Help! No $ to buy new clothes!

Yes! Second hand shops. I had never shopped in a second hand shop until the year I spent losing weight. I spent most of the year between sizes and frustrated that nothing fit. A friend of mine suggested I explore seconds shops. I didn't have pre-conceived ideas of what I'd find or what to expect. After a couple of times I was hooked! People throw name brand and designer clothing away and often it is new or nearly new! It can be hit or miss, but my hits are so worth it. I will never pay $40 for a pair of pants again when I can spend $4. I'm pocketing the savings as a vacation fund.

Something like 80% of clothes end up in a landfill. Second hand shopping promotes "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" and that's important to me.

Consignment shops allowed me to go through the sizes and have temporary clothes that fit. You may need to check some out to find the one that has your size and style. Now that I am a size 14 and will be staying this size at goal, I am willing to get some things altered. I didn't want to pay that for a temporary size. I also have found wonderful things at the Goodwill stores. Another source, the hospitals around here have fundraising sales of donated clothes and they can also have great finds. eBay is usually a bit more expensive, but if you only search your size and pre owned you can find some nice things, still cheaper than new.
Getting too small for your clothes is great!!! But it is important to find things that fit during your progress, it is mentally not good to be wearing clothes that are too big.

Not sure where you are located... However, I am in California and on Meet Up .com you can join a clothes exchange. It's where girls around the same age meet up once a month and bring clothes from their closet and have an exchange party. The clothes are usually things like work clothes. It specifies the clothing types / rules on the website. If you can't find a group in your area you could start one! Good Luck!

I bought a belt. Luckily most of my shirts are not yet too big. I've always had big tatas. The pants on the other hand were starting to look like hip hop saggy pants before the belt. Good luck! I normally buy my pants at Sam's Club so they're only around $14 but I didn't want to be spending $60 every few months on clothes since I prefer to spend my money on other things.

I was in the same boat not that long ago, I entered a weight loss challenge with the hope of working my *kitten* off to win (which I did) so I could pay for new clothes. We are going on a trip in 5 weeks (gift from my inlaws) and I had not a single piece of clothing that fit.

So I hit of the thrift stores, local for sale sites (kijiji) and hit the sales. I got a ton of clothes from Old Navy two weeks ago because they had an amazing sale for very little (tank tops for $5 and dresses for under $20). All in all for well under $150 I got a ton of new clothes, that and I am getting a friend of mine to take in one dress and two skirts so I can make my clothes stretch.

I love that I need all new clothes, and would love to be able to go get them because hey its fun now but I cannot afford it.

I went to Goodwill when I wasn't done loosing, but stuff was hanging off of me. OK.. so you have to search thru a lot of JUNK, but I got a few pairs of pants that held me over. And the prices are better off.

I probably bought too much stuff brand new that now that stuff is too big.

Or maybe find a church clothes closet that you can go to. Our church does one. Not sure what qualifications you'd have to have.

I love the thrift shop. I got some really great clothes for cheap. I like to buy the next size down to help me visualize my goals a little better.

I'm all about consignment shops and Goodwill. We have a few consignment shops in the nicer area where you can get things cheaper, and our Goodwill is actually amazing - name brand dress pants, still with tags, for like $5 a pair. That's where I'm getting all my clothes from here on out until I am near the end of this journey!

Where I live, we have a local "trading post" that is based on Facebook. People post items they want to sell and you just meet up at the local Target parking lot (or wherever you decide) to buy it from them. Very very very rarely is there an issue with buyer beware because almost everyone on there knows somebody that knows you. I'm selling some of my too big clothes on there and using the money to buy smaller sizes from people. You may want to see if there is something similar in your area.

Check out your local thrift stores. I can go to mine and buy a few pairs of pants and a couple of shirts for about $30... less on a good sale day.