Clothes - Pre-Surgery Question
What do you folks do to help keep your costs down?
Bonnie
who is grateful.
I can do hard things, life is teaching me that I can.
Lost 222lbs with rny, 20 lbs regain.
Plastics, July 2010 with Dr. Sauceda in Monterrey, Mexico
on 6/24/11 11:55 pm
You might also try Kijjijji and the Usedottawa...just google for your area...
You might find this funny, but at one point I was on used..and there was someone seling 3 bags of plus size clothes which I bought..that is how I found out about the Gastric Bypass in Ottawa
dee
I basically checked my closet and found clothes that had gotten too small for me and when I was losing weight they then were fitting me, I gave my larger clothes to a friend at work and then later to my sister, which they were both happy to get.
I check for sales and don't buy unless it is on sale LOL
The other suggestions of Value Village, clothing exchanges at support group meetings is a great way as well.
Take care
Eileen
Every few weeks I worked my way through one of those bins trying things on. Don't go more than 2 weeks or you'll miss stuff.
For the size 12-20 range, I got a lot of hand-me-downs from ladies in my group as well. I also did some US shopping of clearance racks. I'd find a great pair of pants or something at Target for $5 and buy 3 pairs - in every other size (like 10, 14, 18...). I found you could wear them lose or tight and skip the middle size. And no one new I had three identical pairs, they just thought they were the same pant! lol
Oh - and go with basic black pants. And just keep washing and wearing the same ones.
No joke -you will change sizes about once a month. If you buy more than two or maybe three pairs of pants, you'll regret it.
Add me to the "clothes horse" list. My DH is happy, not only that I'm taking control of my life and weight, but my closets as well. (Yes, that's plural. I have 2 closets, plus numerous boxes of clothes in the basement.)
I've already started washing up the summer stuff that has been too small in the past, and found some great memories and old favs as I went. I also cleared out a good chunk of my winter tops and gave them to a charity store in Hamilton (the "Drop 'n' Shop" which is located next to the city dump). Somebody's gonna get a lot of great sweaters next winter.
I've also done some 'end of season' shopping and got a few smaller tops from Pennington's. They put out last summer's no-sells on sale at the beginning of this summer, so I've got a few lovely new tops for about $30/35 for 3 tops. But that's all I'm buying. Even though I've got all those boxes, it's still nice to have something new as well.
Beth
Former RNY patient revising to Sleeve then DS.
Appts: Dietitian - January 21/19; July 16/19, August 13/19, September 17/19, October 15/19; Social Worker: August 23/19; DS Orientation: March 20/19; Internist: September 30/19; Surgeon: November 13/19 (signed consent).
Surgery Date: February 28/20.
MY RNY DIDN'T FAIL ME - I FAILED IT.