Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new

Wow.  This is so simple and yet so inspiring.  I love it!

Whether you want to save some pennies, save the environment or are just plain anti-consumerism, this might just be the idea you are looking for.

I have two questions:
1. Can you do this as successfully as Jessi Arrington if your personal style (or lack there of) is a little less flamboyant?  She rocks those outfits! But I just don't have the confidence to pull off gold glittery skirt especially with knee-hi white socks.
2. Doesn't $50 seem a little expensive for a second hand outfit?

Either Thrift shops in the US are way more expensive than here in Australia, or Arrington is shopping at fancier second hand stores than me.  Most items of clothing in the charity "op shops" I like to visit are under $5.

My favorite piece of clothing is from just such a shop.  A Salvation Army store to be precise.  I have worn it and worn it.  Almost every time I wear it someone tells me how much they like it.  To think I almost didn't buy it because it seemed to expensive at $15!

My favorite skirt.

Unfortunately I got the bottom of it caught in the wheel of my chair at work one day and it tore.  I was devastated.  But a very kind friend sewed it for me and did such a wonderful job you cannot even see the repair.  Now I don't wear it to work too often and if I do I am very careful not to roll around on my chair as much!

Perfect for twirling!

When I set myself a similar challenge to "Buy nothing new" in February 2009 it was surprisingly easy to stick to.  In fact, it was so easy that I found it quite challenging to go back to buying clothes after that.

My mum told me about a similar concept: "Buy nothing with a bar code".  It is intimidating to think of how that principle would apply to buying food!  I am certainly not ready for that.  No where near ready for that!