The Completely Crazy 2012 Clothes Challenge

Antwacky

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Hello & very welcome to Antwacky :j

how lovely of you to join in & with a budget of £000 :eek: you are clearly completely crazy enough :rotfl:

I have awarded you with number 112 - be kind to it, feed it a bit of tea & cake every day & it will do its very best to help you achieve your target

Thank you! It's the first time I've ever been officially part of a challenge so I'm well happy! :T

wannabee_in_credit

Hey everyone,
Bought ds some shoes today but am not counting them in the clothes challenge. However I wanted to report what a brilliant bargain they were £1.99 for some fleecy lined crocs in l!dl. He lives in them and these will be great once the weather picks up a bit. Nothing else for me so far though.

NGlady2

Evening ladies

Well - I do have a spend to declare £39.50 on a gorgeous dress for my holidays from DP's perfect on holiday as its a gorgeous flower pattern but also with tights in the winter.

I however have been doing a fair few returns - and I do have my compensation money from my bank mess up which im not declaring - intending to use it for holiday shopping as i do need a couple of bits.

So I am going to go through my diary later - i have post stick notes in there for every 'clothes spend' I make and work out what exactly i've brought - what iv kept etc.

I had a bit of a 'lightbulb' moment in the shopping mall today - I was (sinning) and looking round for new stuff for my holiday but i realised it was stupid to do that until iv actually done a wardrobe stock check and work out exactly whats required.

I do need a pair of sandals - i broke mine in oct on holiday and my canvas shoes are too big as my feet swelled up and stretched them.

Howver, ive found a pair of shoes out that I brought to go to tenerife three years ago - wore once, but it was too hilly where i was stopping so didnt wear them, but they are perfect for an hotel based evening

Shall be back later to admit my sins to the lula religion!

kerri_gt

NGlady2 wrote: »

Evening ladies


I had a bit of a 'lightbulb' moment in the shopping mall today - I was (sinning) and looking round for new stuff for my holiday but i realised it was stupid to do that until iv actually done a wardrobe stock check and work out exactly whats required.

I do need a pair of sandals - i broke mine in oct on holiday and my canvas shoes are too big as my feet swelled up and stretched them.

Howver, ive found a pair of shoes out that I brought to go to tenerife three years ago - wore once, but it was too hilly where i was stopping so didnt wear them, but they are perfect for an hotel based evening

Shall be back later to admit my sins to the lula religion!

I think that is partly stopping me from shopping as well, I still haven't properly been through my wardrobe yet so am trying not to spend until a 'stock check' has been done (also the fact it's been so loooonnng since last pay day is helping )

I bought a pair of sandals last summer in primark, they were gold with a toepost and diamonte strip up the foot that connected to an ankle strap - quite indian looking. I think they were about £6 and came in several colours (gold, black, tan, pink and one other I think). Although they are very flat so you need to moisturise your feet (otherwise I got cracked heels) they were sooooo comfy I wore them loads, everyone commented on them and the ankle strap meant they didn't go flying off like other sandals, nor make me work like a crow trying to curl my toes to keep them on. They've worn really well although if I see some more this year I'm going to invest in another pair ...whoops, there goes £6 allocated from my budget

Wellyboots6

Hi all,
Just popping by to say that so far I am still at my grand total of £1. Had a horrible near miss the other day when I managed to stack up a few 'bargains' in an online shopping basket but luckily my computer crashed! Just shows that having that little bit of time to consider an impulse purchase really does help

immie

Antwacky wrote: »

Lula-Hula I'd love to be an official member please! Can you put me down for £0 spend this year. I know it sounds unrealistic but I had my major wardrobe reshuffle last year when I lost weight so I really don't need to buy anything this year.

I've been a lurker for years and have only just been brave enough to post on this thread as it seemed so friendly!:)

Omg i'm totally cheering for you Antwacky, i know i could never do that in a million years lol

**tracey**

I resisted the sales in January but I did buy myself a new jumper for £14.99 and a pair of work boots for £19.99. Do not expect to buy anymore clothes in January, I don't really need or want anything more at the moment.

I have seen a lovely coat for £115 but do not want to buy anything too expensive until I lose weight and know it will last me longer.

Antwacky

immie wrote: »

Omg i'm totally cheering for you Antwacky, i know i could never do that in a million years lol

Thanks immie! I know there will be times that I may want to buy something, but going through my wardrobe over Christmas for my final clearout made me realise how much money I have completely wasted over the years. I felt absolutely awful. I could have been debt free by now if I hadn't been so spendy on clothes!

NGlady2

Good luck AntWacky, *Comes out in a cold sweat at the thought of being cold turkey* Not something I could do *Shudders* but I hope you manage it an inspiration!!

Still havnt done my count up - but i dont think once my xmas money and compensation has been taken off I have spent that much.

Wohoo.

Did a HUGE clear out of clothes last night, literally got everything on my bed and did a 'keep and wear' or 'throw' clear out - and i managed quite a bit.

Pro points - I have found out loads of sun dresses - which now fit me so thats a saving. I have also found out two pairs of flat sandals, im not crazy about them, as they are very worn, but if i cant find anymore i can tolerate them. Would love some more gem stone ones - i wore them a lot last year and mine are broken, but i cant really find any in the stores nevermind ones with some form of discount on them lol.

So potentially, i wont need to buy anything else for my holiday.

I cant however find my shorts.. anywhere. And i do live in them. So if i cant find them i may have to justify £16 in Debenhams (if they come in stock again!) and get some new ones.

Could also possibly do with a pair of cropped leggings £6 next. I know i could get them cheaper in primark, but i really don't like leggings anywhere but next.

joyce63

I've blown a fair bit of my budget this week, as a lot final reductions are kicking in at shops I love (French Connection and Phase Eight - aargh).

I ordered a few things from FC online but used some PayPal money I had from selling other items on eBay, so I'm not going to count that.

However I did buy a dress instore at FC which was £37, and ordered a Phase Eight cardi and jumper for £39.50 (they'd have been £110 full price), along with a lovely Gok Wan at Sainsburys kimono which was reduced to £15. This is adding on £91, taking me dangerously close to halfway point while we're still in January. :eek:

I may not keep both Phase Eight items as I've not received them yet, but that's not going to make a huge difference to my half-blown budget of £133.69/£300 :rotfl:

So my massive challenge now is to stay out of the shops for several months . Thankfully so far the new season stuff isn't getting me too excited...