Our wardrobes are totally rammed...No spend August S&B support group :- Sign up here

[Laska42]

Hi all.. , several of us on S&B have been posting about our clothese spending ( we know thatis what S&B is about [smile}.

We have wardrobes and chest of drawers utterlyand totally rammed...

We have piles of clothese we've even forgotten we have,(some with the lables still on )

We obsessively peruse S&B looking at recommendations (and then buy them, just because there are there)

We have no willpower,(yet )

We are a friend to every online shop and discount offer going..(not to mention credit card companies)

We just cannot resist sales..

Our postmen and women and the local couriers are getting to know us better than our friends and neighbours..

BUT we want toget back into control and just enjoy what we have to wear.

To this end We the Undersigned PLEDGE to a NO spend August on clothes bags, accessories and shoes (and also make up and beauty products if that is your weakness)

The ONLY exceptions will be tights, basic underwear (knickers and bras) and to replace something that has Genuinley worn out..

It will be hard .. It will be tough.. We will have to be accountable to each other ..BUT WE CAN DO IT!

So Who's in?

Sign up below .. (and try and resist spending for the rest of July.. this is NOT atime to stock up before too late!!)..

those who sign up wil be prepared check in here regularily

(A tyrant ain't I?

I have more confessions :( I bought a shift dress in a gorgeous in dark periwinkle and matching cardigan in the w.stuff sale! It was £54 all in. I just love the colour of it. I have been even ' more' bad ... bought a pair of cropped jeans, ones i had my eye on that have frayed hems. They werent expensive at £25 in the sale..and lastly.. I ordered a purple metallic saddle bag from the Zatchels sale. Oh for the love of God i really need help!!! :/

Did you enjoy having your grandson?
The weather has been poor here and i start back at work tomorrow...at least i cant spend there!!! :)

ok Green Tough love time

Its time to think what you want... (I know I stuggle also and am not good myself). but I also know that buying when I have a rammed wardrobe full of things I wear very little is not making happy.. I do know that im weak, and that I love new things.

I also know that my lovely DH doesnt help (as he has a bit of a fashion thing also) , likes to see me in lovely things and loves the fact that I now - after losing a lot of weight (he never minded me larger) - have the figure to wear them again, (and also that I enjoy looking good). But I have so many lovely things already). I also know that we really cannot afford it me to carry on like this either..

But I started this (despite the fact I have failed a bit so far) because I have also reached the stage when I also know that these constant purchases are getting out of control and that having new things is not going to make me happier andI really cannot afford to carry on (even though im not yet in such dire straights I cannot afford nice new things) .

But to be quite frank the constant buying is making me feel out of control and I dont like that.

Now as for you.. if it does make you happy, you can afford it and its not impacting on how you feel about yourself then its not a problem, and you are not a bad person for doing so.. but if it does and if we are going to stop buying everything we fancy we just Have to Stop..
(love Laska xx )

(having said that I enjoy looking good, i went to work today in linen crops and a cheesecloth shirt.. wasnt really a good look for the office , but I was to tired after my hectic weekend with DGS to think about it this morning)

Great weekend with DGS, he seemed fine and happy to be with just us (without his mum ) We went to the beach - he went in the sea.. found that a bit of an experience ,( but loved it once he had worked it out) , we played football in the garden and got the tent out .. He slept really well but I'm still exhausted - had forgotten just how much of a live wire 19mth olds are! ..

You are totally right. I cant afford it in any case. I feel bad about it..but i love clothes and i love looking good too and its so bloody hard!! I need some hobby tbh. Something that takes me away from buying things.

So glad you had a lovely time. My kids love the beach. Its always so bloody cold though!! The best time is when the sea goes out and there are pools of warm water. We were at the beach about 3 wks ago. I loved it. Im still finding sand in the car!!!
19 months..yes you need eyes at the back of your head!!! My dd has just been caught climbing up a shelf in her brothers room!! She is 3!!

I think we need to think about creating Our Own fashion looks with what we have rather than aping the style sold to us in the (WS , Boden , Cos, Toast, FF, Mint velvet, Jigsaw , Net-a -porter (FFS dont look at them ..!!), Whistles etc catalogues , websites and style blogs ..

They are in the business of selling us a 'lifestyle' look, of course they have to as that is how they survive .. But we dont owe them our loyalty.. we are ok as we are (completely acceptable and stylish, as we have been buying all those things like mad) at least for a while.. (assuming of course we dont go totally BHS woman! ..

You are right!!! ...they are selling a lifestyle i certainly dont live up too!!! I have been called glamorous not that long ago ffs....i never thought i was EVER glamorous!!!! My friend said when she first met me she rememberd me because of my beautiful clothes. I dont need anymore!!!

Oh green i'd love to be called glamorous!! I too am going to have to fall back in love with what beautiful clothes are already in my wardrobe.

Had a little spend earlier in the last of the Cos sale
Tomorrow is another day..

ah coconut! Well.....we are all on here cause we find it hard. Dont beat yourself up about it. You are right, tomorrow is another day and you may even return what you have bought. I will probably!
What did you buy?

I bet you are both lovely..

see andsmiles advice upthread

A New day people.. Keep those cards in your purses! (I'm up early as i have to package up my ebay sales..)

Today wearing a Laura Ashley white blues purples bird print shirt also in cheesecloth, (but much more styllish than yesterdays one ) pale blue silk cami underneath and pale purple skinnyish jeans..

(Im out on building site today .. so it has to be trousers..! )

Morning laska! Im in bed wide a feckin wake because i heard the letterbox rattle at 6 am even though i have a "no junk mail" sign, aagh!!

I will be out most of the day today which will keep me away from my ipad and the dreaded sales! Good luck, today is indeed a new day. We can do this!! ( almost half way there

green. It was a beautiful navy cashmere sweater and a cotton autumn/winter dress. I will wear both to death and they totalled €56 plus delivery. Bargain

Dress sounds cute laska! No idea what I'm wearing. Usually have everything organised night before but hey, living life on the edge today

Top Shop shorts have gone back.. (feeling good about that..) Halo please!! Hope you have all done well today..

Good for you laska.

tomorrow i am returning shoes and a dress i bought in june but never wore. I may only get credit notes for them but i am relieved they wont be taking up space in my wardrobe, looking at me, all guiltily..

I think it depends where they were from coconut I was surprised to be refunded today from House of Fraser for the cardi I sent back last week (even though it was over the date for cash refunds ..)

If you get credit notes dont spend them until September!!
(or better still save them to buy someone a Christmas present! )

Now thinking of taking back one of the Monsoon linen tops i bought last week.. ( I cant return them both as one was bought as damaged).

More ebay stuff going up this evening including a rather nice bag i bought off ebay myself about a year ago and have never used ..

Have just got back from holiday in France. Bought some perfume on the boat but nothing else for myself the whole time we were there. The holiday was all about simple pleasures and family time and it felt good not to be internet shopping which is my weakness.

Am back at work but still taking odd days leave here and there to manage DC summer hols. I have a couple of confessions since my return: A pair of neon pink kitten heels in the Boden clearance and a Boden shirt for work with 20% off. Seen various other A/W bits I like but I have shown some restraint.

I need to spend some money on the house and so need to stop frittering disposable income.

I like the idea of creating outfits from what we already have. Going to think about new ways of putting together different items I have.

Yes I am trying to wear some of my less loved and forgotten stuff. Today I am wearing a pair of Boden wide leg trousers from about 3 years back which I bought in the sale and then didn't wear them that much, with a Next polo shirt about the same age which had its label still on . it all looks OK though so will wear both more.

I wear brogue type shoes or boots under them as i usually wear cords in the Autumn/Winter. They don't seem to go with summer shoes, well mine don't anyway as they are all wintery colours.