Not buying any clothes 2017

silvasava

MaryB - I found a couple of lawn full length slips in a CS last year & they made lovely nightdresses, especially as they had bra shaped tops with adjustable straps. I buy full slips when I can as they make pretty 'vests' if they're shortened too.

affordmylife

Hello there. Can I join in please. I know it's April but I've only just found you. My wardrobe is bursting at the seams. I only go out if I have to and I work in a farm so nothing needed there.

Last year I lost 3 stone so had to buy everything new even undies. I also discovered a love of shopping which has landed me with £4000 of debt so my challenge is to pay this off and not buying clothes will certainly help that xx

maryb

Welcome and well done on the weight loss. With so much new stuff (what a great excuse, though!) you're well placed to take on this challenge - good luck with the debt busting

VfM4meplse

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I've made a decision: these are going back, bringing my spend down to £10.

The jury's still out on the shawl.

The shawl is going back, making my spend so far this year £2 (on 2 pairs of gloves).

affordmylife

I've got a bag of returns only primarni but over £20 so it all helps. Got the right hump with my husband today so my default is to go shopping. Trying to resist x

silvasava

Got two anniversary dinners to go to in July - with members of the same family. Saw a dress I liked but it wasn't fully lined so I wavered. Managed to get an equally nice Phase Eight dress in a CS for £12.00. Result! I will be wearing one of the dresses I wore for the last anniversary 'do' but only cos the family at these two won't have seen it lol!

GreyQueen

I still haven't spent any more than the £9.50 for the puffa jacket and ankle boots but I did, out of curiousity, just spend a few minutes looking at the excel spreadsheets of my annual expenditures.

Realised I haven't input 2016 yet (:o) but I have the data for the 19 years to 2015, for my clothing and footwear (includes accessories) category.

My spendiest year was 2003 at £509.36, my thriftiest year was 2015 at £17.83 and my annual average has been £199.13 which equals £3.83 per week.

I haven't bought a huge amount of Stuff, the spendier years can easily be accounted for by things like footwear.

Not planning to buy any more clothing for the foreseeable, I have plenty.

ancientmum

Spent £5 in CS on a lovely top by East. Will go with jeans or summer trousers, and the sun was shining at the time:rotfl:

Worrierwalker

I'm afraid I've not followed through with not buying any clothes this year.
But I have tried to stick to sales items.
Bought 3 tops from White Stuff sale, I like their clothes as they seem to last .
Also a pair of trousers for £28, reduced from £58 from an independent boutique in my local town-(I bought my wedding dress from there over 30 years ago!).
Also some cheapies from Peacocks, trousers and a top.

Only just over £100 for the lot, which divided by 7 months, is under £15 a month.

moneyonmymindsam

I have lots of clothes and shoes mainly stored under the bed. I am going to start to have another massive clear out (sort out my next capsule collection to wear for A/W not quite sure how many items that will be 30 max ) and then sell the remaining on e£bay or maybe give some to charity to spread the joy :-)


So my plan will be to sell what I can and then this becomes my budget for a new season. I have become really strict with needs rather than wants with lots of the impressive not spending posts/stories I read here.


You ladies are doing so well! I will post here and add to my signature any spends but hopeful for this to be minimal.

Hopefully I wont fall off the wagon too much from Aug - December :-)
Sam x