https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 07:18:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1/page/2#post-427720 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:19:48 +0000 Anonymous 427720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel your pain. Astrid, I feel you too, and respect your good rational thinking. I'm trying to do that too, because living with a man makes it difficult to blow all my money all clothes and go omelet diet like I used to do once...:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427565 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:38:36 +0000 sarah 427565@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ALWAYS! LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427563 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:36:04 +0000 Beth 427563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL. "Pea-bay."</p> <p>:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427474 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:39:38 +0000 catgirl 427474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! I actually plan to do that and thanks to ironkurtin there are also a couple of e-bay options! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427472 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:38:14 +0000 islandgirl 427472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know it sounds cheesy....but seriously, you could go to some high end consignment shops, if you're not in a hurry....and find great stuff....coats just coming in now. Try it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427460 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:26:59 +0000 catgirl 427460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pea-bay? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427457 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:25:51 +0000 rae 427457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ironkurtin, we are peas in an ebay pod... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427429 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:54:35 +0000 Jonesy 427429@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes!!!! And, once you've purchased a few things that are really high-quality and immaculately made, it's hard to go back, I think. For example, I just got this blouse from the RACK. It's Elizabeth and James and retails for $275 (I paid around $80). It is the most luxurious silk--the drape is just beautiful and it's a charmeuse on the inside--and I've worn it all day and it barely wrinkles! It's got a unique beautiful pattern, the fit is somehow slouchy yet streamlined.... It's so hard to go back after that sort of dreamy experience, you know :)? I think that's why I'm so addicted to the RACK online. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427414 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:37:31 +0000 Aida 427414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, all the time. My husband's taste is even more expensive than mine, but with how picky he is it's usually cost effective for him to just get that perfect, expensive item. Otherwise he just goes without (and one simply cannot go around pantless, as much as he'd like to ). I am just starting to get into the buy less but better quality, so it's starting to happen more and more &gt;&lt; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427309 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:46:03 +0000 ironkurtin 427309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here I go again - ebay!</p> <p>I LOVE Costume National boots and there is no way in god's green I can afford a pair new. So I shop for them used and have been very happy! For the used paris, I get them, clean them outside and in (inside, just use a fungal spray and/or swab out with white vinegar or rubbing alcohol, if you're worried about those things), and wear 'em to death. And if I find them new from deadstock etc., I do a happy dance!</p> <p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Boots-/53557/i.html?_nkw=%22costume+national%22&#038;_catref=1&#038;_trksid=p3286.c0.m1538" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/Boots-.....6.c0.m1538</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427308 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:45:46 +0000 Heather 427308@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Without fail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427299 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:41:30 +0000 Inge 427299@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Story of my life-( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427232 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:16:51 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 427232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, even when I'm trying NOT to. I'll pick what looks "plain" to me, say, in boots or bags, but nice.</p> <p>Without failure it's the most expensive because it's well made and quality material. :-/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427226 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:02:08 +0000 nancylee 427226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely! I'm always attracted to the most expensive things....always! sigh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427205 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:26:42 +0000 Astrid 427205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, it happens all the time! And with me being on a student budget MANY things are too expensive. When I search for something I always set myself a limit beforehand and I'm only allowed to exceed this limit in a narrow margin at the end of the month when I have some money left and know I won't go hungry when I buy it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427192 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:09:54 +0000 mrseccentric 427192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good lord. constantly.</p> <p>i was at a street fair (art &amp; wine type thing in a rural area) around a month ago. i spotted a nice pair of pearl earrings, just studs, but a nice color, size, etc. the only thing i'd seen all day i'd consider actually buying.</p> <p>$16,000 tahitian pearls. sadly even Angie's strategy won't work at those prices! but it does make shopping pretty discouraging at times, and i'm not much of a shopper to begin with. steph </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427163 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:42:49 +0000 ironkurtin 427163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm. No... but then I shop pretty much exclusively by brand and if I don't see it in a price I can afford, I discount it. And then I look for it used. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427147 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:18:56 +0000 Sylvie 427147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have what my mom calls "expensive taste". In any store, the option that I find most attractive is always the one with the highest price tag.</p> <p>*sigh* It's a curse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427136 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:58:27 +0000 Mo 427136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yep, and Beth is so right that after a while your price limit begins to get skewed!! In my endless ankle boot searches I'm finding some Rag and Bone, Ralph Lauren and other $500+ options catch my eye right away! I can only afford 1/4 of that - yikes! </p> <p>My solution is to be super patient and eventually it will filter down to more accessible prices and brands. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427126 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:47:31 +0000 Anonymous 427126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too Cobaltblue! It's like the Sesame Street song, "Which 3 things belong together? Which one thing just doesn't belong?"--the expensive one, I can pick it every time.</p> <p>I am not much of a car person, but on the way to the airport with my husband the other day I saw a sedan with very attractive lines and a rich, distinctive color. I said, "Look at that nice car! Get closer so I can see what kind it it!" --It was a Maseratti. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427120 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:38:49 +0000 cobaltblue 427120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! My husband jokes that I can always choose the most expensive item on a page. I am good with any category, too, clothing, furniture, firearms... It's almost a neat parlor trick! Burberry gets me every time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427119 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:38:28 +0000 Suz 427119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love Angie's solution, but it works best if you already have at least SOMEthing in your closet. Sigh... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427115 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:36:10 +0000 Angie 427115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's a curse - that I also have.</p> <p>Purchase fewer things for the same amount of money. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427113 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:35:35 +0000 modgrl 427113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HA! I am still not over that marc jacobs $1000 pb blouse!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427108 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:27:27 +0000 rute 427108@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>eh eh all the time! When I'm at the store I love to see designer pieces, I can see the piece, touch the fabric, then when I try to find something within my price range, I don't like, the cut is bad, the fabric is not so soft.. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427107 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:26:57 +0000 Beth 427107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most definitely. The most dangerous part for me is that after seeing so many "perfect" options for $800, it makes the options in the $300 range seem soooo reasonable, even if that's still a little too much to spend.</p> <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427105 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:25:19 +0000 rae 427105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You betcha. Sorting by price is my solution, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427100 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:20:44 +0000 Irene 427100@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, but that's because I don't shop online and I only enter shops which sell within my budget possibilities </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427097 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:17:53 +0000 Lynne 427097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Greg, we need a 'like' button on YLF, like there is on FB </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/does-this-happen-to-anyone-else-1#post-427096 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:17:22 +0000 Anonymous 427096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ALLTHE TIME. I have champagne taste on a tap water budget! </p>