Help! No $ to buy new clothes!

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  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Target has a huge selection of well priced and stylish clothing.
  • mjbell642
    mjbell642 Posts: 229 Member
    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.
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    Is there a Swap and Sell (or something like it) for your region on Facebook? I have no clothes either so I posted my old stuff there for sale and am starting to get a bit of cash back to buy new stuff :) Kijiji or Craigslist might work for selling the old items too :)
  • lilred806
    lilred806 Posts: 195 Member
    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.
  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    I'm in the same boat. It is very good but very bad!

    Along with shopping at thrift stores and consignment shops I highly recommend taking your best too-big things to sell at consignment. It will give you some money to buy new, smaller clothes. I have a growing bag of nice things I will be taking to consignment soon. I have never had much luck at thrift stores and generally do better shopping clearance racks at Dillard's and similar stores.

    If you have something very special I would look into getting it taken in but it depends on the value of the item whether it would be worth it.
  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    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!
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    You say you suck at sewing...well good news! It takes very little practice to get at least decent at it. Really, it's not hard. Give it a try, it's actually pretty fun.
  • ashharris424
    ashharris424 Posts: 68 Member
    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.
  • Jesea
    Jesea Posts: 376 Member
    Ask your friends! I got a ton of clothes from my sister and my friends. You never know what's lurking in the back of someone's closet! You can always return them when they get too big :)
  • thisismeraw
    thisismeraw Posts: 1,264 Member
    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.
  • mlogantra76
    mlogantra76 Posts: 334 Member
    Thrift stores or ebay like others have said. Recently I got some jeans and workout pants at thrift stores and then I ordered the exact same ones(because I knew they would fit) on ebay. It seems easier to find work shirts at thrift stores than pants. Most of the pants I try on don't fit right(wrong style or I need a size below or above) or they are too wore out. Occasionally I get lucky though.
  • z149189
    z149189 Posts: 57
    Wow, awesome ideas everyone! Thanks for all of the support and suggestions, I will give them a try!
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Thrift stores! There's all kinds of great stuff to be had...very cheap!
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    Definitely check out your local thrift stores, church run thrift stores, & the upcoming yard/garage sales. Some thrift stores run weekly specials by either having a 50% off sale or a certain color is on sale. I bought around six bags of clothes one day when a thrift store ran a special that anything under six dollars was only a $1.25.

    You could also check Freecycle and see if anyone has any clothes they want to give away for nothing.

    You could check www.thethriftshopper.com & see if your area has any local thrift stores. This site usually only lists charity/non-consignment stores.
  • dandandee
    dandandee Posts: 301 Member
    Sewing is really not that hard, especially if all you want to do is pinch in some pants at the waist or make a shirt a bit smaller. but, you could always ask a friend who can sew to do it or to help you?

    otherwise, second hand/thrift stores. Just yesterday I bought a super cute skirt (which looked brand new!), a belt and some awesome pants all for 7 dollars :) The thing I love about thrift stores is that you can get basically anything for dirt cheap (even some things that still have the tags) AND I don't feel bad that I'm being a consumer, because I'm technically not since it used to be someone elses.
    There's also stores like Target, TJ MAXX and others that have nice clothes for cheap, but not as cheap as you'd find at thrift stores of course
  • nicoleknapp754
    nicoleknapp754 Posts: 53
    visit you local thrift shops like salvation army you wont feel bad about recycling your finds as you get smaller and smaller.
  • rekite2000
    rekite2000 Posts: 218 Member
    Go all Macklemore on it.

    (ya, thrift shop)

    I'm going to pop some tags

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