The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Scarlett

I'm Scarlett. I'm a librarian-in-training in the Washington DC area, and I'll be turning 27 next year. I don't go clothes shopping that often, but when I do, I binge. Or, if I go to a store that sells more than clothes (TJ Maxx, Target), I'll end up buying more junk (bath/kitchen stuff) on top of the clothes. If I see a "sale" I will walk in and find s/thing to buy b/c it's a sale. But in the end I just wear the same t-shirts all the time. My most real problem- I grocery binge. My freezer and cupboards are FULL of pastas and mixes and cans, and veggies and meats that are probably freezer burnt by now. I'm not in any credit card debt, but according to my mint.com account, I consistently spend more than I earn in a month (I'm not sure if this is due to the timing of my pay checks vs. my credit card payments or what, but when I do the math on my own, they're not that wrong), and since I don't really monitor my accounts, I'm not aware of their steady state of decline vs. the increase of my student loans by leaps and bounds. I'm hoping that cutting my clothing shopping will also curtail my "other" shopping, and make me mindful of my spending habits.