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    Default Whee! Clothes! Shopping! Budget Tips

    1) Buy your winter clothing off-season. My sister paid less than $100 for $500 worth of winter wear out of the Alloy catalog several months back.
    2) Cozy up to department stores and outlets. I was pleasantly surprised by the boost in quality of clothing and lingerie at...WAL MART! Target's good too. If you use your store credit cards, you can get extra discounts.
    3) Have "white elephant" clothing parties with your friends and neighbors.
    4) Make friends with a seamstress/tailor. They can alter items you find on sale, and custom make other items, like bustiers, jackets, etc.
    5) At Goodwill and Salvation Army, make friends with the staff and find out when they get fresh shipments in. Those are the best days to go in, preferably in the morning.
    6) Flea markets are a lot of fun, with many clothing vendors and haggling opportunities. You might even find furniture and housewares to bring home instead of clothing.
    7) If traveling to an exotic location, investigate whether you can pick up clothes. You can get silk suits and robes made in Thailand, the Middle East and Hong Kong for very reasonable prices. My friends in the Navy made a point of buying rugs in Bahrain and re-selling them stateside.

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    Default Re:Whee! Clothes! Shopping! Budget Tips

    Great stuff... and so very true!

    My favourite part of my School Girl costume (and what really sells it).. the skirt.. cost me $5 from an op-shop.. and a little bit more to get it alter-ed.

    I can recommend a really good dressmaker/alteration place in Surfers Paradise if anyone needs one on the Gold Coast ??

    I also tend to buy clothes that can't go out of fashion.. that are quality and reliable.

    BTW.. ??? What is a "white elephant" clothing party ???


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    Default Re:Whee! Clothes! Shopping! Budget Tips

    Bless you, my Ozzie friend! "white elephant" is slang for something you don't want but someone else does, and you give or swap the item.

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    Default Re:Whee! Clothes! Shopping! Budget Tips

    Of all the things mentioned the best one is buried in GCG's comment
    I also tend to buy clothes that can't go out of fashion.. that are quality and reliable.
    This is a variation of the "own a few really good tools" rule.

    This is not to discount madmaxine's tips but along with buying things offseason, you have to avoid the temptation to blow the savings by dribs and drabs and ending up spending more in total.

    As for store cards and discounts, watch out for the high fees many of them have. You might get a 10% discount for using a store card and pay 20% interest and fees to save that if you are not careful.

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    Default Re:Whee! Clothes! Shopping! Budget Tips

    I'm trying to save money and budget too. I like to shop at Walmart for everything I can- I just bought a nice floor lamp for $8, set of plates and dishes and silverware for four people for $10, set of 30 knives $10 at Walmart. In general I'm just trying to buy less since what I own- costs money to hire movers when I move (I just moved) and costs me paying more for a bigger apartment for stuff- I live in Boston and rent here is sky high. When I lived in the Midwest where garage sales are prevalent I'd read the newspaper to see which fancy neighborhoods had garage sales and just drive through fancy neighborhoods on Saturdays for garage sales- I got alot of good quality clothes very cheap that way. For dancer clothes ebay is good. Hope this helps.

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