2023 Fashion on the Ration Challenge

CapricornLass

What a memorable adventure, Pip!

Cherryfudge

I decided my scruffy trainers are beyond reasonable wear, so 5 coupons spent on a pair of casual shoes. I was going to chuck the trainers till it occurred to me to use them as house shoes - I'm sure that people in wartime got every last ounce of use out of everything, and in my case they are more secure on my feet than slippers, just about as soft (ex-running shoes) and won't get spoilt if I wear them in the garden. I have several pairs of travel slippers and one pair of harder-wearing 'sheepskin' ones as well, but they aren't the sort o thing I can climb ladders in.

I'm not planning to spend a lot of time up ladders, you understand, the instance is for illustrative purposes only.

28 coupons spent, 32 remaining.

MrsCD

I wear my old walking sandals in the house. I stopped wearing slippers after I slid down the stairs on my backside once too many times. Not worth the bruises!😏

Laura_Elsewhere

I have nice, light, walking-shoes, which I love, in a fabulous rich deep pink, no longer made, but by Clark's:  one pair that are very very worn and scruffy which I keep for going out to the garden, and occasional wear elsewhere when scruffy is fine, and a nice pair that I keep for wearing when I want comfy feet and to look nice, and an almost-new pair that I wear round the flat as slippers because they support my poor old overladen feet so well... 

Gem-gem

Pip, how lucky you have been. When I went nearly 30 years ago, I watched a rocket being taken to the launch pad at 4 miles per hour. I really enjoyed visiting the KSC. I still have my t-shirt. 

Cherry fudge, I enjoyed the film Apollo 13. The music was very moving and Tom Hanks played I think Jim Lovell. 

How-do-you-do, @KajiKita. Pleased to meet you. There are some very knowledgeable people in the village hall. I'm afraid that I am not one of them but I am learning. 😁

2Scratters

@Laura_Elsewhere Oh Laura - overladen feet, I'm going to use that too. Soo me.

2 Scratters xx

Cherryfudge

Hello all, we are having a few days away following a family wedding, and had enough downtime for me to discover city centre shopping again. I'm afraid my coupons are depleted by two pairs of shoes and three bras. Oh dear. However these aren't pure indulgence (if you ignore that I bought shoes last week as well) as I needed to replace battered footwear and a scraggy bra. I got three because the ones I liked were in three packs, and I think will have been 4.5 coupons in total. The shoes were 10.

Coupon free, I have a new hat (in the sale, too) and two tee shirts from a charity shop.

14.5 coupons spent, 17.5 remaining.

Gem-gem

4 much needed vests bought. 2 white and 2 navy. 

They came in packs of two, one of each colour. 12 coupons in total. 

That is all of my coupons spent plus three of my husbands. He has only used 10 for two new t-shirts. Am I the first to use all of their coupons? 

Spend 2023:

4 x jumpers 24

3 x 3/4 length trousers 18

2 x summer top 10

1 x slippers 5

4 x vests 12

Coupons Spent 69/66

Cherryfudge

@Gem-gem, I think you have a moral obligation not only to use, but to use up your husband's coupons. Waste not, want not. Husband is also thereby relieved of unnecessary worry and can carry on with his war work.

I'm not sure whether you are first past the post but there must be a few people close behind you.

Laura_Elsewhere

I tried to buy myself a new frock but really didn't like *anything* I found so gave up! 

I've started the Xmas knitting for my parents' collection of what they call "Laura's warmers" - legwarmers, armwarmers and now neck-warming cowls! And the original presents, their lap-blanket and lap-quilt... 

All those years they didn't want my needlework, but now they feel the cold so much more, they suddenly are much more interested, as are my nieces!!