I haven't bought clothes since 1987. I'll do anything to avoid clothes shopping. I still wear my sister's dress that has nothing but a big carrot on it.
I need to buy 12 cd's a week though. Oddly enough, the latest one is My Morning Jacket. So I'm buying cds named after clothes. Okay back to that exile I was talkin' about. --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you think is the longest you've ever gone as an adult without > buying clothes of any kind, including shoes? 3 of the 9 magazines I > subscribe to are In Style, Elle, and Glamour, so you would think I > would have the impression that any woman caught in the same outfit > more than once is doomed. But nah. I used to buy clothes probably too > much, partly because I worked in a dept store and I got a discount, > but I just realized I've probably bought 1 thing for $20 in the last 6 > months plus a $50 bathing suit. Have you ever gone a year or more > without buying clothes? I may have gone 6 months, probably not a > year. Unfortunately shopping is my default activity, as in what I do > when I have nothing better to do, which is bad. > > With The Devil Wears Prada out, I was wondering how much normal > regular non-celebrity non-filthy rich people really spend on clothes > in a year/month/whatever and how many things they actually get. I was > curious if people are more likely to buy more inexpensive things or > fewer more expensive things or what. I kept thinking I was spending a > bigger % of my income on clothes than most people, but now I'm > thinking probably not. I suspect a lot of people buy stuff because > it's there, it fits, it's pretty, rather than because they need it or > will actually have occasion to wear it. (this is for men too--I'm > wondering if most men go a year without buying clothes routinely or if > it is just a stereotype.) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
