The Completely Crazy 2014 Clothes Challenge

fedupandskint

mummy2threeboys wrote: »

HI fedup..can i be put down for zero spend please, many thanks x

Have done! Welcome

omarsgirl

Hi FEDUP and all you others, can I join in please? I'm new but lurked a lot last year.
I succeeded to cut back last year but would like to try to go even further. sick of wasting money. I'd like to try for zero but that might be next year so please could you put me down for
£10
per month.
as I definitely need a new per of slippers at least this month.x

fedupandskint

Hi omarsgirl

I've put you down for £120 for the year and £10 per month

omarsgirl

thankyou

mummy2threeboys

i got this through the post yesterday, its a free monthly mag,(glossy beauty type) no cost at all..some of the prices will make your hair stand on end but nice to flick through with a cuppa http://www.cliquemagazine.co.uk/

Eltee12

Happy New Year

Please put me down for £500 - this will mostly be clothes for work and new underwear to fit new boobies!!!!

Although I busted the budget last year, I tried to stick to the one in & two out thingamy. looks like I had 88 incoming (ouch!) and am about 8 short of 176 out which went to CS, schwop party, sister, rubbish, rags etc. so am fairly pleased with self but have hardly any clothes left for work!

As far as I can recall, I only mis-purchased 4 tops totalling around £31 (sales, what can you do?) - I gave one of them to sister, 2 to schwop party and 1 to CS.

El

cat4772

count me in again this year. I buried my head int he sand last year about our financial situation - could only deteriorate until September when childcare bill reduced slightly. But now I know where I am and where I'm headed.

£750 for all 4 of us in the house:
Me - £200 (includes work clothes, shoes and accessories)
DD1 - £100 school clothes, £100 everything else
DD2 - £75 school clothes, £75 everything else
DH - £200 (includes everything, including trainers!)

And the biggest challenge for me this year will be to keep this page updated with spending!

happytails

cat4772 wrote: »

£750 for all 4 of us in the house:
Me - £200 (includes work clothes, shoes and accessories)
DD1 - £100 school clothes, £100 everything else
DD2 - £75 school clothes, £75 everything else
DH - £200 (includes everything, including trainers!)

School Uniform is expensive isnt it!! A tip that may be useful is to just buy 1 of each skirt/shirt etc to go to school in on the first day back. Once the kids are back at school all the supermarkets vastly reduce their stock, so go round them and get the rest you need at bargain prices. I got 2 cardigans for £2 at sainsburys and 5 pack of tights for £1, 5 vests £1, 2 pairs of trousers £2 and PE pumps for £1 a pair. i got 1 in every size they had LOL Unfortunately i had bought most things already at full price last year but this year i will be getting the bargains!!

his_missus

One week in and spending already, tut tut! Bought a black skirt and new pair of work trousers - total £30.

fatpat

Yorkielass wrote: »

I found I stopped searching the grabbit forums on here and buying random offers from Boots when I started volunteering, it definitely helped fill the 'bargain shopping' gaps.

I don't know if that would work for you but if you find you're always browsing websites at a certain time, say a Sunday morning, could you find a volunteering project/hobby that fits into that time so you aren't on a computer then.

Thanks for the idea, I will have a look. I used to volunteer before and found it really rewarding so it would be good to get back into it.

I also did end up buying the coat but it was further reduced and I have been wanting it since october when it was £75. My total so far is now £37.45 which isn't great only one week in. I will not buy anything else this month though.