https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 04 May 2026 00:45:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248987 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:25:53 +0000 Theresa 248987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Girls I'm really impressed with how we think things through so differently now - and our changed philosophy.</p> <p>I'm personally so very grateful for this experience as it has helped me tremendously with my budget. Yes, I may be spending more per individual item, but even an occasional more expensive piece is less than several regular cheaper useless pieces.</p> <p>And as I face the quote from the mechanic for my car (see my "what's happening with the world" thread), I feel like I am far better equipped to deal with a dramatic loss of my day to day cash to cover this expense, and I feel like I'm taking the lessons learned here through to other areas of my life.</p> <p>So, Laura, THANK YOU! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248772 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:35:36 +0000 MNsara 248772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started late and entered SYC with a different set of restrictions for myself as I was totally unable to think through my needs for the rest of 2010. I have given myself permission to exchange pre-SYC purchases for better options (i.e. NAS scarves for other Nordstrom's scarves).</p> <p>Aside from that, I have picked up:</p> <p>2 scarves from ATL<br /> 2 sweaters from ATL<br /> another Haolgen seamed knit skirt (the first was so awesome!)<br /> a dress<br /> a casual tunic top<br /> Express tights (did these count?)<br /> a thrifted 100% camelhair *boyfriend* coat (new term for this classic style)</p> <p>SYC does make me look at new things *very* critically and that's a good thing :-)</p> <p>I'm still sorting through some purchases from August and early September!! (The 180-day Macy's return policy and generous Nordstrom return policy are a mixed blessing I guess if I haven't worn these things yet, I should probably just (take a deep breath and) let go. Life will go on just fine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248740 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:45:13 +0000 Mo 248740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today when the mail came and the army green cap sleeve jacket came, the BF remarked 'what's this?". I replied by saying I'd been good for about a month and he laughed about a WHOLE month. I tried to explain that now I see where I need to fill holes, and that shirt lengths have changed, etc. but he just smiled I do think after this little run, I may be good to go until Christmas [fingers crossed]. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248737 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:23:48 +0000 Laura 248737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL!!</p> <p>Moderation in all things, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248735 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:18:23 +0000 Tanya 248735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, you are doing more than great Laura, and I am currently on the verge of crossing over to the dark side ( see my gift card thread :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248732 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:11:32 +0000 Laura 248732@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well Tanya, you are quietly putting us all to shame :)</p> <p>Just kidding. We are all doing great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-248727 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:01:20 +0000 Tanya 248727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have also started on September first, and haven't bought anything till the end of October when I got my black booties. So far I have managed to resist all the other temptations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247464 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:27:05 +0000 Kristen 247464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, I LOVE the simile about it being like losing weight. So well said!</p> <p>I know it was hard to do, but I am glad to see a plain list of what you guys have bought in the last 15 weeks. I was the one who suggested to Laura to ask; I read how you guys are doing every week, and I've noticed there's been a lot of talk recently about things you did buy. Lots and lots of talk. </p> <p>But when you put up a list, no explanations just a list, it REALLY isn't a lot that you've bought at all! That put it into perspective for me. So thank you!</p> <p>You guys are doing great. Hang in there! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247368 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:37:41 +0000 Theresa 247368@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Girls!</p> <p>I'm still in - with the occasional perfect purchases.</p> <p>So, since Sept 1st (when I joined), I have bought:</p> <p>At the Aussie YLF meet:</p> <p>2 pairs of shoes<br /> 2 scarves<br /> 1 top<br /> 1 vest</p> <p>In general shopping<br /> 1 dress<br /> 2 tops</p> <p>And I can honestly say that these things have all been worn so much more than all my pre-SYC purchases... I have a spreadsheet that I started on July 1, to track my clothing/accessory spending, and have highlighted items depending upon whether they are Mistakes, Great Basics, Favourite pieces... Not one piece bought since SCY is a red mistake!!</p> <p>Actually, I'm just doing a little tally... since July 1 I have bought a total of 31 items - 3 are red mistakes, 5 favourites, and 17 great basics. The other 6 pieces are pieces that I haven't worked out where they sit just yet. But since Sept 1 &amp; SYC, I have bought 9 pieces, and none were mistakes, 4 favourites, and 5 great basics. So I think that's pretty darned good really - especially as pre-ylf and pre-scy, my mistakes were a much greater %!</p> <p>(and can you tell I'm a nerd who likes to look at statistics and charts etc LOL).</p> <p>ETA I just realised of my 5 favourites, 4 of them were purchased post-SYC!!! That says an awful lot about my changed shopping habits if you ask me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247366 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:34:09 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 247366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for explaining, Mo and RoseandJoan, like I said I wasn't trying to give anyone a hard time, just understand what the challenge actually entailed. Believe me, I know the dieting analogy from experience back and forward. Everybody gets motivated differently; I tend to 'cheat' unless I make hard and fast rules for myself but then again sometimes I binge when I'm trying to be too hard-line, too - and I'm talking about shopping as well as eating (and a lot of other things besides). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247360 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:22:02 +0000 Laura 247360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Julie, you put that very well. Thanks :)</p> <p>Today's exercise is more about being self-aware than feeling crappy about having bought stuff. I was shocked to find I bought four things. I really felt like I'd only bought one thing (the LBD), since I agonized over it. I'd totally rationalized the other items in my mind.</p> <p>But on average, I am buying a little more than one item a month. Is that a realistic pace year-round? Maybe it is, if you don't count undergarments and accessories. Adding 12 killer items a year to a wardrobe that's already complete might not be a bad goal. I will be thinking about that some more as SYC winds down. I wonder how many pieces Angie adds a year? Probably not much more than that, I bet.</p> <p>Any thoughts from anyone else on their list? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247263 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:21:31 +0000 PalmFronds 247263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gasping as I write this...I fell off the SYC wagon early October and since then had decided to instead use Angie's one-in one-out closet control method.</p> <p>SO if I list what I bought while on SYC and following it:<br /> Underwear<br /> Patterned tights<br /> Black leather jacket--this was part of my original SYC "allowed"</p> <p>SINCE falling off the wagon, I shall do my penance here like Queenie, shame shame shame:<br /> 4, yes 4, pairs of shoes<br /> jean leggings<br /> Dressy silk tunic<br /> 3 blouses<br /> 1 skirt<br /> Sleepwear</p> <p>Horrifying, isn't it?</p> <p>Hang in there SYC group! I am sticking with my new closet control plan, and truly it is working pretty well after that initial haul. Now I am afraid to buy anything because I don't know what to get rid of anymore! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247247 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:04:56 +0000 RoseandJoan 247247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rhubarbgirl, if a dieter loses half a stone and then eats a cream cake, is the diet over? Or is just a lesson learned? To drastically change your shopping habits over five months takes real dedication, nobody is perfect but from what I have read everyone participating has learned from the experience and will carry these lessons forward. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247229 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:39:51 +0000 Mo 247229@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura (rhubarb) I was wondering the same thing before I jumped on. Some of us had our own caveats. For me, it was certain items I knew I needed, for others it was the one in, one out rule. I think the gist (as I saw it) is to make do with what you have as best you can rather than shopping for instant 'solutions'. Of course, that's my take and I only just joined. I held on okay and then saw the glaring holes that needed immediate fixing. So I fixed 'em! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247225 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:34:59 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 247225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't understand: if you've purchased something, doesn't that make you not SYC anymore? I'm not trying to give anyone a hard time, I just thought that was the deal. </p> <p>I thought about joining at the beginning but didn't, and am wondering now if I should join in, at least until Christmas. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247155 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:49:49 +0000 Anonymous 247155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since August 1:<br /> 1. denim shirt<br /> 2. leather pencil skirt<br /> 3. MizMooz blk&amp;wt oxfords<br /> 4. Halogen Valor boots</p> <p># 2 and #4 are not definite purchases yet and still under consideration as to whether or not they fit my style. SYC has made me very choosy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247119 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:41:32 +0000 Jonesy 247119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I started September 1st; by about mid-October, I hadn't purchased anything, but sort of switched my goal to moderating my purchasing for the remainder of the challenge. So, here's my list:</p> <p>1. black jacket<br /> 2. two t-shirts<br /> 3. chestnut booties<br /> 4. long cardigan sweater<br /> 5. patterned silk blouse<br /> 6. gray tunic tank top<br /> 7. rhinestone necklace</p> <p>Everything was on deep discount, and this is actually minimal purchasing for me, so I feel like I've accomplished something :). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-247050 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:12:53 +0000 judy 247050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, so since Aug 1st I've bought: </p> <p>One silk tunic for $38.00</p> <p>A chunky cardigan for $68.00. </p> <p>Socks, (3 pairs!) $5.00.</p> <p>Big whopping total: $111.00. </p> <p>Since my SYC was more motivated by money, I've included the prices! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246988 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:20:51 +0000 Queen Mum 246988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>okay I'm back from paying penance for my sins in cycling class. </p> <p>Not counting what I have returned, I have purchased....</p> <p>2 scarves<br /> oxfords<br /> cardigan<br /> vest (waistcoat)<br /> necklace<br /> earrings (not 100% sure I'm keeping)</p> <p>Now I know how my kids feel.. "But mom, I can explain.. but mom, can I just say one thing?.... but moooooom........." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246984 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:09:32 +0000 Mo 246984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, ooops! I'll fix that right now . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246983 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:08:22 +0000 Laura 246983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>MPJ, You are correct! I had forgotten that suit skirt. I am up to 4 items. </p> <p>Mo, no need to list the price, just count the items. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246973 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:48:52 +0000 Mo 246973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha ha! Now it's come to listing off the bat! Just goes to show how hard this really is. I joined in week 10, I believe. I found out immediately I needed some basics.</p> <p>#1 black boatneck top<br /> #2 black leggings<br /> #3 crop cotton khaki moto jacket</p> <p>coming soon via eBay:</p> <p>#4 cap sleeve vest/jacket<br /> #5 J brand black ankle zip skinnies </p> <p> I have come clean!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246967 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:38:29 +0000 Patience 246967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay, I've joined SYC since 1 Oct but I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. I joined because I'm in the process of working on our budget and I'd like to redistribute funds to other projects. I also feel like I'd like to change my style energy focus from 60% hunt, 40% wear to more like 75% wear and 25% hunt. I've been finding that the hunt is more of a burden than it should be.<br /> So my items:<br /> OTK boots<br /> short red coat </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246956 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:34:54 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 246956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Laura, didn't you also buy a suit skirt for reasons not to be explained?</p> <p>:-P </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246954 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:22:01 +0000 RoseandJoan 246954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As an official YLF cheerleader I just wanted to state, that you are all fantastic and I will not judge! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246951 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:11:55 +0000 Laura 246951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Kim! It's an interesting exercise, isn't it? Especially when you are not allowed to explain away purchases! This is not designed to make anyone feel bad - believe me, I wanted SO badly to issue explanations for #1 and #2 and only count #3 so I am right there with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246948 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:54:45 +0000 Queen Mum 246948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sputter, cough, stammer...<br /> I'll have to go take inventory but I'll have to come back to do that. Gotta get to the gym. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/syc-week-15-list-your-items#post-246947 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:49:35 +0000 Laura 246947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello and welcome - I think we have some new SYCers this week, don't we? If everyone new could say hello and why they're doing the challenge at this point, that would be great. I've kind of lost track of who's in and who's out.</p> <p>This week I'd love it if the SYCers would list everything they've purchased since Aug. 1. No excuses, no rationalizations, no coupon explanations: What have you bought? How many items? Here's mine:</p> <p>1. Sweater<br /> 2. Blouse<br /> 3. Dress</p> <p>What's yours? </p>