Do You Follow a Schedule?

Not growing up in a normal household that did normal budgeting...

I've had to develop a schedule for non-recurring purchases that need to be made on an ongoing basis.

Otherwise things don't get purchased and things get a bit rough.

For example...
In January we purchase new bed linens...from sheets to blankets or even pillows. Whatever we need that's when we budget to buy them...and old decrepit ones are tossed.

February is Underwear Month. From bras to jockeys to long handled underwear...that's when we get it. All those Holier than thou pairs of socks and drawers are dispatched to the incinerator or rag pile...new ones are supplied.
Then comes Easter.
New Clothes! New ties, dress shirts, pants shirts, sports coats or suits and of course dresses and skirts and blouses for the missus. (Whether she wants to or not)

Of course new jackets and other stuff is bought in the fall... like shoes and pants.

So...
Do you follow a schedule for this stuff?

Nope. I buy clothes as they're needed. The holes that appear in my boys' jeans won't wait for a scheduled month. 😉

Of course the kids outgrow stuff so fast you just buy them a size too big and pray they last a month...

But adults need stuff too. And kids leave home eventually.

That's what I'm talking about...

Gotta take care of each other. My wife hates shopping for new clothes and I'm not so hot on the idea either.

With the quarantines we have gotten away without actually doing any but as we are getting out... needing to replace our rags with a wardrobe.

You know...

I hate shopping for clothes for myself, too. Tend to hang on to them until they fall apart and then I start snagging my husband's shirts and socks. lol.

Its a mandatory thing I had to set up...
Some of us are uncomfortable with self-care. It's not our strong suit...
But there are times where we don't really need to appear homeless. We need to look respectable and professional. And where we are personally OK with not looking great...the family really needs us to be at our best so as to not shoot ourselves in the foot with a poor first impression.

For example if I need to meet with potential investors for a business proposal luncheon...I really need to clean up and not look like a slob. Especially if there is some sort of food service industries involved.

Holes and tears in shirts and jeans just isn't going to cut it when asking for a few million dollars.

Or my wife who works in research...she is extremely professional in speech and functions on an extremely high level...and if someone was to want to offer her a 6-digit income starting in the mid 2's...she needs to appear in professional clothes. Everyone else at those meetings will be wearing them.

It's part of the world customary behaviors that are expected.

I don't practice this but do recognize the benefits of having a type of schedule for multiple things. For example, seasonal eating, gardening etc. I also find that shopping for winter clothes in the summer is a lot cheaper and vice versa, since the clothes is out of season etc. Sigh so many things I know are good and I don't do

No, I don't really have a schedule. I probably go to a store like a department store or the mall about twice per year. I have Amazon Prime and do moderate online shopping though for various necessities, and I try to limit that to once per month.

Nope. I just rarely shop. I can easily go 10 years with the same pants, shirts and shoes. Shirts I order online.

haha underwear month

No..dont really follow a schedule for clothes. Just buy as needed.
For uniforms etc before starting a new job for sure.

some department stores have 'stock up' sale deals so I take advantage of those for things like socks and underwear that I need multiple things of. I dont have a calendar when they are scheduled though! and often they dont tell you until the week beforehand...and I do not watch or keeps a track of all the advertising they send out.

We wear our clothes longer than that. it takes a while to wear out sheets. We buy as needed, and may take a little longer than we could have.

im guessing that older ppl esp retired people are just happy to save money by not shopping but then there are some who just want to spend it all before they die so their descendants dont fight over it.

Take your old clothes to the recycle or make quilts out of them as thats what people used to do. Socks you can make into sock monkeys before they get all ratty (use the clean holey ones as stuffing) and give to your grand children.

Jesus did say that it was no good patching up old clothes you might end up making them worse. Plus if you have two coats and someone doesnt have one, its a good thing to give your extra coat away to someone who needs it.

I think with wardrobe if you havent worn anything in two years, time to clear it. Some people end up hoarding clothes I dont think its good to do that but then old clothes may make good insulation for the house. Or scarecrows. Or costumes for plays

I can do a complete return to the 80's now with my velour wardrobe and track suits.

Old clothes are good for eorking on cars, painting and yard work.

What I am wondering about is ehat is happening to the linnens that they have to be replaced every year? 😀

Them linens, like workout clothes retain that sweat smell.
And midnight blanket wars and aerobic exercises tend to have a long term effect.

Midnight aerobic exercises, eh?

That's what you young folks are calling it these days.

I keep my old clothes because my weight is constantly shifting and I don't want to have to buy new jeans every time I lose baby weight.

Wouldn't clothing as housing insulation be a fire hazard? I know here in the US there are laws that prohibit certain insulations...
Costumes or scarecrows would be fun, though.

Um I'm retired..

Not that young...but still young enough.

hmm not if its natural fibres.

Maybe if its polyester...

I dont wear jeans I always found them uncomfortable. Corduroys are better.

huh midnight blanket wars? why not just have two blankets and you can each have one.
I always have two blankets and its just for myself. The extra one is in case it gets colder.

with the workout sweat, I dont know how often you washing them or what deodorant you using...but my thing would be wear a singlet or vest cos t shirts can bunch under the armpits and thats the sweatiest part. Loose shorts are better than tight leggings.

Crystal deodorant works for me as some of the other ones have lingering fragrances or just mask the smell and leave marks. For some reason I just avoid any that contain aluminum as I dont want metals blockig my pores.

Many of my kids SLEEP in their jeans. They say it's comfortable. Ug.
I don't know where I went wrong with them. 😆