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bucolic_frolic

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4. I'm not known for overdressing
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 05:05 PM
Oct 2018

but for frugality. My wardrobe is basically Thrift stores. I ditched all my '90s stuff online at 30 to 40 cents on the dollar, then replaced it with top of the line late model stuff from Salvation Army at 15 cents on the dollar. I sometimes wear something a few times, don't like it, and sell if off on eBay. But I do buy new clothing as needed. A winter coat for example, after selling 2 or 3 extra ones for more than the new one, and shoes, it's hard to find good shoes used. I doubt I spend $75 a year on clothing, and I am well dressed, warm, trendy. I do make mistakes - things that don't fit, or that I can't resell, but they become clothes for housework, painting, gardening. And I do buy clothing simply to resell, but profits are slim on most items. Occasionally I have a $10-15 profit. The rest of life is like that too. It's amazing what we spend on things that just hang around the house forever and never use.

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Uniform Dressing [View all] violetpastille Oct 2018 OP
Scarves and accessories can be picked up inexpensively. Sounds like everything you have mixes uppityperson Oct 2018 #1
Hahaha. violetpastille Oct 2018 #8
At 60, I'd look pretty awful in all black. AJT Oct 2018 #2
Yes, when I turn silver violetpastille Oct 2018 #5
Sleep naked and you can lose the pajamas wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #3
So much less laundry! violetpastille Oct 2018 #6
I turn wooly holey socks dweller Oct 2018 #9
footies or low cut socks wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #10
I'm not known for overdressing bucolic_frolic Oct 2018 #4
It is amazing. violetpastille Oct 2018 #7
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