Crazy 2011 clothes challenge

Lula-Hula

Hello & welcome to the 3rd Crazy Clothes Challenge :wave:

A huge thank you & well done to everyone who has participated in the previous 2 challenges :A

This year is going to be fun, we are going to buy fabby things at even fabbier prices We are going to hunt for bargains like our lives depend on it. Some of us are going to rummage through charity shops for hidden treasure & some are going to trawl through ebay. The clever & cunning are going to up their budget by selling their own unwanted stuff on ebay.

In previous years, I've decreed that the budget shall be £100 & been all bossy about what should be included in that budget. If you're happy with that method & find it works for you, then you have my respect & admiration :A so please continue.

I failed miserably at that . So this year, I'm trying a different method; first of all I'm going to include my DD in my total. Two reasons for this really; the first being that she is going to high school in September & will need a whole new uniform _pale_. The second being that I have absolutely no idea whatsoever how much I spent on her in 2010 :undecided. Secondly, I'm including absolutely everything in my budget this year; coats, shoes, undies, pj's, bags, accessories, the whole shabang :eek:

If all goes to plan I will be debt free in May :dance: and learning to budget for bills, car expenses etc has been instrumental in helping me to achieve this. Learning to budget for all our clothing, footwear & accessory requirements is going to be essential in staying debt free.

If you are aiming to become debt free, paying off your mortgage, saving for something or just want to get a grip on your personal spending habits then please join in. Let me know what your budget for the year is & I'll add you to the list. You can declare your spends on here, show them in your sig so you dont forget & at the end of they year we'll have a big total up & I'll put your total spends next to your budget on the first post. You have a whole crazy crew of lovely people to support & encourage you throughout the year .

Let the challenge commence ...


001 - Lula + DD - £500
002 - debbiedeejay - £100
003 - meersy22 - £150
004 - Swinstie73 - £240
005 - tiny_courageous - £ 100
006 - snoppydog - £100
007 - Snowdonlily - £ 250
008 - elfen - £ 150
009 - Shoe Gal - £ 360
010 - Buffythedebtslayer - £600
011 - Rosa Bernicia -£ truly loved & wearable items only
012 - urg123 - £300
013 - Palema - £750
014 - wit40iwtwan -£600
015 - fedupandskint - £250
016 - RebeccaBloomwood - £200
017 - kezlou £ 100
018 - BlimusOreilly £ 150
019 - the_cat - £ 240
020 - Penny2myName - £150
021 - GlasweJen - £400
022 - romylou - £400
023 - dobs + family - £ 1000
024 - Puss14 $ 400
025 - JessicaFletcher - £ 400
026 - ruby_eskimo - £240
027 - tootallulah - £ 600
028 - viv. - £300
029 - complimentschemistry - £ 150
030 - LittleBit - £ 300
031 - tinkertaylor05 - £ 500
032 - cat4772 - £ 500 ish
033 - lauradora - £100
034 - eco - £250
035 - alfiecat - £ 250
036 - Decluttering - £200
037 - BatOutOfhell - £600
038 - NyMcfroglet - £240
039 - chevalier + family - NZ$ 1000
040 - summertea - £ 200
041 - queenmonkey - £ 240
042 - keelni - £ 100
043 - pippo - £ 240
044 - Sabrina237 + OH - £800
045 - LittleBoots - £600
046 - Sorting it out - £200
047 - franby64 - £150
048 - Birdie85 - £350
049 - little_h - £240
050 - Southern Sadie - £ 365
051 - topcat9 - £ 500
052 - lou1981 - 200
053 - Laurent1369 - £ 240
054 - rosemary54 - £250
055 - flanno - Eu 200
056 - tia86 - £ 100
057 - SBeth - £ 150
058 - determined new ms - £ 350 ... gone to a better place without debt
059 - museumworker - £ 104.40
060 - el1234 - £ 200
061 - trixiepix - £300
062 - callisto - £ 150
063 - niccatw - £ 200
064 - ma-ri-ella - £ 100
065 - Yorkielass - £ 240
066 - Gingerjar - £ 100
067 - CashStrappedPrincess - £240
068 - FatJock - £ 250
069 - padmay - £ 300
070 - floella80 - £ 360
071 - catslovelycats - £500
072 - Tazmac25 - £360
073 - newgirly - £ 100
074 - theonlynuttytart - £240
075 - karmachilovething - £360
076 - Blonde Ambition - £500
077 - verynewmoneysaver - £ 500
078 - suzie wong - £240
079 - nikki2002-2008 - £250
080 - candygirl - £300
081 - Andiepandie - £300
082 - teabythesea
083 - NGlady2 - £1000
084 - Pamylib - £240
085 - frizz2 - £100
086 - keys - £500
087 - virgoean - 600
088 - runnerbean17
089 - ellenmelonx - £480
090 - ebsaver - £ 200
091 - ~moneysavingnovice~ - £730
092 - Queen.Bess - £100
093 - Gigglepig - £400
094 - amandakins - £440
095 - Eltee12 - £200
096 - teameffort - £240
097 - prudence41 - £250
098 - MiaowMiaow - £250
099 - BrownGun86 - £750
100 - misselvis - £ 750
101 - madwife28 - £100
102 - shoppingaddictkate - £600
103 - cocoribbon - £600
104 - LilySue - £300
105 - GroinSexyPavement - £315
106 - ALJA - £225
107 - xoxo - £400
108 - freudianslip - £80
109 - batgirl21 - £500
110 - ChihiroSen - £200
111 - youngmummy - £500
112 - needingaccountability - £200
113 - cloudatlas - £ 100
114 - monicamj - £60
115 - lotti379 - £100
116 - iamahuman - £
117 - fuddle - £200

Swinstie73

Hey Lula,

I failed miserably last year too, think my total bill was well over the £120 I pledged.

Having just bought a lovely new dress jacket with a hood (£50 in sale but bought with vouchers I had, so technically free) and some lovely Coast sale items, I am going to pledge £240 (£20 per month) for the next year and going to include EVERYTHING clothes related, as I have far too many shoes, handbags as it is.

So £240 for me please Lula - let the bargain hunting begin!

ETA: I have a couple of items to be altered but not counting these as already bought ages ago!!

fedupandskint

Hi Lula,

After doing the first challenge in 2009 it went quite ok, last year did a bit on my own - not too bad overall but need to be stricter with myself for next year

Have worked out a rough list for next year

Need for 2011
winter boots for work - seen a pair on amazon for £45 - just deciding about these
**winter boots for me** exempt (saving and exempt from this challenge as am saving for them in the SPC)
underwear
couple pairs pjs - might pass on this one and make do until next winter with 1 new pair
tights will look in the sale for a couple of reduced thick pairs
small amount of summer clothing dress/skirt/few tops
small amount of workwear - eg work trousers/jumper or 2
small amount of winter wear - eg trousers/skirt/jumper or 2

Just calculated rough costs - boots (£45), tights (£10), underwear (£35), pjs (£5) = approx £95

Leaves £155 for everything else

Total £250 for 2011

£20 per month equivalent plus one month at £30

Have gone for a higher total to keep me more realistically on track. I'll still be looking in outlet shops and sale items and buying out of season which is the thing that really helps me save money

Let's see how I get on!

tiny_courageous

brilliant, thanks for running this again! I'm going to go for £100 for the year as last year I got loads of new things as I was a bit naughty so I shouldn't need anything new (although there will be lots of things that I want of course)

snoppydog

Hi Lula,

Can I join this challenge?

I buy far too many clothes throughout the year that I don't need. I'm going for £100 for everything. Thanks

Snowdonlily

Hi, can I join in too please?

I'd like to set my target at £250 for the year. Realistically, I don't need to spend anywhere near that amount as I wear a uniform to work and have enough clothes (in varying sizes, depending on my waistline) to last a lifetime, but if I set the target too low, I know I'll fail miserably.

Thanks

elfen

Shall be rejoining this and hoping to do better. I'm going to go for £100 on normal clothes all in, and £50 for gym and swim gear....so £150 in total.

Shoe_Gal

:eek: I'm here

Am going to make it simple and include everything (not so easy to cheat then ) and aim for £360

Sometimes I am lucky enough to earn incentive vouchers through work so I will spend these freely and not include them in my total

Lula - are you sure I can do this????? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Buffythedebtslayer

I am going for 600 pounds.

Its not very money saving I know. In fact in the end it might even be more then that. Sorry. not much of a challenge you might think! Its partly because I will be debt free at some point next year and for other reasons.......

I have never really liked myself enough to buy nice clothes, pretty much everything is black or jeans. I am not looking for sympathy, (support with weight loss yes!) I have self esteem issues a plenty and have decided that I need to get my !!!! together. I getting to the point where I feel my age is catching up with me and I will never be able to wear the clothes I would like to wear.

When I look at the links you guys show each other (across many of the diaries) I would never have the confidence to wear any of it. I am strictly black skirt, black top black tights............boring! or jeans and black top so predictable! I don't think I look awful, I just have no identity as such. I wore leggings for the first time this summer cos of something I saw on here so if you don't mind I'd like to stick around for fashion tips and advice!

Shoe_Gal

Fab post Buffy - we will support you all the way in what you want to achieve

Don't rule out black though, as long as it suits your colouring? 90% of my wardrobe is black - and I love it! And there is no outfit that can't be made better with spectacular shoes :j:j:j

makeup

Shoe_Gal wrote: »

And there is no outfit that can't be made better with spectacular shoes :j:j:j

Wise words indeed, I've often started from the shoes up!!!!!