When did you go shopping?

I love shopping, so if I can afford it and my clothes are at the point I need a belt I will try and see if the next size fits. If it does, I won't hesitate to buy it.

I wear scrubs for work, so I can get away with them being a little baggy and just cinching in the waist. I haven't even tried any new ones on, but I told myself at the beginning that I wasn't replacing scrubs until I could fit into a medium. There's a chance that I probably could now, but what I've got right now still isn't unbearable so I'll just wait. No need to spend money if I don't have to!

For regular clothes I've just been shopping in my closet in the event I need to wear something outside of scrubs. Most of my time is spent either at work or the gym right now, so no real need for regular clothes. I'm going on vacation on Monday so I finally did some shopping for vacation clothes. When I started I was a 16, and now I'm probably mostly a 12 but have bought things as small as an 8. If it wasn't for the vacation I probably would have held out on buying new clothes until I was a solid 10 or 8, and just kept shopping in my closet (have clothes in closet already from 10-16). But I worked really hard to reach a goal I set way last year for this vacation, and I wanted to have clothes that fit me properly that I love!

Th clothes I bought for this vacation should probably last me through the summer if I need regular clothes, so I probably won't buy anymore new clothes until fall when I'm hopefully at goal size of 6/8 to replace the size 16 fall/winter clothes.

I've gone from a 12 to a 6 or 8 (28 or 29) in jeans over the last 7 or 8 months. I was lucky to get hand me downs along the way from a friend who is also losing weight. I've only bought a few 6's and all in the last 5-6 weeks.
In tops I went from L to M & just replaced tops thru normal attrition. I'm a school sub so after 3 or 4 semesters of wear knits start to look tired anyway.
My jacket remains L or M because I have long arms, broad shoulders & live in a climate where it's good to be able to layer things.
Overall it has been pretty painless. I adhere to a rather minimalist 'capsule' style wardrobe anyway. I like wearing what I like a lot, wearing it out, and then replacing with an item that feels current. I really don't understand people with 50 pairs of jeans in about 6 sizes, most of which look like outdated crap anyway! LOL

Consignment is great! And thrifting is fun if your time allows. I don't have time unfortunately. I do average my replacement costs. I recently scored 3 short sleeve knits at old navy & Kmart for $8, $8, and $14... that allowed me to splurge on a beautifully embroidered knit to from sundance because the average per piece came to $29.60, just under my $30 budget for classroom tops.

It is much easier in the SAHM years if you get to enjoy a few of those... Harder to look professional for full time job commitments in ill fitting tailored wear. I'm lucky because subbing allows me to dress kind of 'artsy/weekend' and not need suits or button fronts unless I want them.

(This is the dirty little secret of wardrobe minimalists: we don't do as much actual shopping but we spend A LOT of time thinking about & planning our shopping! Hahaha)

Fortunately for me my weight loss coincided with my husband going from being a career NPS guy in ranger uniforms to spending 4 months in DC wearing suits everyday at NPS headquarters for his detail as a legislative aide. It cost us $1700 to buy him two full tailored suits, dress shoes, a sport jacket, a weeks worth of dress shirts, matching ties and a leather briefcase (instead of his usual bike messenger style backpack)... So he can't really make a peep about my clothing replacement program! HAHAHA

I finally started buying new clothes after losing 90 lbs....and man does it feel good. I went from a 32 to a 18/16. I still have a few 4x shirts to workout in but other than that I have been giving away my old stuff.

I found that anything with a drawstring in the waist or hips is a life saver. I found a gorgeous dress with one at the waist and it's been great through these last 15lb lost.

I actually added drawstrings to my workout pants and a stretchy skirt. It's lengthened their life span by quite a few pounds

I've gone from a uk size 22 to currently uk 16 (I still can't believe it) I can't see the weight loss but when your trousers fall down and your daughter can fit in the top with you it's time to buy new clothes, all my old stuff I donate and I buy stuff from charity stores as don't want to spend too much while getting to my goal. We recently had some nice weather so out came my old sandals, I had to make a new hole as they felt big on my ankles, walking down the street and my sandal shot off my foot, so embarrassing having to pick it up out of the road. I'm no longer a size 7 in wide fitting I've gone to a 6 regular fit.