The Completely Crazy 2013 Clothes Challenge

mcculloch29

Not a penny spent (yet!). I haven't even been in a clothes shop, or looked online with more than mild interest.

Citizen Kitten, thank you for making me No 29 as I'm mcculloch29! (It's the number of a house I've lived in, not my age. I picked it so I wouldn't forget it, but wish I'd gone for something a bit more anonymous sometimes. Never mind.)

Underwear... I posted on the Hoarding thread (ahem) that I have 36 pairs of the same style of briefs - Primarni's seamless Sloggi-style briefs that are absolutely fantastic.

They never seem to wear out. How I got to 36 pairs was by popping a pack into my basket on each Primarni visit when my size was in stock, and sometimes buying two packs, "just in case". I woke up, eventually, when I couldn't fit any more into the drawer. Which is deep...

They are incredibly comfortable, wash like dishrags and never show wear. They aren't particularly glam, but I've done glam; severe arthritis now means I have to do practical.

Should anyone genuinely NEED practical underwear, at three pairs for £5.50 I recommend these fully.

Going4TheDream

Brr its snowing here today, a good excuse to dig out the jumpers and boots languishing in my wardrobe. Time for them to see the light of day again :-)

djenks_2

I'm going to aim for £150 to cover essentials and new sandals for the summer.

I need to loose about 1 stone in weight and have loads of clothes that don't fit me at the moment :-( so these can be moved into my wardrobe once I have lost it...

I'm also trying to manage on just 30 items of clothing not including shoes, coats and accessories. I think that it will be OK and fairly easy to do, I've already sorted out my 30 and have more than a weeks worth of work and home clothes to see me through. Although I do seem to have a thing for dresses!

Watch this space....

Eltee12

bought a nice coat/mac thingy on Friday for £30 - reduced from £60

Hurrah!

citizenkitten - can I have a number please?

El

elly68

oh well first spend £13/£400 on a new pair of leggings and a pair of skinny jeans .my old leggings will be darned and used for dog walking .well done ev1 .no other plans for clothes at present except to go through kids stuff and get rid of the old pjs, sock, pants ect as they got new for xmas oh that reminds me 3 packs of socks and 2 packs of boxers £11 so total £24/£400.

mookiepook

Hi everyone - need to catch up on this thread - but for now I need to report my first spend - £15 on a warm hoodie which I needed for dog walking purposes in this cold weather. Will update my signature accordingly. Thanks xx

squinky

Aww everyone seems to be doing well so far In the spirit of a challenge then I think I'll reduce my total amount to £250; that's still a good £20 a month.

I noticed a couple of tiny holes in a couple of my basics/staples when I was ironing at the weekend though which is annoying. There is no shopping thrill in replacing leggings and tops & it is using up money that should be spend on pretty new things instead

citizenkitten

please everyone check the front page to get your number and check your limit you have decided.

Please post in BOLD and BIG your member number, targets and spends.

citizenkitten

mcculloch29 wrote: »

Citizen Kitten, thank you for making me No 29 as I'm mcculloch29! (It's the number of a house I've lived in, not my age. I picked it so I wouldn't forget it, but wish I'd gone for something a bit more anonymous sometimes. Never mind.)

Underwear... I posted on the Hoarding thread (ahem) that I have 36 pairs of the same style of briefs - Primarni's seamless Sloggi-style briefs that are absolutely fantastic.

no problem must have been fate because you just happened to be the 29th member joining here! i didnt even notice when i typed it.

only 36 pairs?

*hides her underwear drawers... yes drawers...*

Eltee12 wrote: »

citizenkitten - can I have a number please?

El

your wish is my command!

squinky wrote: »

Aww everyone seems to be doing well so far In the spirit of a challenge then I think I'll reduce my total amount to £250; that's still a good £20 a month.

lol not a competition it is a challenge - so a challenge to you, squink but i have changed it on the first page.

i am atm trying to buy a warm coat, haggling with an ebayer.... not going well....

citizenkitten

hey guys, lotti and i were thinking of running some mini challenges alongside this challenge, help get everyone to think outside the box etc.

would you guys be interested???