2022 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

Laura_Elsewhere

PollyWollyDoodle said:

I could easily see how you could spend £38,000 – if you’ve ever been to a wedding fair and seen some of the things on offer, it wouldn’t take long. It just seems ridiculous to me that (mostly) young people are spending this sort of amount when that would actually be a decent deposit on a house in some parts of the country.  Doesn’t matter how much you spend, it won’t make the marriage any better or worse!

I think many people pay tons for "a wedding venue" nowadays too - we just went for the Registrars' Office, but when we thought about it, we couldn't think of when we last heard of anyone getting married, in recent years, at a Registrars'. Certainly younger people all seem to marry at "a wedding venue". 

A friend's daughter married reasonably sensibly last year, mid-pandemic - oh, that *was* at a Registrars', because it was the only option legally allowed, with only two witnesses... but the figures I was talking about were 2019, so not as a bounceback effect of lockdown...
Anyway, they had a quiet wedding, but friends of theirs had a less locked-down wedding (I think friend's daughter was in Wales, tighter restrictions at the time) and then to their horror when the new-married friends applied for a mortgage they were turned down because of the ten thousand quid of debt from the wedding. It just hadn't occurred to them that spending ten grand they didn't have in order to have their "dream wedding" (is it "their" dream wedding or hers, I always wonder?) meant they are stuck renting for years until they pay it off... 

CAFCGirl

Our wedding felt like a lot of money to me (£2K) in 2008 but according to a friend, that's less than she paid for her dress (oh the humanity I wailed! ]

CAFCGirl

Coupon Question 

What would a handbag strap come under? 
I purchased one for a bag I am attempting to crochet  and not entirely sure where that sits coupon wise

PipneyJane

CAFCGirl said:

Coupon Question 

What would a handbag strap come under? 
I purchased one for a bag I am attempting to crochet  and not entirely sure where that sits coupon wise

Treat it as a belt. Can’t recall if they have a coupon cost.  (On my phone so can’t check.)

-   Pip


pa: I am out shopping with a friend or I could rant for hours a) about wedding costs and b) about this summer’s fashions. Nothing suitable for the office in M&S

CAFCGirl

PipneyJane said

Treat it as a belt. Can’t recall if they have a coupon cost.  (On my phone so can’t check.)

-   Pip

Thanks Pip,

I was debating treating it as braces which was coupon free I think from the photo (although I cant see it that well so could be wrong) or considering it as equal amounts of leather to a purse and charging myself 2 coupons.... 

PollyWollyDoodle

I think it would count as ‘haberdashery’ which is free?  

Edited to add: tapes, braids, laces … and braces, elastic and garters, all could be bought without coupons so I think it would come within that. 

weenancyinAmerica

maryb - are you sure it wasn't shrapnel damage on the clothes and you need to replace them? 

My theory from what I have observed is the more expensive the wedding, the shorter the marriage lasts. 

TwibbleDee

Our wedding was under $10k, I believe, 10 years ago, if you don't include the other people for whom my mother paid for the airfare & rooms.  However...the main reason we didn't elope was because of the parentals, so they actually covered practically everything. 

TwibbleDee

Oh, and many congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Elsewhere.

I'll have some fresh-baked bread with some good butter here in a few hours if anybody wants to hang around a bit...

Cherryfudge

maryb said:

Aaargh!  The moths got at ALL the summer clothes I had carefully packed away - or so I thought.  Everything has at least one hole.   I don’t think much if anything is salvageable because it was already several seasons old and beginning to look a little shabby.   I don’t really like summer clothes as much as winter styles so haven’t been tempted to buy new each year. 

But now I’ve had to buy two new pairs of linen trousers and six tee shirts as a basic wardrobe replacement which I work out comes to 44 coupons.  I’ll need a couple of cardigans/jumpers as well so I’ve blown my allocation for the year already.  I’ll read along and cheer you all on but for myself I’m having to bow out of the challenge 

Those wasteful moths! They tend not to find unobtrusive places, either. I wonder, if you'd care to post pictures, if our collective brains could find you some creative repair solutions?