx
  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    I spent £39.50 on trousers. :o *runs*

    But I needed them because they fitted and I am too fat at the moment to fit in my other trousers. Please don't update me yet as not sure if I am keeping them.

    Also £32 on underwear from M&S online, down from £58 due to sale/codes, but underwear doesn't count. :j
    Pay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000
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  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    good girl for confessing sarah & I promise not to update yet ;)

    Dizzydebs - definitely dont include any type of sports clothes in the challenge :)
  • I too took advantage of the M&S offers on bras :) But that doesn't count :)

    I also bought a nice jumper from charity shop £2.99, and when I got home found it was from "Zara" not bad. Have updated my siggy. Can't believe how little i'm spending on clothes this year!

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  • dizzydebs27
    dizzydebs27 Posts: 147 Forumite
    Thank goodness gym wear doesnt count otherwise i may well of been going the gym in the buff lol!!!

    dizzy xxx
    DFW by 2010! :j Sig updated 29.07.09
    current debt [strike]£2826.78[/strike], £2,726.78virgin cc intrest free (ENDS JULY 09) £0.00 :j:j:T:T
    The Crazy £100 Clothes Challenge Member 77. £40/£100 Finders Keepers Challenge: £1.05p
    Weekly Spend Challenge £7.60/£10 £2 Savers Club Member 151: £12
  • sarahb123_3
    sarahb123_3 Posts: 2,767 Forumite
    Grrr, toook the trousers back for a smaller size as they were just too big and now they are too small so they are going back again. At least I am going to take them back rather than sticking them in the back of my wardrobe until they fit and forgetting about them as usual:o
    Pay/save £20k in 2010 £5888.75/£20,000
    June Mini target 0/5lbs Total 23/40
    Ebay profit 2010: March £207:) April £95:) May £130:) June £0 Total £432:j
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