The Completely Crazy 2012 Clothes Challenge

mandz1

going out for a friends birthday tomorrow, brought a top from a charity shop today for £2.99, which makes me up to £9.99 spent out of £100

LadyMorticia

My bag has been dispatched.

mad_scientist

Thanks everyone for giving me advice about buying new buttons for my coat, you are obviously masters of the clothing challenge!!

I hadn't thought of looking on ebay for some reason, even though they sell everything - although it is a very dangerous place to start browsing!

BabyJayne

Hey all, I haven't been on here for a few weeks but I do have a few purchases to confess to
1 skirt from cs 1.99
1 pair of trousers from cs 1.99
1 pair of Jeans from Next £26

Total £30

Signature has been updated. So I have now spend £80 so far which I don't think is too bad going! Right I am going to have a catch up on the thread and go see what I can dig out of my wardrobe for a freedom day!

ETA- for the person looking for buttons, I have in the past looked around charity shops for buttons on garments rather than buying standalone buttons - you may get lucky as it might work out cheaper than buying the buttons separately

Adela31

Off shopping today, world book day soon and ds1 has decided that he wants tobe a strawberry, if you see me in a fabric shop please shout "YOU ONLY CAME IN FOR RED FELT, STEP AWAY!"

LadyMorticia

Does anyone know which delivery company Accessorize use? Our property is a new-build and Royal Mail have no problems with finding us and getting our post to us but alot of other delivery companies can't find us because our address doesn't show up on sat navs yet.:o

joyce63

I took my new trousers to an alteration shop near to where I live today, she only charges £5 to take them up which is bargaintastic, but this has pretty much wiped out the 25% saving I had on them. So I'm declaring that £5 and have added it to my total.

I'm finding this so much harder than I thought, though I have sold quite a bit on eBay, and am going to have a bit more of a clearout as I have far too many clothes. I do sometimes free things, but I also need to be a bit more ruthless. If it's not been worn for the past 18 months, then it needs to go!

Florenceem

joyce63 wrote: »

I took my new trousers to an alteration shop near to where I live today, she only charges £5 to take them up which is bargaintastic, but this has pretty much wiped out the 25% saving I had on them. So I'm declaring that £5 and have added it to my total.

I'm finding this so much harder than I thought, though I have sold quite a bit on eBay, and am going to have a bit more of a clearout as I have far too many clothes. I do sometimes free things, but I also need to be a bit more ruthless. If it's not been worn for the past 18 months, then it needs to go!

You need to learn how to take trousers up - save £5.

joyce63

Florenceem wrote: »

You need to learn how to take trousers up - save £5.

Fair point but I'd rather pay someone £5 to do it properly than bodge it and end up losing the trousers...it has happened in the past

kerri_gt

Florenceem wrote: »

You need to learn how to take trousers up - save £5.

I could (I think) hem something with a sewing machine as I can actually sew if I need to (for instance if someone held a gun to my head an my life depended on it) but I don't really enjoy sewing and can't justify purchasing a sewing machine...however, Wonderweb is great for hemming

Well I'm still not sure of my current spend total, tried on the Superdry t-shirt today and was really disappointed, it was really boxy and just didn't do anything for me, so £22 going back.

Popped into primarni, they had the coral skinny jeans I was after - but got them home and OH thinks they are too clingy (I'm inclined to agree) so will reutrn those and try and find a pair that doesn't cut the circulation in my legs (sure if I try on another pair in there, they will prob be a totally diff fit) it's a shame as i like the material and they were only £11. Bought a few vest tops in there (FINALLY found some potential replacements to the white t-shop ones I have that are so worn they are getting holes) bought size 6 (as they had them for a change) but not sure if toooo clingy, so got an 8 in one of the colours too to try at home. Oh, also bought a pair of Chinos, tried those on at home (too hot in store by that time) and they look awful, so £33 spent, at least £23 to return)

Oh...but I did buy some lovely Kenneth Cole sunglasses in TKMaxx for £14.99

Can declare a freedom day for yesterday though, went to a gig and wore a ben sherman top I've only worn once or twice and had for years - actually not sure if I really still like it, so it might go in the 'out' pile.