The 2010 crazy clothes challenge

Jacey53

Hi all

Can i please join in? I have a wardrobe full of clothes that don't fit me and a fabric stash that John Lewis would be proud of.
Plan to spend the bulk of the £100 this year on shoes, tights and underwear and for anything else i will make or adapt what i have with the aid of charity shop purchases.
Will get the sewing machine out and see if i can make a suit for work later in the year.

museumworker

Fairysnow wrote: »

i put 70 items on ebay well i made £370 which is going to PAY OFF my CC!!!

Congrats Fairysnow, that is a great return! :j Would you be willing to let us know what sold well - any surprises? Sometimes its worth knowing whether it is worth selling in the first place (I refer back to my £1.49 coast silk dress sale, I really should have kept it )

danandgeorgie

Way to go Fairysnow!!:j:j

Can anyone tell me, can you put a reserve on clothes items?

ThinkingOfLinking

Hi everyone, just a quick update: No new spends and no new temptations. I've got some gift vouchers if I do get any urges but am more than fine for now. I have more important things to spend my limited funds on *currently now redundant*

Butti

Hello Flickering Ember,

Good luck on the job hunting. It focuses the mind doesn't it? I'll be joining you come April.

I have spent £26 in Sainsburys on a tracksuit and a linen shirt BUT I knew when I was buying it that it was either / or. The linen shirt is a lovely colour but too boxy for me whereas the tracksuit will look fantastic on Saltburn Beach next Sunday morning.:T £16 back to me.

B

ThinkingOfLinking

Cheers Butti. I also am sick of living in shared flats so am determined to move into my own pad ASAP so thats another thing taking priority over new clothes. I even found more old clothes to get rid of!!

raven-333

no new spends for me.

NGlady

Gawd, I can honestly say im adicted to shopping. It's a bit like a drug, I can be having a terrible day, I walk round the shops buy some stuff and then im all mellow an fine again does anybody else think there as adicted to shopping as somebody adicted to say gambling would be to their vice?

chuggingtongirl

I have to declare some not-so-guilty purchases....went to the charity shops as I had nothing 'smart' to wear for something I need to go to soon

I got a pair of wallis trousers - a pair of next trousers and a lovely longer length top all for £10 : ) Im so pleased as I had been into monsoon (why!!?? as I should have known!) and they had a 70% sale and I bought some trousers and a top for £40 but they are going back now after my bargains : ) I never really look in monsoon but they did have some lovely things (sooo glad Im on this challenge as I know I wont venture in there again!)

I also got a coat I ordered from the next sale way before the new year . Im debating on it as I have needed a coat for the last three years and put up with my old tatty one and every year trawl the bargain places/supermarkets trying every coat on and never buying it.
but saw this one and ordered it thinking it wouldnt arrive...and it came £30 reduced from £65 I think so a bargain and it looks lovely on.Im really fussy with coats .

Im guessing its not counted as its the 'keep you warm' variety rather than the 'lovely to own' ones. but will someone confirm then I can stop feeling guilty and go try it on again : )

redsquirrel80

Still not spent anything - thinking I should unsubscribe from all the websites that keep sending me emails though.. temptation! Mind you I did just get one from Karen Millen with a coat that looks quite like one I have at home but had forgotten about - http://www.karenmillen.com/Military-coat/Outerwear/karen-millen/fcp-product/903000053801?cm_mmc=EMAIL-_-MAIN-_-2009wk52a-_-Coats - must dig it out again