Originally posted by I_Cassini
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And actually, the only new thing I'm wearing today is the Estee Lauder perfume! I'm being strategic with the new clothes for the week. Today I am wearing pretty much one of the few old outfits that weren't overly horrible. Tomorrow is my birthday, so I'll give myself a boost by wearing one new outfit. Then Wednesday and Thursday, we have our offices FILLED with clients round the clock, so I'll wear the other two new outfits then - plus, Thursday after work, I'm having dinner with George, so I want to wear the nicest one so that he sees me in it. Then Friday I'll have to figure something else out.
I think the other thing that totally trips me up, clothing-wise, is that I keep getting it into my head that getting new clothes means that they all have to be purchased at once. Then I get stuck on that hamster wheel of, "I can't afford all new clothes!", and I don't wind up buying any. But if I just slow down and take a deep breath, I realized that I can buy one new garment each pay period, and slowly build up a decent wardrobe bit by bit and still be ahead of the game. So I'm just trying to figure out new ways of gathering up nicer clothes without psyching myself out that I can't afford it. Because, you know, one $45 sweater in a pay period isn't going to break the bank.
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