so I was shopping today..

[Joanne]

and holy shit.

does anyone remember back in the day when clothes were actually affordable?


:(

[Jen-E-03]

Ya, i remember when i could go into lechateau and get an outfit for under$100 including shoes!

[e_BoY]

its still affordable

[Ree Fresh]

Ive deffinenlty been breaking records with how much I usualy spend in the passed few months. Pay raises arnt keeping up with inflation :(

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by e_BoY

its still affordable

For some people maybe.. I'd love to be able to drop a hun on just one item, but I can't afford that. :(

[Bitchin]

Originally Posted by bananasinpjs

and holy shit.

does anyone remember back in the day when clothes were actually affordable?


:(

I know eh.

but I dont keep with trends..... so I can buy off of sales racks.

tho.. I spend usualy a lot on pants.. but when it comes to shirts... I shop at those stupid bar clothings shops where its like 3 tank tops for 10 bucks... or a sweater for 14... t-shirt for 10... the more you have.. the laster they long. they.. some of them arent that bad of quality... and tho.. they may have some fucking HIDEOUS clothes in there.. if you dig... and I mean dig.. you can find that pretty cool shit in there. also I get a lot of my work clothes for there.. so it works.

But I'm no lable queen.. so I can shop there... I dont need to have that brand names like some people.

Pants tho.......... ugh.
I'm soooooooooo picky when it comes to them.. and when I find a pair.. I cant justify paying for them.. unless its a week later and I'm still thinking of them.

like that Jacket I saw... it black and onthe front it has like that 70s checkers shapes on it, in grey and black... so cute.
I may just have to break down and purchase it.

-J

[PsyTrance4Life]

i buy my clothes at walmart/superstore/value village

[MC Hammered]

Originally Posted by bananasinpjs

and holy shit.

does anyone remember back in the day when clothes were actually affordable?


:(

I remember when Double Bubbles were $0.02 and twice as big as they are now. :(

[Anjew]

I do two shopping runs every year.
and both usually take place in Edmonton lol

[ash1ee]

I hate going shopping for specific items (and money to spend on them) and not finding anything suitable. Like today...black work pants and black shoes. Ugh. Hate working somewhere with black on black. I miss wearing anything I want to work.

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ That's always nice. I've been fortunate enough to have jobs like that lately.


Clothing I have noticed has got more expensive for Guys too... either that or my taste has been getting more expensive as I get older.

[-ff-]

second hand!

[mugsy]

^yes!

value village recently treated me very well with a pair of levis jeans with the tags still on for $23, and a pair of american eagle jeans with the tags still one for $20.
i usually spend about 3 hours at value village, and scourer the whole store.

my friend is also big on not buying things and making clothing\giving it away\getting it for free from others so she organzes huge clothing swaps and those always rock.

i cant reason with myself to spend alot of money on clothing. the biggest shocker for me was going into value vintage after 2 or 3 years of not going, realizing that they had gained alot of popularity and raised all their prices to obscene heights.

[matéo]

I have bought some of my nicest shit from value village

[LeeBrat]

value village is deffiantly the place to go :)
i also make a lot of my clothes so i can go to fabric land and make an outfit (pants or skirt, shirt, sweater, etc) for $50 tops.
and ocassionaly when i actually go shoping i gravitate to the sales racks :p
i just bought a nice pair of jeans the other day for $20

[LeeBrat]

also, partly due to prices in clothing going up is because of the price of oil going up. synthetic fabrics are petrolium based, so it costs more to make these fabrics, which means the prices will go up.

[Joanne]

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

I remember when Double Bubbles were $0.02 and twice as big as they are now. :(

do you remember those days when archie double digest comic books were ACTUALLY double digests???

[MC Hammered]

Originally Posted by bananasinpjs

do you remember those days when archie double digest comic books were ACTUALLY double digests???

YES!

I also remember when water tasted better from the tap than from a bottle. :(