April Clothing Purchases

I had a spendy month again this month, with regard to buying clothing, despite being on a tight budget.

The first item I bought was a shirt to wear for work. It cost £2 from the charity shop. I will probably need to wear a vest underneath, as it is quite sheer, but it will be okay to wear in the summer as it is nice and light.

I also dug a couple of work tops out of the donation bag and decided to keep them and continue to wear them over the summer, as I'd struggled to find any suitable work tops at the beginning of the month.

The second item I bought this month was also a charity shop buy. It was this denim dungaree dress, which cost £10.50. Despite being labelled XL, when it came to trying it on, it was more like a 10/12 and was tight. Nevertheless, I'm hanging onto it, as I really like the design and the length and I'm going to try to make a larger dress from it by creating my own pattern, as the construction looks very simple. There is, of course, always the chance that I might lose some weight this summer and get into it more comfortably, but then pigs might fly too.

I was a bit indulgent and succumbed to a new purchase, namely this denim jacket. I like the light coloured denim, the pockets and the Nehru collar and it should be a great lighter jacket for wearing this spring/summer. I paid £22.49 for it. This is a lot for me to spend on one item of clothing, but I do like it and I know it will be my go to jacket when I need one this summer, so I'm not going to beat myself up over it.

A visit to the Car Boot sale over the Easter weekend resulted in my buying 3 tops for work in the summer. The first was this lace sleeved t-shirt from ASOS for £2. I think it was new.

I then bought this black lace top for £1. This is another top that I'll need to wear a vest under, but I quite liked it and for £1 it was worth a try.

Finally, I bought this top for £2 which will be a good option for work in the summer months, as it's qutie loose and cool.

I also bought this black canvas jacket by ASOS for £4 at the Car Boot sale. This was probably not a good purchase as it is quite large, but it might be good for throwing on in some circumstances. If I'd bought it from a charity shop, I would probably take it back, but as it was a car boot buy, I can't. I may just donate it at some point, but I'll give it a chance first.

I then made one last visit to the charity shop before the month ended and spent £11 on three items including this animal print top from Mint Velvet for £3

another black top for work for £3

and finally I bought this floral dress for £5, which may be a good option for a family wedding next year. It looks red in this photo but is actually orange, which is not something I would normally go for, but I liked it.

That concluded all of my clothing buys. There were quite a few, I have to admit. In total, I spent £55 on clothing, which was quite a lot, especially considering I was on a tight budget, but I did get quite a few nice pieces and some essentials for work, so I don't regret it.

In addition, I also bought some fabric to make a dress, so I will include this here, as I technically did spend it to create an item of clothing. I bought 4 metres of this pretty floral fabric, which cost £12 and was given an extra metre which had already been cut for free. I hope to show you the results of my efforts, once I've made the dress with the help of my tutor at weekly sewing classes that I started last week

I definitely hit my remit of finding some tops for work this month. I don't think I need anymore for the foreseeable, but it is good to have a few that I like to choose from. I don't really need any clothes going forward, but that won't preclude me from buying something I like if I see it in the charity shop, but I'm hoping to spend less on clothing next month as I really just don't have the wardrobe space.