Clothing is a necessity. That doesn’t mean you need too many cloths, cloths that don’t fit, or clothes that cost more than a house payment. It simply means that you have to invest some of your income into covering your body so that you are decent and presentable to society.
Start Saving Money on Clothes
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1. Make a list of all the cloths you currently have in your closet. Put every single item into a category so that you can get a visual of what you have and how much is there.
2. Thin out your closet. If you don’t wear it (or can’t wear it), don’t love it or it’s damaged then let it go. You will find that as you thin out your closet you are able to enjoy the items that you do have even more than before.
3. Hit the thrift stores and consignment shops. Go to the second hand stores to get any items that you do need to replace or that you might need more of. You can often find brand new items for a fraction of the cost. A friend told me that she recently found out the local thrift store gets a delivery from a department store every Tuesday. Items she had purchased new for Christmas were in the thrift store for just a couple of dollars.
4. Wait for the sale. If you can’t find the items that you must have in a second hand store then wait for the season to change or a holiday to come around and purchase the item on sale at that time.
5. Share with your friends and family. Pass on items that you can’t (or don’t) wear to others and accept their hand me downs as well. Not using hand me downs is like saying “I can’t use that car because someone else drove it first.” If having someone else just wear the item is because enough to reject it then NEVER ask the sales associate how many people have tried on that suit you are eyeing.
Clothing may be a necessity, but there a plenty of ways to cut the expense so that you can get the things that you enjoy but also so that you can enjoy all the things that you have gotten as well.