Completely Crazy Clothes Challenge 2017

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Angela84

£5 for 3 pairs of second hand school trousers for my son. So that's me up to £15/£100 now.

Angela84

Well done to you some random for trying to stay accountable!

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Thanks @Angela84

Savertobe

Hi

Posted on here before as I have set a budget of 100 per month - it does not really kick in until next month but I have been careful now for around 6 months. However, when I read someone is planning only to spend 100 for herself and children it makes me feel like a total dork.

In September have only spent as follows:

1.50 nail files
1.89 cotton wool pads
8.00 earrings
22.00 shampoo

33.39 in total - so 66.61 left in the budget. Hair cut and colour on Saturday will set me back around 50.00 as I have done at home.

16.61 in the pot.

Birthday looming (October) and it is then that I splurge - so already planning for some spending once all my current cosmetics have gone - can't keep to the 10 per beauty item as skin has suffered over the summer with cheap moisturisers.

Kim_13

Savertobe wrote: »

Hi

Posted on here before as I have set a budget of 100 per month - it does not really kick in until next month but I have been careful now for around 6 months. However, when I read someone is planning only to spend 100 for herself and children it makes me feel like a total dork.

In September have only spent as follows:

1.50 nail files
1.89 cotton wool pads
8.00 earrings
22.00 shampoo

33.39 in total - so 66.61 left in the budget. Hair cut and colour on Saturday will set me back around 50.00 as I have done at home.

16.61 in the pot.

Birthday looming (October) and it is then that I splurge - so already planning for some spending once all my current cosmetics have gone - can't keep to the 10 per beauty item as skin has suffered over the summer with cheap moisturisers.

Hi Savertobe

The other poster probably isn't including cosmetics in her clothes budget, so taking that into consideration yours isn't as high as it may first appear. I hadn't even thought of including these things in the clothes budget. £33.39 doesn't go far these days either.

It's a lot easier to start and then work down gradually - as I've learned by essentially halving my budget this year.

Next year (if we are all up for a 2018 challenge?) I need to write down more rules. I can't for the life of me remember if I was counting shoes or not. And actually remember to weigh myself! I had a starting weight but have failed to do so since!!

Angela84

Hi saver to be, it's me who's set the £100 budget for me and the children, by please let me assure you, im simply including clothes in that budget plan! I'm lucky enough to have lots of friends with children who give me hand me downs for free and I live in an area that people are always giving away bags of old clothes too.
I would not be able to set myself a budget on hair and makeup I don't think as I've no way of getting these things for free, and although I don't mind going makeup free sometimes, I have to use rather expensive makeup when I do use it as I've got a pigment skin condition on my face. Same with my expensive moisturiser.
Same with hair, I have a hairdresser friend do it who's cheaper than a salon but I wouldn't just be able to go without my cut and colour every couple of months!
Honestly if I did what you've done and set myself a monthly budget to include clothes Hair makeup and anything beauty related I think mine would come to over £100 and I don't think I'd even be comfortable limiting myself!

Florence_J

Bought a rain coat today using £26.50 in T3sco clubcard vouchers, meaning it cost me £5.50.

Total spend on clothes this year is £5.88, or £9.83 if you include £3.95 I spent on postage on an item of clothing I used a code to get for free online.

kerri_gt

Oh dear, I've discovered Shein, only placed one order and some of it isn't 'that' cheap but it's addictive to look at.

Kim_13

I'm looking at a coat and some PJ's

Given the state of my budget it's safe to say I won't be checking out Shein in the near future.