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about shiny new threads. Are you a Barry-esque clothes horse, or like Monty in t-shirts older than your Dad? How much would you spend on clothes? I am too much of a
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I don't fucking know. When did you last "scrape the barrel"?
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 12:50, 85 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
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I think I might have to go shopping this pay day.
I hate shopping.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 12:53, Reply)
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but have yet to buy any replacements, leaving my wardrobe as bare as Monty's wallet
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but I only like jeans when they've been worn in.
WOE IS ME!
I should do a chuck out shit clothes this weekend. My room is overflowing with stuff I don't wear anymore.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 12:55, Reply)
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I hate new jeans. Jeans should be able to stand up on their own
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Jeans generally cost eighty quid, trainers about fifty.
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Who the fuck pays that for a pair of jeans? I also need new trainers as my white Nikes have died
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( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:02, Reply)
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it's all about how they fit. i have a £15 pair from dorothy perkins and a £350 R&R pair from a few years ago, and i'd buy either again.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:01, Reply)
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is if they were those fancy ones that suck your gut in, or a pair of those custom fit ones where you have to go in the scanning machine.
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( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
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My wife informs me that this is vastly out of date and that I shouldn't complain about the high price of clothes, but then she thinks nothing of spending £££s when shopping for clothes.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:05, Reply)
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Bugger that, I don't think I've ever paid more than £25 for a pair of jeans...
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:46, Reply)
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and i never throw anything away, so at some point i am going to have to face up to the fact that i have 2 bedrooms full of clothes plus the one at my dad's, and that between the clothes and the books there is no more room for me.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 12:57, Reply)
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By 'best', do you mean 'most expensive' or 'looks best on you'?
If it's the former, I have a Mulberry coat that doesn't fit me any more, that was listed at £1800 (believe me, it was a lot less than that when I got it) and if it's the latter, I have a rather snazzy t-shirt with a skull on the front.
Alt: I'm quite close to doing it now. I hear ASDA are looking for staff...
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:03, Reply)
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To be honest from my history of work, they're some of the best run companies I've ever experienced. you just don't get paid that much.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:06, Reply)
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So I rarely venture into clothes shops. On the odd occasions that I do, I try to stock up for the year. But if I haven't seen what I am going to buy within the first minute of entering the shop, it is unlikely that I will find anything and should give up and go to the pub instead.
Online shopping helps a little, but I still find it incredibly dull and would rather shop for records.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:03, Reply)
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Quick call me a bender to redress the balance.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:15, Reply)
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I'd walk in, perform a single circuit, say "no" and prepare to leave.
"But you haven't even tried anything on!" she'd wail
"That's because there's nothing I like"
Then we'd stare blankly at each other, both completely unable to understand the other's thought processes.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:08, Reply)
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where they ripped each other's shirts and threw polystyrene boulders at each other whilst the backing track went "der der der derder deeerr derder" and Kirk did a hammer punch?
My relationship was kind of like that. She was Kirk.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:12, Reply)
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what men do isn't 'shopping'. Shopping is a process that includes weighing up options, comparing ideas, practising situations in your head, etc etc.
What men do is 'buying'. Then they want to go straight home. Women will generally 'shop' all day, then move on to the 'buying' phase.
Granted, not all women are like that, but the majority of us are. That's why I never try to drag mr b3th along with me.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:11, Reply)
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surely you would only try stuff on if there was anything there that you wanted to potentially buy? If you don't like any of it, why would you try it on? Shits and giggles?
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you'll be surprised at how well it actually suits you. This is how I got into wearing pencil skirts and sheath dresses, after years of protesting that they wouldn't suit me.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:14, Reply)
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if it looks nice. But if I don't like the way it looks on the hanger I'm not going to try it on.
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chap way of looking, something needs to catch my eye.
I will however spend a reasonable amount on suits
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since they have my measurements now. I'll only tolerate so many men stroking my inner thigh and I'm not yet wealthy enough for a proper tailor.
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up to £80 on shoes and £100 on a dress. But I very rarely buy anything full price unless I absolutely *need* it. Most of my clothes are new-ish as all my old ones are far, far too big. You might think that this is smug inducing (and you'd be right) but it's also really fucking expensive to replace quite literally everything in your wardrobe.
Best item of clothing is probably my 1950s style polka dot dress. I think I've only worn it a few times though.
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The last thing I bought was a pair of shoes. I used to buy an awful lot of clothes though. I have MASSES, a la Swipe.
My favourite bits of clothing are possibly a floral dress (big cabbage roses and nice neckline), my new cheap and cheerful coat, and a pair of blue sequinned shorts. That I can think of right now. Oh, and a lovely top from Zara that I can't find at the moment, with colourful birds on.
As for prices, rarely over £40 on any item, be it shoes, coat or dresses. I spent £130 on my amazing Uniqlo coat, for them to put it on offer the next week. Then put it in the sale at half price. :(
THOUGH I have a dreadful weakness for Tatty Devine and spent £48 the other week on a necklace.
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it's gone now...
Is there a Tatty Divine down Brick Lane? If so, I think I've peered longingly in it's window.
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Cabbage roses. Yup, there's one on Brick Lane, and also in Covent Garden. I have probably over half a grand's worth of stuff from them.
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that makes more sense now. Although I do quite like the idea of a cabbage-print dress.
It's been a long time, missy. How's things?
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:21, Reply)
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As well as some truly vulgar floral prints.
I'm hitting my head against a desk in the library. It's lovely and sunny and I don't want to write a word. How're the new digs?
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:23, Reply)
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but I like them a lot. Not having three hours of travelling time a day is doing me a world of good. Is this your dissertation? When's it due?
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I have 3000 words. And no idea how to make up the next 5000 (at least!!) Paralyzed with panic and thus not working. The actual thing is due in a month today, hence why I'm not ciderboating it up :(
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( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:24, Reply)
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I buy trainers at about £30 a pair, three pairs at a time and make sure they last me 18 months minimum. Same with jeans actually. The last T-shirt I got I begged free from a friend in New York. I think the last one before that was on the spur of the moment from the BFI shop. I can't remember the last time I acively went 'clothes shopping'.
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but then I realised that you can't really polish a turd, you can only roll it in glitter.
( , Fri 23 Mar 2012, 13:34, Reply)
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I used to just get everything from supermarkets but I have started buying designer stuff more these days.
I've got a few Hawes and Curtis shirts for work and a load of John Rocha stuff for casual. The most expensive item is probably the wool overcoat that I got for £200 about ten years ago.
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Though I am pissed off that my work internet connection no longer seems to allow me to download through bit torrent.
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or if it's to do with my router. I can't really kick up a fuss.
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it's not like I'm corrupting them by letting them associate sex with money.
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however the high street has caught up hugely and offers qulaity products at cheap proices these days. Best items would be my jackets.
Alt: ate a packet of ham for dinner as I was pissed and couldn't be bothered to go out
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however the high street has caught up hugely and offers qulaity products at cheap proices these days. Best items would be my jackets.
Alt: ate a packet of ham for dinner as I was pissed and couldn't be bothered to go out
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