How much do you spend yearly on clothing for yourself? - Page 10

[wonderwahine]

Originally Posted by transformed

Hey-where do you buy enviormentally friendly clothing. All we have are malls. And I like to try stuff on so I dont shop online for clothes very often.

buying secondhand is an eco friendly option

[transformed]

Originally Posted by wonderwahine

buying secondhand is an eco friendly option

Yeah, I LOVE thrift stores. I just need a babysitter so I can enjoy myself. :-)

I am a bargain junkie....I even drive around on trash day looking for cool stuff people throw in the trash. (Like furniture) :

I am appaled by the things people put in landfills...espcially with cool programs like freecycle and craigslist. Its so easy to get someone who needs or wants it to come and get it.

[wonderwahine]

Originally Posted by transformed

Yeah, I LOVE thrift stores. I just need a babysitter so I can enjoy myself. :-)

I am a bargain junkie....I even drive around on trash day looking for cool stuff people throw in the trash. (Like furniture) :

I am appaled by the things people put in landfills...espcially with cool programs like freecycle and craigslist. Its so easy to get someone who needs or wants it to come and get it.

oh I know, a neighbour was evicted (she abandoned all her stuff months ago) and the apt complex just throws it all in the trash!! We tryed to scavenge a few things ,but honestly, the state she left her house in had all the stuff broken, stained or extremely disgustingly smelly. But other people have been evicted and perfectly good beds and couches etc are just thrown in the trash. I have noticed other divers in my complex who have rescued things before I could We try to freecycle and donate anything thats still in good working condition etc. It boggles my mind when people just throw out clothes with tags on or perfectly fine clothes that have no holes etc, simply because they didnt want them or they didnt fit.

I grew up on getting things by hand-me-down (or free), then you look at thrift stores, then you look at stores for something on sale. Never pay full price if you don't have to.

[transformed]

I miss colorado because things could sit outside for weeks and not get yucky. Here in FL-if its outside for a day, its moldy.

I once rescued an awesome chair (in CO) that I noticed went untaken for like 3 weeks.

[Nature]

Originally Posted by wonderwahine

oh I know, a neighbour was evicted (she abandoned all her stuff months ago) and the apt complex just throws it all in the trash!! We tryed to scavenge a few things ,but honestly, the state she left her house in had all the stuff broken, stained or extremely disgustingly smelly. But other people have been evicted and perfectly good beds and couches etc are just thrown in the trash. I have noticed other divers in my complex who have rescued things before I could We try to freecycle and donate anything thats still in good working condition etc. It boggles my mind when people just throw out clothes with tags on or perfectly fine clothes that have no holes etc, simply because they didnt want them or they didnt fit.

I grew up on getting things by hand-me-down (or free), then you look at thrift stores, then you look at stores for something on sale. Never pay full price if you don't have to.

Psst.. just a gentle reminder that bedbugs have made a HUGE come back. Please PLEASE be careful with bringing things into your home. Especially things other people have thrown away. You can't always tell whats infested just by looking at them... and you don't want bedbugs.

[transformed]

whats a bedbug?

I thought it was dustmites-which are in everything anyways?

[wonderwahine]

Originally Posted by Nature

Psst.. just a gentle reminder that bedbugs have made a HUGE come back. Please PLEASE be careful with bringing things into your home. Especially things other people have thrown away. You can't always tell whats infested just by looking at them... and you don't want bedbugs.

oh I know, we dont get secondhand mattresses ever or soft furniture out of the trash can directly.

[Nature]

Originally Posted by transformed

whats a bedbug?

I thought it was dustmites-which are in everything anyways?

Bedbugs are much different than dustmites



They not only can be on mattrasses, but literally anything. Books, clocks, clothes, couches, side tables, shelves, etc... If you take anything second hand, be sure you can either wash on hot and dry.. or steam clean it with an industrial temp steamer.

Sorry for highjacking the thread! I'm done now!

[normajean]

Um, eeeew about bedbugs. Nasty.

I spent about $270 on my clothes this year, $200 of that was clothes & shoes for when I was working (had a new job that required me to dress up) and the other $70 was last week on casual shirts that I badly needed. This year was not a normal year, I'd say a normal year I spend $100 or less total on clothes, undies, shoes, etc for myself.