The Completely Crazy 2013 Clothes Challenge

mcculloch29

lotti379 wrote: »

March totals update!

028 mcclloch29 - £100 - I was confused, are you counting the DGC spends in your budget?

:T:T Well done everyone, we are all still within budget!!! :T:T

Superb moneysaving! :money:

No, not counting DGC.... I AM STILL ON ZERO!! :j
Thank you Lotti.

EchoDelta

People are doing so well!

Just been on holiday and spent £6 on a tee shirt to save my sunburned shoulders (argh what a prat!) and £6 on some new sunglasses after dh sat on mine and destroyed them!

Brings my total to £22.80.

Sorry, on phone and struggling to do size / colour change.

lotti379

Don't worry EchoDelta, I've got it booked! :rotfl:

£8.50 for me today

I have blown the idea of a spend-free April, so May will need to be a no spend month! We are being taken out for a swanky celebration lunch (ooh, it's a tough life sometimes) so I treated myself to a black and white (chanel tweed-stylee) pencil skirt from the red cross shop which, to be frank, makes my bum look pretty marvellous!

I've just switched on The Great British Sewing Bee. I wish I could sew! I shall have to find a means to learn...

Also wearing my new apple green polo today. LOVE it!

mad_scientist

I have well and truly broken the seal on my clothing challenge this week

Went to M&S for new undies. It was very overdue because I don't remember buying any at all last year and my bras are not as supportive as they once were I've got 3 new bras and some pants because I can't resist a multipack once I am in the shop. I will have to clear out my underwear drawer now because all those bras won't fit in there at once!

No. 22 on £70/£200 spent.

mcculloch29

Finally spent something...!
£1 on a blue long flared skirt for lolling around in on Sundays (from the X Catalogue shop sale), and £1 (well 99p) on a multi-coloured (mostly cream/light brown/greens) Wallis top from the 'everything's 99p' Barnardo's Charity Shop. Was not leaving that behind. It's VERY low cut but I have lovely matching scarves to cope with that.

90% of what the 99p CS has is worn out or shapeless carp, (but they do eventually recycle it) a further 5% of what is wearable is size 10 or below, but there is the odd gem.

So No 29 £2/£100.

fedupandskint

I'm still on track with a NS April - returned the jeans I ordered as way too skinny on my legs. They were only £8 but hey,no point keeping them when too skinny.

No pennies to spend for the rest of the month so I should be able to claim my first no spend month and I was very good today putting back a heavily reduced skirt with the thought I don't need it, I have enough skirts already!

emslovesmickey

emslovesmickey wrote: »

Here's number 008 just confirming that so far this year i have spent £79.97 and i'm aiming for a spend free March and April.

Not been on here for a while but i have had a spend free March and haven't spent anything so far in April either. So i'm doing well!

elly68

elly68 wrote: »

020 now 139/400
ah well ds has a football tournament so 2 sets of jogging suits ,socks,waterbottle and sports bag to put them in .also in asda last night school shoes reduced so bought some for ds next size up so will save some money later .ooooooh and i just remembered another 11 to add for a giant onzie for dd she got loads for xmas but her amazingly long legs mean that none of them fit and i found one in tesco and also an all in one hat,scarf,glove thingy for watching ds play football
s020 now 150/400:o

spent £12 on 2 tops for weekend away ,i'm enjoying this challenge as my budget makes much more sense .i'm also getting better at clearing out the cupboards to make room for the stuff that a fits me oh and the kids so that its hung up,my next challenge is a regular ironing day ,probably friday night i think .:D
020 162/400.

short_bird

sigh. sensible, classic black shoes bought for funeral of close family member. So no spending month.

However, I discovered that 2 items are now wearable due to weight loss after nasty virus. These were added to items refreshed via black dye that was already in the flat.

emslovesmickey

emslovesmickey wrote: »

Not been on here for a while but i have had a spend free March and haven't spent anything so far in April either. So i'm doing well!

Spoke too soon - found a gorgeous dress in a charity shop. £9.99. I'm happy with spending the money though cos it's such a bargain and really suits me