When to invest in new clothes?

emilysusana

Personally, I love Goodwill. I bought new stuff when I was at my highest weight so that I felt like I wasn't cramming a big body into a skinnier person's clothes. I go back every once in awhile to celebrate victories and treat myself. My retail therapy is not too expensive.. I spend about $20-30 when I go to goodwill, but come back with an invigorated wardrobe. I just noticed today I've hit the -15 lb mark, and its the weekend, so I think it might be time for another $20 shopping speee!

not_my_first_rodeo

For casual clothes, I've been buying things at places like Target and Old Navy. For work stuff, I just shop sales racks. I am not buying a lot, just in some cases, clothes are literally falling off me. I have some work tops that are now hanging way too low on me, so I bought inexpensive camis to wear underneath.

cb2bslim

First congrats on your weight loss! I went down an extra size with 15 pounds so I would hold off on the big shopping spree if you want to get more bang for your buck. I went from size 14 to 4, so I needed clothing during the weight loss. I waited until I was a size 8 to start bargain shopping. This is what I did:

1. Second hand stores (Goodwill) will even have $0.99 days for white tags. Sometimes you can even find items with their original sales tag still on.
2. Yard sales. I found a jackpot for shirts. One rack had 3 for a dollar
3. Gabes, TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Ross Dress for Less. (at Gabes, I found Soho New York & Company Jeans for $4)

Now that I'm at weight I want to be at, I still look for bargains. Shorts season is over but last night I just scored $44 jean shorts for only $8 at a department store.

Good luck to you and happy shopping!

TangledThread

I love Savers! Nice to see it mentioned.

I bought my new wardrobe 3 lbs from goal. That sounds safe, right?

I reached goal then lost 2lbs more figuring out maintaining. Those 5 pound all came off my rear and I dropped 2 pants sizes. 2 !!

Get a thing or two now but wait as long as you can, and then wait a little longer, for the shopping spree.

RosslandMTBr

Thank you everyone for your tips. It sounds like thrift shops may be the way to go.

rosnz

I think you have done really well. In my view you should just treat yourself to a couple of lovely tops that show off your new (reducing) shape and make you feel gorgeous. The nice comments you'll get and how good (sexy / fit/ slender) you'll feel will keep you motivated for the rest of your weight loss journey. Go on - you've worked hard and you deserve it!!

lizandrashaw

I got 2 nice pairs of jeans at Goodwill today for a total of $3.99. Very happy to have read this thread!

dragon_girl26

I'm pretty much mostly a thrift shopper anyway when it comes to clothes, so it wasn't a tough transition for me to do that during weight loss. The one exception is pants. I'm 5'6", but have short legs and no hips, so I have to buy new a lot of the time. Aside from that, thrift is the way to go. Fashion tends to recycle itself, so finding trendy clothes secondhand is easier than one might think.