Comments on: How much is too much to spend when shopping?

By: Piper

Piper — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:49:33 +0000

Interesting to read everyone’s different views on this. I had to give up regular clothes shopping sprees when I went freelance and began to live on a smaller budget back in 2007. I think one of the problems is that we’ve grown to see shopping for clothes, music etc. as a leisure pastime, not a necessity. We go wandering around shopping malls for fun every weekend instead of pursuing a real interest and that’s where the danger lies if you can’t control your spending.

By: Mummylonglegs

Mummylonglegs — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:35:04 +0000

Ah but you need to add in the cost of the initial purchase of a decent set of suspenders or two :) Thirty quid for a quality 8-strap belt – fewer is no good if you are wearing seamed stockings – and you have to have quality for daily wear. So the cost-benefit analysis needs more work.

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:24:45 +0000

Being a bloke, I’m of the view that women should wear stockings rather than tights, purely on money saving grounds.

It’s like this: lets say you wear a skirt three times per week and you ladder a set of tights once every five wears . That’s 32 pairs of tights (costing a fiver each) a year – £160. If stockings are the same price and the ladder rate the same, then, as long as you buy the same brand of stockings, then the fact that you only tend to ladder one leg at a time means the remaining stocking becomes re-usable. So, If you wear stockings you would only need six pairs a year (seven at the outside), meaning you’d save around £130 a year.

Stockings are clearly the sensible choice

By: Emma Grace Smith

Emma Grace Smith — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:05:36 +0000

I think Jacqueline’s advice is spot on. If you can’t resist the shops – stay away. A lot of things are more important than the latest designer shoes! I always think of the John Lennon quote whenever I’m in the shops and faced with too many choices – ‘a want is not a need.’ It works for me as the guilt sets in when I realise I really don’t need any clothes.

I like the idea of doing a male version! That’s perhaps another feature in the future.

I liked the fact that both Lauren and Jacqueline’s outfits got the fashion director’s vote!

By: Julie Freedman

Julie Freedman — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:15:05 +0000

I always think about what I spend and probably am the opposite to most …I always hesitate about buying clothes especially when out on my own shopping. I agree and understand the comments of the Bravissimo lady as underwear to me is whole different ball game…the right bra is a necessity but maybe the frequency or need to buy a bigger variety does go down in recession…in the end those clothes gifts of friends are made all the more special and shoping trips especially with friends become more of a social outting in an evening instead or dinner or going to the cinema.