Reformed shopaholic? please can you give me the benefit of your advice

ThinkingOfLinking

My Saturday was OK, just did an 8 hour shift at work and thought of the money and the prospect of going home to a hot shower and my bed to get me through it!!

Going to work this afternoon and again, just thinking of the money.

NGlady

Good evening all

Hope everybody is having a lovely week I went to Meaowhall on Saturday and brought a really lovely white dress can deffo see a small weight loss It is a gorgeous Monsoon fusion dress only cost £16

I still have a couple of items that need to be returned - when I get chance.

Going to Manchester in a couple of weeks with my Mum So I am now perving over my next Pauls boutique item - damn lol.

Can't wait to loose all my weight!! Getting my exercise bike set up soon when my bro gets round to it

FortunePig

Hi all

Just found this thread and loads of good advice. I had a little bit of a shopping addiction that I think I now have under control. I used to be 4 stone heavier and constantly trying to find things that looked nice on my 16 - 18 figure. You just can't find nice jeans in larger sizes unless you buy the more expensive ones in my experience and then things wear out really fast as you wear through the seams with your legs rubbing together (or that's what happened to me).

I've now got down to a size 10-12 and finding it much easier to find nice clothes which I think is unfair on bigger girls - why can't manufacturers bother to make nice looking clothes for larger women which doesn't involve just scaling them up and hoping for the best!

I recently turned to Ebay as I needed an outfit for a wedding. I had originally thought I would spend around £75 on a new dress but it just isn't an option now as I have a lot of debt to deal with. I never thought I\d find anything nice but I bought a pink skirt for just over £4 and a white lace top for 99p (from a decent label rather than a cheaper high street shop). I'm wearing it with the shoes that I got married in and a primark brooch that was £1.50.

It's Ebay all the way now!! Half my wardrobe is now second hand charity shop or ebay and I find that I wear this stuff far more than the full price things from other shops. Does anyone else find that happens to them?

tlb2408

Hi,

Not been on here in months and month that's what happens when a baby arrives!!! She's 9 months old now!

Well I have been feeling sick over the money I've been spending and just can't seem to stop!!! Why do I spend so much on things I don't really need or want. I bought a cardigan today in a shop I never really go in as it's cheap and nasty just because I decided I wanted a cardigan!!!! WHY!!! All I was doing was going to pay a cheque in and ended up spending over £50 on rubbish!!!!

So I'm back here with the hope that you guys will help me stop my spending habit. I've had a cheque given to me at the weekend for £20k which means I can pay off my car loan and other debts but will be left with nothing so feeling a bit sick about this as it would have been nice to have some left over to treat myself and some in saving!!

NGlady

TLB - I know how it must feel, had somebody given you 20k before the debt you could have had some fun? How about.... the amount that you spend on repayments for one month using that as some treat money and perhaps start a saving pot with that? In the long run you are going to have the opportunity to save plenty of money

Welcome fortunepig - i know what you mean.. im a "larger" size 16-18 woman and clothes are harder to find, but not impossible. I am trying to go down to a size 14 at the moment as thats where I was my happiest

Anglea

Hi tlb - welcome back and congratulations on your baby girl

I guess you wanted to buy those unnecessary items because it's a habit - and habits can be changed!

Hi Fortunepig - welcome to our group Well done on your weight loss and that you can now wear whatever you want and find clothes easier.

From my experience with misfits, especially jeans, I think it's the kind of styles they have nowadays more than the sizing. When clothes are made for waists rather than hips, they look much better.

I think that no matter what size someone is - even size 10 or under, they can still look pregnant in jeans, I think it depends on posture as well as having fat because I often see very slim women standing in such a way their stomach sticks out and their back goes right in. Not a pretty sight.

I bet you're pleased with your clothes for the wedding at such fantastic prices.

NGlady - I loved your comment about 'perving' over the catalogue
Is the dress for your holidays?

NGlady

Hows everybody doing?
I am having a very slow week at work this week oh wells... having a day off on Fri

Anglea

Hi all

NGlady, I've given up looking for clothes. Never bother looking nowadays. All the shoe shops have closed where I live too.

Today when I got home from the shops I walked into the house and heard a really loud clunking sound coming from the kitchen, worried me. Looked inside and realised there was a washing machine drama :mad: so I went and stood outside away from the noise, hoping it wouldn't flood.

Managed to eventually stop it and drain the water. Luckily it was only towels inside and not my clothes. As it was the last time I used it, I put in my special cardigan which I wear as a jacket and it came out a bit strange, as though there had been something metal inside and snagged it all.

So need to try and mend the cardie and get the machine looked at. Very exciting stuff indeed LOL

What are you planning to do Friday?

NGlady

Hey

Wow that sounds quite scary with the washing machine. I wouldn't know what to do if I was home alone with that lol. I had a really funny dream last night, I dreamed about Mr Manchester, we we're together and he decided my house needed decorating so I was away doing something and I got back and he had put this minging light blue colour exactly like in my old bathroom all over my walls and had left gaps etc and did this in all the bedrooms in the house Then for some reason we was at my work place and he was sat there being arrogant to my friends so I ended up escorting him off the premsis with a "Its not me its you" speech lol.

Friday not sure - I think the doctor has recommended a nice lazy day for me or as I call it a scruff day Going manchester this sat instead of next now so think I might spend friday doing my NVQ work

Anglea

Hi all

NGlady, that was funny about Mr M. Perhaps he was still a possible at the back of your mind and this dream means that you know he's completely wrong?

I dream about ex every night since he left 5 years ago. The dreams are always about him and our family - usually in strange situations. Sometimes I've got a toyboy b/f in the dreams and still ex is around and seems ok with it.

Manchester at the weekend - how you behave yourself LOL Perhaps that's why you had that dream?