https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:23:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-610428 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:23:50 +0000 HelenInCanada 610428@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know! I have never entered Winners and NOT exited with purchases. Usually several items. Can't resist. To its credit, I've enjoyed every piece I've purchased there - and they usually get compliments. Can't say that about other stores! Must stay far away for now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-610270 Wed, 02 May 2012 15:08:38 +0000 Transcona Shannon 610270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sarah and Rachylou - in my opinion, your expenditures are valid and don't really apply to this.</p> <p>Jem - 3 Winners and no buying? Wow - now that's restraint! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-610260 Wed, 02 May 2012 15:03:17 +0000 Jem 610260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yesterday I was out all day shopping for things for the wedding and I didn't stop at Winner's once! (and I was near at least 3 of them) It's kind of a relief not "needing" to shop and I got more wedding things done, so yay for me! I guess it's kind of cheating because I have a distraction... (the wedding) It will be good to just shop my closet, because I have alot of things I really like that I haven't worn yet, although some are needing some slight adjustment (mainly slimming the bottom of cropped pants) that I won't have time for until after the wedding. Now, if we could just get our sunshine back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-610256 Wed, 02 May 2012 15:01:48 +0000 rachylou 610256@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am late to the game... but I am hopping on this brilliant bandwagon. I need to develop restraint! argh!! LOL. $5 for thrifting seems a brilliant outlet. I do need a new watchband tho; mine broke. I hope that doesn't count. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-610245 Wed, 02 May 2012 14:55:00 +0000 Sarah A 610245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So... here we are on just the second day of the shopping ban and i am at a crossroads...</p> <p>#1 the reset button fell off of my running watch this morning. Do I *need* a running watch... I think so since I track my runs by time and I run 5 or 6 days a week. DH has an extra watch now that he got a Garmin GPS watch so I could use his other one but it has an altimeter and a number of other features which make it huge and heavy. </p> <p>#2 the green leather bag dye &amp; sew project... (that one that is supposed to be keeping me busy so I dont shop online at night) i just used the whole first bottle of dye and it is not usable yet. I need another bottle. Do I have to sit on this until June or do I break down and order? </p> <p>I am thinking one day in and already I want to buy things! What do you think ladies? Can I make an exception for unforeseen circumstances like these? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609754 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:54:40 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooohh...I have to start using that line lyn - but he's already in Grade 11. Am I too late???</p> <p>Way to go Nicole - shop until that last second - I love it!</p> <p>Have I mentioned you all are THE BEST???!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609748 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:52:16 +0000 lyn* 609748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mom used to tell me that university acceptance committees would do random room checks - that's how she got me to clean my room until grade 11 when I realized that wasn't true :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609745 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:51:16 +0000 nicoleb 609745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought two things off the internet last night (one cheap accessory and one skirt i had my eye on that went on sale) so now i feel sated and I am ready to utilize my closet to it's full potential! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609734 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:48:23 +0000 Deborah 609734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Christieanne, swapping with friends is so much fun. The pumps sound gorgeous. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609729 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:45:11 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If only our teenagers cared so much about keeping their rooms clean!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off/page/2#post-609726 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:42:22 +0000 christieanne 609726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So far so good! </p> <p>I am laughing so hard over the kids who keep us accountable. My caution to you all is NEVER put a pre-teen boy in charge of recycling at home. Mine started it as a school project (they had to tabulate the amount of recycling vs trash that their family used - this is Berkeley you know) and ever since has been the recycling cop of our house. It's good but sort of annoying sometimes.<br /> I will not tell my kids about the challenge! </p> <p>On a fun note, I had a little swap today - gave away a bunch of DD's outgrown clothes to a mom from school and we had lunch at her house. We had decided to donate all the stuff neither of us wanted to Goodwill. I was looking through her boxes and found sweet vintage brown snakeskin pumps! She does not fit in them and not her "lifestyle" so she gifted them to me. Nice! Found some t shirts for DD too. </p> <p>Sorry it's cold Isabel - so weird that we had the cold weather on West Coast when you all had early spring and now it's flipped again. Permission to do something toasty inside </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609713 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:29:59 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Way to go Sara and lyn! What a fab kick-off to our wee "event"! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609712 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:28:52 +0000 lyn* 609712@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>May 1st - I culled like I've never culled before. I only have room in my car for 4 tuppermaid containers so if it's not 100% fab, it is going ... to Salvation Army! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609708 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:26:33 +0000 MNsara 609708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, May1 wasn't all that difficult -- I took my daughter to run her errands (she has no car) and we usually squeeze in a little shopping along the way, BUT today she was all about returning things I had bought for her previously!! (and I hadn't said anything to her about my SYC!)</p> <p>Score 1 for the VISA card </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609703 Wed, 02 May 2012 00:23:50 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's too funny Deborah - my son (16 yrs old) asked me when I got home from work today if I had gone shopping on my lunch hour! Nothing worse than our own son's spying on us (lol)!</p> <p>Yep - there is strength in numbers ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609669 Tue, 01 May 2012 23:53:18 +0000 Deborah 609669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We can do this! Yesterday was a challenge, shopping with my MIL and not being able to buy anything lol. So I just focussed on her and what she was looking for and it was fun (kind off he he).</p> <p>And then of course some catalogues arrived at home Monday night! I wasn't going to read them, but I did, and kept pics of things Im interested in and if they are still available at the end of the month I will check them out then:)</p> <p>Oh and if having you all wasn't enough to keep me accountable, Master 9 has taken it upon himself to check in with me after school and ask if I have been shopping...what's that about?</p> <p>Stay strong ladies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609616 Tue, 01 May 2012 22:53:16 +0000 lyn* 609616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oooh; I need new heel caps which will be $15; so I guess that's where my $20 will go Thanks for the idea, Mo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609566 Tue, 01 May 2012 21:48:51 +0000 Anonymous 609566@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I spent a couple of hours at the Rack today and came away with nothing! Actually I was there looking for a gift and didn't get that either but also spent time looking at my size. The Franco Sarto leopard booties were in my basket for awhile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609560 Tue, 01 May 2012 21:41:53 +0000 rae 609560@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon, that is a good point about not wearing things up to their potential! I usually only use a piece in one or two ways... three if it's a dress and I can wear it as a skirt. But I don't usually work to create lots of new combos, because it usually feels forced to me. But maybe I just need to put in more work to achieve the "effortless" feeling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609471 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:16:23 +0000 Isabel 609471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shannon..LOL ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609470 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:15:19 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice try Isabel!</p> <p>Mo - you've got a great attitude towards this challenge. Like you, I'm looking forward to playing in my closet. It's not that I've got a ton of clothes but I need to get my head around trying different combinations of what I have. I know I'm not wearing my stuff up to their potential, if that makes any sense. I think only by doing this can I truly figure out where my wardrobe holes are. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609464 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:11:04 +0000 Isabel 609464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mo that is a really great idea..very pro active, lowering CPW. You have had so much activity around our clothes ( packing, culling, unpacking, organizing, new life buying ) that I can see why it is a respite for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609463 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:09:15 +0000 Mo 609463@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>lol Isabel! I, for one, am excited at the thought of not having to hunt or track down something from my list. I think the interview capsule search wore me out! Here's to simply playing in my closet this month I may even try and whittle down my Cost Per Wear all month to get most items under that first hurdle of $20 CPW. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609460 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:05:32 +0000 Isabel 609460@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it over yet ?</p> <p>Christieanne, it is 46 and raining where I am ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609398 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:46:16 +0000 Mo 609398@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn, I don't thrift either, so I figured that $20 would be things like alterations, or dye, or socks, or like covering the postage on swap items in the mail, etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609397 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:45:24 +0000 Transcona Shannon 609397@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*waving hi to Rae &amp; lyn*</p> <p>lyn - of course you can donate your $20! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609391 Tue, 01 May 2012 18:37:46 +0000 lyn* 609391@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sweet, I'm so in. </p> <p>I don't really thrift though ... so can I donate my $20? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609306 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:55:10 +0000 Sona 609306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started off the day looking at a bag on etsy and earrings on ebay. Then thought: C$#!. get off the computer Sona. Shopping ban x 30/31? days!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609300 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:49:33 +0000 Mo 609300@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rae, I have already spent May's budget (and then some) in April and I hopped on - so I don't see why not! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/may-madness-kick-off#post-609298 Tue, 01 May 2012 16:46:10 +0000 rae 609298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Erm, okay, I didn't sign up initially since I technically bought an item for this month and am doing a 1 item/mo SYB. BUT, It's only May 1, and I've already got something in line for June! Possibly July if I don't end up returning. May I join you ladies for March Madness support? Thankfully, I am already in line with the thrifting allowance. </p> <p>march - black trench<br /> april - citron trench (still in DIY stages)<br /> may - draped green work dress<br /> june - slim, custom dark wash jeans for the office<br /> july?? - blue striped summer dress on backorder from Macys</p> <p>Now... if only I could jump up and walk away from my computer at work! </p>