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Original poster

To have spent this much…anyone else do this? I feel like I went insane for a few minutes

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Loveduppenguin · 05/04/2025 18:41

So I need a new trainers and I usually buy Converse so I went online and found some converse( kids ones because I’m small size) and they were in the sale, even better. But then I went crazy and not in a pair of aFIFA’s sambas also, and a jumper for my DD. It was literally like I have unleashed a beast because then I proceeded to go onto next and spend nearly 300 on
5 tops
2 jumpers
a coat
a swimsuit
a pair of cropped jeans
a dress
a pair of trousers for work.

im happy with the purchases, i really needed some new bits, but i feel guilty! Make me feel better please! Anyone else do this!?

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uncomfortablydumb60 · 05/04/2025 19:21

I think it’s fine. You’ve just bought everything you needed in one swoop.
You can afford it and you won’t need anything else for a while
sensible to buy when everything is in stock, so don’t feel guilty.

BobnLen · 05/04/2025 19:20

Sounds like some bargains you got there.

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Loveduppenguin · 05/04/2025 19:18

wishiwasupahill · 05/04/2025 19:00

What’s wrong with cropped jeans?

They’re not for you, they’re for the OP.

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I’m petite so they work for me, I love them 🤣

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Loveduppenguin · 05/04/2025 19:17

Gundogday · 05/04/2025 18:53

You got a lot of clothes for three hundred pounds. Enjoy them.

Yeah I’m delighted, the coat and a couple other things were in the sale so that was handy! 🙌

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REDB99 · 05/04/2025 19:03

I think it’s fine, I tend to do this as I’ll go months without buying anything then when I do need something end up buying lots as I haven’t for ages. As long as you can afford it it isn’t problem.

wishiwasupahill · 05/04/2025 19:00

Ponoka7 · 05/04/2025 18:50

trying not to give an opinion on cropped jeans.
It's fine to spend what you can afford on something as essential as clothing, cropped jeans are never essential . Our economy needs people to spend money. My DD, who is topped up by Universal credit, has just spent £250 on summer bits for her ten year old.

What’s wrong with cropped jeans?

They’re not for you, they’re for the OP.

wishiwasupahill · 05/04/2025 19:00

It’s all online so just send it back if you don’t like it.

but sounds like a good shop, well done.

and yes, I’ve done that before, many times.

the only time I feel guilty is when I don’t like it / it doesn’t fit and I don’t manage to send / take it back to the shop in time.

that’d a massive waste and I feel awful.

if you wear it, no need to feel guilty.

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 05/04/2025 18:54

It's your money, spend it as you wish and enjoy your new clothes. Don't feel guilty.

Gundogday · 05/04/2025 18:53

You got a lot of clothes for three hundred pounds. Enjoy them.

Lottapianos · 05/04/2025 18:51

You needed them, you like them, you will wear them. Enjoy them!

Ponoka7 · 05/04/2025 18:50

trying not to give an opinion on cropped jeans.
It's fine to spend what you can afford on something as essential as clothing, cropped jeans are never essential . Our economy needs people to spend money. My DD, who is topped up by Universal credit, has just spent £250 on summer bits for her ten year old.

LlynTegid · 05/04/2025 18:46

If that is all you will spend on clothes other than perhaps underwear this year, I don't see an issue. I think cropped jeans are awful but that is just my opinion, but it is a pair of jeans.

Createausername1970 · 05/04/2025 18:45

Yes, sometimes. But if it's all needed/useful then it would have been bought at some point.
All you have done is saved the bother of having to do it another time.

This is assuming you have the funds to pay for it?

If you haven't, then that's a different matter.

Oftenaddled · 05/04/2025 18:44

The average price is fine, so if you can afford it and needed it, you've just shopped very efficiently without wasting time. Well done.

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