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Original poster

to myself for feeling guilty about wanting to spend on an expensive item

88 replies

CoolToned · 17/08/2016 03:12

I was waiting for the price to go down, but there are only three left in the stores near me in my size.

It's a dress and it costs 179gbp.

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AddToBasket · 17/08/2016 03:16

Don't feel guilty about wanting it! The question is whether to buy it. Grin

Can you afford it? Will you wear it?

I'm bad for lusting over things for ages and delaying so long that they sell out. Then I get annoyed with myself for not just buying the item in the first place. It's one of DH's pet hates: 'If you wanted it so much, why didn't you buy it?'

LadyB49 · 17/08/2016 03:17

If you love it, buy it :)

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CoolToned · 17/08/2016 03:28

It feels expensive for what it is. Telling myself I can buy a lot for that price.

I can afford it - but as a splurge.

I keep talking myself out of it. Telling myself to wait for the sales. Apparently it's more popular than I think - it was released two weeks ago, and my size has sold out online. And there are only three pieces left in the stores near me.

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AaronBleurgh · 17/08/2016 03:31

If you love it and you're going to wear it, buy the bloody dress! 😄

Amelie10 · 17/08/2016 03:40

I would Grin

Pina64 · 17/08/2016 03:48

If you can afford it get it
Years ago there was a beautiful Matthew Williamson bag I absolutely loved. I kept saying I'd get it, it was only €60 but as a student at the time that was way out of my budget! I regret not buying it all the time! Do it, get the dress!!

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/08/2016 03:55

Have you tried it on? Is it everything you want in a dress? Grin

lozengeoflove · 17/08/2016 04:01

Life is short. Buy the dress. Look good and be happy Smile

PurpleDaisies · 17/08/2016 04:15

Where's the picture of it then? Grin

Seriously, if you love it and you've got somewhere to wear it, buy it! Normally anything I agonise over doesn't fit me right when I actually try it on.

Salmiak · 17/08/2016 04:36

Is it a dress you will wear often? I realised a few years ago that I tended to spend loads of money on clothes that got very little wear (ballgowns, wedding outfits, etc would all be £100+) but my day to day clothes were all cheap and worn endlessly. I therefore decided to only buy things on a cost per wear basis - so for weddings I'll now just get a second hand posh dress off ebay but now spend lots more on clothes I'm in every day (so I'm willing to pay far more for e.g. a coat that will be worn every day for the school run and going out and about can last several years)

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CoolToned · 17/08/2016 04:37

It's a dress I can wear several times - casual party, dinner, etc. It's not formal wear.

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DropYourSword · 17/08/2016 04:45

If you can afford it, and you want it, get it.
And post a picture of it!

CoolCarrie · 17/08/2016 04:54

Go and get that dress! Too many times I have procrastinated sooooo long about beautiful things that I missed out. I collect Russian nesting dolls, and one day, in an antique shop, I saw an amazing one, the tallest I had ever seen, £100, but stupid me, didn't think to put a deposit on it as it was 3 days before Xmas, and thought it would be fine, as the shop was closing.
Went back after Xmas, it was gone! Even now, 4 years later, I still beat myself up about it. Life is to short , and if you know you will enjoy wearing it, then go for it today!

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CoolToned · 17/08/2016 05:23

I posted the dress in this thread.

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FindoGask · 17/08/2016 05:33

Two threads about one dress? I think you should get it already and stop fretting!

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/08/2016 05:40

That dress does the sum total of fuck all for me. I could knock it up in a weekend. But if you love it... Seriously, $300aud for a cotton sun dress?

TheGreatDessert · 17/08/2016 06:12

Sorry OP I don't like it. If you're spending what you consider to be a significant amount of money on something then it should either be a wow item or something indispensible that will get a good amount of wear and last well (boots, coat/jacket, jeans). That dress is neither to me.

It looks like a standard warehouse or oasis dress.

nogrip · 17/08/2016 06:19

Why do you like it so much, it's an overpriced simple sundress

TheSilverChair · 17/08/2016 06:21

I was expecting something a little more stylish. It looks like a beach dress.

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CoolToned · 17/08/2016 06:27

Well that was why I didn't link it in the first place. I know people will have differing opinions about it, and this was discussed in the first thread.

I can't really answer why I like it so much because well, I just do. I like it, it suits me, the style and the colour suit me, but of course I find it too expensive for what it is, hence "feeling guilty".

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BikeRunSki · 17/08/2016 06:33

How would you feel if it was bow sold out? Would you regret not getting it? I have to agree with others that it is nothing special though.

chanie44 · 17/08/2016 06:48

If you like it, buy it and enjoy wearing it. It's nice to have th occassional splurge item in your wardrobe.

Champagneformyrealfriends · 17/08/2016 06:51

You've started two threads about it-if you can afford it, buy it.

acasualobserver · 17/08/2016 06:54

I like it but think it's a lot for what it is. However, if you've tried it on and you're really convinced then go for it.

HermioneWeasley · 17/08/2016 07:00

2 threads about a cotton sun dress?! Mak a decision