Greetings All:
I have finally finished processing all the returns on my clothes I bought in my shopping binge just before I joined the Apparel diet. However, while I was checking my online account, I saw that one of the items I had returned was now 70% off, so I re-bought it. Which means I cheated on my pledge almost immediately after signing up. Sigh.
However, I am doing better. I’m not checking the online sale sites EVERY day, and so am getting less exposure to their clever marketing techniques, which I am very susceptible to, even though I understand exactly what these folks are doing.
It’s also very interesting to read about everybody’s shopping/fashion struggles. Shopping in stores isn’t much of a temptation for me, because I’m so hard to fit. I’m muscular/stocky, with slim hips and bulky thighs so, given current styles, if pants fit me in the leg they’re almost always at least a size too big in the butt. I’m also short, and very short-waisted and small-busted, so getting anything with a dart to fit is problematic, too. And because I don’t wear make-up (mostly laziness and lack of skill on my part) I have to be very careful about the colors I wear because I can completely disappear if a color/pattern is too strong.
Also, re: a cut-off date for letting people sign on, I think that signing on is a big step. If people are used to shopping every week, signing up for even 3 months is still 12-trips they’re foregoing. And doing (or not doing) something 12 times is a great start toward making a new, positive habit–thinking before we shop.
So take care, all of you.
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