2026 No Buy

[Eatingmusselsfromashell]

I am planning a strict 2026 clothes no buy. I’ve tried in the past but the maximum I achieved was 3 months or so.
I’m sick of the cycle of seeing/ wanting / buying. I want to couple my No Buy with some other habit changes. I would like to limit screen time to one hour a day (except when listening to podcasts/ books and language learning). This is the year to brush up my Spanish and German for trips later in the year. I am annoyed at the hours of life I have wasted scrolling online sites.
I’ve tidied wardrobe in preparation and am ebaying / charity shopping anything which isn’t currently working for me.
Anyone else want to join me for moral support?

I have completed a month of no buy.

I have a variety of events booked for this summer and don’t feel any pull to buy something new for any of them at present.

I will no doubt see loads of stuff I want in July lol.

@D20 well done on the No Buy month! I was doing this initially for financial reasons but actually it’s helping me in huge ways to reframe my spending habits and the thought processes underlying them. I have a lot more innate resourcefulness and creativity than I had realised. I was also looking for clothes to give me the polish and ‘status’ that actually better health, greater fitness, increased hydration , daily meditation etc give me for free. I stand taller, speak more calmly, and look more groomed and streamlined and I have not spent a cent to achieve that. I would not have bothered with those new habits if my focus and time were taken up in the constant quest for ‘new’ (and ‘better’) stuff.

I know it's only middle of the month but I'm so pleased with how I'm doing. No major spends and I'm decluttering far more than I've brought in. Managed not to buy any more summer dresses. I've got loads already but used to buy more every year, thinking somehow that I only had about 5. Gathered them all up and I have two drawers full! Confessing to some floral vest tops, which are surprisingly hard to find, so whenever I do I snap them up.

Was going to declare a no spend month
Then remembered a tee shirt I picked up this lunch time!

I was so tempted by a sun dress this week but resisted and came home and found a very nice alternative in my wardrobe already. I have cancelled audible and I have a stack TBR.

Oh can I join in now for the rest of the year?
I have enough stuff.

Well done @D20 Half way through this year, I am fascinated by how my mind set has shifted. It really is like I’ve beaten an addiction. My head has so much space, i am free to think about so many other projects and hobbies now I am not noodling about what next to buy. It saves head space when I go somewhere, as I’m not panic buying for the event but calmly selecting something from what I already own. It’s not as if people pay much attention to what we wear on a hot evening at a drinks works do. Everyone is surviving the necessary social chit chat until they can go home.

I am continuing to ‘upgrade’ my appearance by extending my exercise goals and ditching more of the food stuffs that don't serve my long term health.

I bought a blouse and a dress in May, which I forgot to declare. I need a pair of tailored culottes (navy or tan) to fill a gap in my wardrobe but have been in several shops this morning and nothing fits the bill.

I didn’t quite make it two months no buy but the shirts I bought were on my list. My list is actually pretty small for clothes now.

Tell me why I’m tempted by H&M sale though? Can’t believe they’ve upped their free P&P limit to £40 now. If nothing else at least that will put me off!

I succumbed to the summer sales. Didn't buy too much but I have a small pile of things now that have nowhere to live. I'll have to get rid of something else to accommodate them but I haven't done that part yet.

Still no luck with the culottes but I've filled a couple of autumn gaps.

I’m wavering over sales again. I have two girls trips to pay for so can’t really afford it so will basket dance and hope the sales Gods are not kind and take the decision out of my hands!

Seems like I'm not the only one being tempted… is it the prices or the upcoming season change that is making us tempted?

I have just been to my wardrobe and tried some lesser worn things on to remind myself that I have plenty already.

I’ve bought lots in the last month. Don’t know why really. Some of it was because it was in the sale. Some because I wanted to have a very different look and my everyday dresses just seemed so frumpy. The long hot summer also meant I needed more than one pair of shorts. So I’ve not stuck to it at all well. I really hope that’s it for this year now. Hats off to anyone who has stuck with it.

I failed, have bought new underwear and some T-shirts! But have thrown lots away! Only fit for the bin.

I've shopped my wardrobe for autumn and have pulled together a capsule wardrobe from what I already had. The plan is to stick to just this and at the end of the season get rid of anything I've worn out or got fed up with. Autumn is my largest category for clothes so I'm going to attempt a complete no-buy for the next 3 months. Even if I got rid of this entire capsule wardrobe at the end of the season I'd still have plenty for autumn next year so just no need to buy anything.

I have done considerably well so far - failed a few times but managed to reduce my impulsive buying. What really helped me enormously was setting my phone screen to greyscale. I noticed that I use my phone much less, overall, when the screen is grey!

I still didn’t manage to get to zero but will keep trying.