Completely Crazy Clothes Challenge 2016

Florence_J

Oh dear, this has been a rather bad month for me in terms of clothes spending, and a good month in terms of 'clothes acquiring'

spent £40 today on clothes-£25.60 on wedding clothes and £14.40 on a nice kimono for me.

FlacosFloozie

So last month I spent a total of £121 on a dress and 2 cardigans :eek:. The dress was, unfortunately, needed for a memorial service so I got a black cardigan to go with it and also a pink one which I've worn it with since to another event. Feel all 3 are items I'll get a lot of wear out of long term so shopping smarter The current total is £191.03/400 so I'm still on budget for the year. I just need to avoid those pesky sales....

Jazee

Ooh are there sales on at the moment?! Think I'll give them a miss.

I NEED a new pair of trainers but think I'll ask DS to get them for my birthday. He gets a discount where he works too.

kerri_gt

I'm trying to stay out of the sales, nothing I really need, have lots of clothes I've bought while away with work (travel over the weekend so got to do some shopping) and don't really have time to be shopping with the new house ATM.
Was clearing things in the garage from the move yesterday and now have a large box of all the car boot clothes (which had come from the loft in the prev house) set to one side. I know there's a few more bits to add so just need to get a date to do one.

Clarey008

I have been awol, mainly because I have been lurking and catching up on the NBI thread and make do, mend and minimise thread. I bought two cropped cardies for the bargain price of £4 and £6 at Sainsbugs. They are the sort of thing I can never find when I need, so at that price I had to snap up. I have also amended my yearly budget to exclude shoes. I decided £150 per year was unrealistic if I included shoes. I haven't gone crazy but have bought a pair of sandals for £45 and a pair of walking shoes for around £45, both good quality which will last. It's hard to know in January what will break etc and need to be replaced.

somerandom

I had to buy an emergency pair of jeans yesterday. I was at an outdoor event & was freezing. Popped in TK Maxx to buy a pair of tights and found a pair of skinny jeans in the clearance section (vero moda) for £4.00. That would have been justifiable but I then came across a lovely pair of Rachel Roy Jeans that fit like a glove - ended up buying them too. £20.00 to add in total

kerri_gt

somerandom wrote: »

I had to buy an emergency pair of jeans yesterday. I was at an outdoor event & was freezing. Popped in TK Maxx to buy a pair of tights and found a pair of skinny jeans in the clearance section (vero moda) for £4.00. That would have been justifiable but I then came across a lovely pair of Rachel Roy Jeans that fit like a glove - ended up buying them too. £20.00 to add in total

Skinny jeans....just denim tights really well done on the bargains, perfectly fitting jeans should never be passed by.

Rowan_moon

I agree on the jeans - if they are are great fit, snap em up :j
Otherwise it is a day spent in every shop trying on when you next need some.

I have had a bit of a splurge. A Jaeger sweatshirt from the cs for £8 and a new pair of black linen trousers from cs (laura Ashley, new with a label saying £60) for £15.

0h and Masai cardi/ jacket that I've had my eye on for ages and matching vest top £75 in the sale (eeeeek!):eek:

I'm loving the snazzy leggings you are all buying, just wish they looked good on me.

somerandom

Thanks Kerri & Rowan you are making me feel better about my purchases

mavvymoo

Morning all
Just an update on the Clothes sale £280 taken :eek: in about 1.5 hours

Everything £1 or childrens at 50p so you can understand how busy it was :rotfl:Like manic poeple were outside 45 mins before we opened the doors Some fab stuff found new happy homes and I didnt even get the (designer) rail out Will save that for the next one.

Also on tea /coffee and cake we took £161 and ran out of cake in 40 mins.
I cant believe how busy we were at this one,word is spreading and getting busier all the time.

I needed 3 people folding and taking money for the whole time and the line of people went all the way down the hall.

I didnt get a thing But did pick up a pair of 'THINK' shoes brand new for £3.50 at the bootsale. This style are in our local posh shop for £90 so they were a bargain, So comfy (I have had them before) and a tie up cardi (m&s) in the most amazing jewel colours for £1

Picked up the next bags yesterday for the sale and there was some great items in this lot so building up for the next one which is at our fete on the 30th July

Been so busy need to catch up on stuff now as the house looks like a tip

Mav x