Those God Damn Sales!
In July I found out that my wardrobe was filled with a whooping 151 items. The craziest thing here was that almost every day I actually cursed I had absolutely nothing to wear. Don’t get me wrong, I had plenty of pretty nice items but something in them wasn’t quite right. Either the colour was a bit off or some garment’s cut wasn’t working for me as it should have. I need to feel comfy in my clothes in order to feel confident, so all these “nearly there” items didn’t really do the trick for me. And where did I get the most of these garments? Yup, until recently I was one hell of an eager beaver at high street sales.
I dare to claim that people tend to buy clothes that don’t quite fit because they were on sale. At high street sales many of us go completely crazy and chose purchases based on their reduced price more than anything else. We don’t consider ill fitting clothes to be a totally bad idea as long as they are on sale. Sales make us think that we’re actually saving money instead of using it.
Well, here’s one lesson I learned the hard way: any piece of clothing is only worth its cost if it’s regularly worn. Having 50% off of a 100€ to have ill fitting trousers (a total turn-off, by the way!) or a dress in the wrong colour is a terrible deal, really. It took me a while to understand that if I spent 50€ on something I’ll hardly use, I didn’t save 50€. I lost it.
After going through my wardrobe’s content there’s only one decent resolution I can possibly make: No more reckless shopping at high street sales for this gal!
Have you made some decent bargains at high street sales?
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“After going through my wardrobe’s content there’s only one decent resolution I can possibly make: No more reckless shopping at high street sales for this gal!”
I’ll co-sign that!