https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 01:24:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-826029 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:31:01 +0000 unfrumped 826029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, this is coming from a person who does not have a lot of hou-ha events that require dressy dresses, and no longer wears strapless and spaghetti-strap and so on to any event, but to me, spaghetti-strap dresses usually have a limited role in the wardrobe.<br /> As opposed to, the perfect LBD or something.</p> <p>So it sounds like that may come under the category of, you don't have to buy something just because it fits. Which is something I am trying to keep in mind!<br /> So keep on with your plans and focus. </p> <p>Did you read Angie's blog post on shopping list categories? You still can be open to surprises, but this may not have been the one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825957 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:48:50 +0000 Caro in Oz 825957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think if you are trying to refine your wardrobe it is best to stick to a list. Having said that - if an item was an 11 out of 10 I'd buy it. It doesn't sound as though the dress is perfect for you, so I'd suggest leave it:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825829 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:11:19 +0000 Thistle 825829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you for walking away!! Sometimes it is the sale talking to us and not the clothes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825809 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:53:12 +0000 rachylou 825809@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If only I *would* impose some rules on myself! </p> <p>You did the right thing. I still miss that navy A-line skirt and brown jumper I passed up but you know, missing and regretting are too different things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825671 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:10:40 +0000 cheryl 825671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you for walking away. If you are still thinking about it a week from now, go try it on again and see if you still love it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825572 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:46:47 +0000 Jules 825572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Being able to walk away can be almost as satisfying as buying something! I've realized that all the pieces I don't wear much are things I had my nagging doubts about in the store, so I think going with your gut was a good decision. I recently walked away (after two lunchtime trips to the store and trying on 5 colours/sizes in all) from a top that was about 70% off and a big fave with ylf. It looks great on so many posters here and I really thought it was a no-brainer but... just not 100% on me. Plus I think I am sick of certain winter trends and need to move on.<br /> A spaghetti strap dress would probably require a jacket for day-to-day wear right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825544 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:35:53 +0000 Sarah A 825544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds prudent to me! I always figure I can go back in a few days or a week if it is still on my mind and if the item still there it was meant to be and if not it wasnt.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825541 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:35:32 +0000 Glory 825541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am trying to improve on my approach to shopping as I have many orphans. I have recently adopted a firm stance that I wont shop anywhere that does not have a return policy because I often find things look better in the store, or I think I have things that will go but actually dont. I love that you were so strong, had a list and followed it. For sale items I have started to ask myself if I would purchase it at full price - sometimes that helps </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/non-buyers-remorse#post-825526 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:28:05 +0000 Hil 825526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a gap between picking up kids so I stopped in at Meltz, which is a store that sells a mishmash of branded and non branded items at discount prices. I really want a blazer, and I thought they might have something. They didn't. Which is odd because blazers are in all the shops at the moment. </p> <p>Now in theory, I don't actually want to be spending money on clothes. It's a week until payday and I am trying desperately to save so that I have money in reserve for when I become a full time self employed doula later in the year. Some of the money I have thus far in savings was originally put aside for my new, thinner wardrobe, so I shouldn't feel too guilty spending some money on clothes. </p> <p>I browsed for some other items from the shopping list I have been creating, but found nothing I liked. I did however find a chocolate brown maxi dress in the softest fabric, that looked so pretty. It had spaghetti straps and a copper brown sequin detail on top (and I definitely do not like shiny sequinny things but these did not offend my eye for some reason). The dress was about 3 inches too long though, so I would have had to shorten it before I could wear it. It was going for a steal and I wondered around with it in my hands but at the last minute left the shop without it. </p> <p>Not sure whether I was strong or silly... I find it really hard to find clothes that fit and flatter, which this dress did, but at the same time, I am trying to find some more focus in my wardrobe and style and although this dress could qualify as rather boho, it wasn't on my shopping list and I though that the money I would spend, though minimal could be spent on something else more important in this last week before payday. </p> <p>Anyway, I am home now and still wondering whether I shoulda bought the dress!</p> <p>So - what are your self imposed shopping rules? </p>