Hello World! I’m just now jumping on the bandwagon after reading coverage of The Great American Apparel Diet on Treehugger recently. Fortunately, I came to the realization that I should really quit buying new clothes in 2007 and began purchasing previously loved clothes from thrift stores and Ebay. I also made quite a few purchases from sellers of refashioned, recycled, upcycled clothing on Etsy and ArtFire. Now, I’m finally taking the plunge and I’m not going to buy myself any new clothes this year. This should be fairly easy because I have piles of used clothes clogging up every nook and cranny of my closet, basement shelves and my poor little sewing corner. I’m also a woman of efficiency, so I’m excited to find one solution for three of my resolutions for 2010:
- Decreasing my carbon footprint (decrease consumption of resources)
- Taking control of my finances (saving money, paying off debt, etc).
- Geting in shape, and staying in good physical health
- Continuing to not smoke
So, as you can see not buying new clothes contributes to the first three (3. counts because not buying new clothes will force me to stay in the same size). So here I go, wish me luck 
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That’s my big challenge. I’ve changed sizes. And although I can thrift shop … sometimes I really need clothes that fit quick! Otherwise, great site! Great post.