1 YEAR NO SPEND! Can it be done?

Just move back home and saving will be easy

Actually, I am a homeowner with my father. Moving back home after college made sense for me as I was able to save a lot and spend so much on myself. Now with only my income plus my father's retirement, we are both scraping by. If we live outside of the bay area, I would be in a better position. That's my whole reason for a change in profession/further education.

I'm sorry to hear that drewcandraw, may you rest in peace.

7 MONTHS!
(Ok so I bought a shirt with some TS credit and a sport jacket for $20. But those were planned before I started).
What have I learned ...... Nothing!
I dont spend a lot on entertainment (movies, music, electronics). So buying clothes was my entertainment.
I guess by slowing my roll I've come to appreciate that Fit is King, impulse buying gets you stuff you don't wear much (you don't study the fit guide, discription as well as you should), and it's good to get wear on your stuff.
What I'll be buying in 5 months. A Good pair of Leather sneakers and maybe a lite denim shirt. Other then that nothing comes to mind.

New Years will start a bit of a buying freeze (On clothing, specifically) for me, too. Re-prioritizing based on future plans and goals. Since I've been in England, I've already slowed my spending on clothes I would say by 80% a month... Now that we've enacted our plan for her to move here from Japan (She's quitting her job, breaking her lease, and selling the car.... Visa is already applied for as well)I've got bigger and better things on the horizon (Marriage proposal), and I want to make it special. We've talked many times about marriage, and a big wedding just isn't in either of our plans, but I do want to have a spectacular proposal, get her a *NICE* ring, and a beautiful honeymoon trip. All of this will be paid upfront, rather than saving for it; the money is already there... The slowed spending will be to replenish what's spent.

This time of year starts my annual "no spend on myself until Christmas" - but I'm already 3 days behind on this. I actually am going to try and extend it beyond the holidays. I'm sitting on some credit with Soso that may end up being used for another pair of jeans I don't need, but aside from that, I'm comfortable with trying to limit my spending.

I didn't want to commit to this, especially with some of those sneak peaks from TS (like the herringbone Mechanics shirt) that were teased in the product surveys. They are bound to drop as soon as I commit to a no spend.

Congrats DigDug.

Sh*t, well that didn't last long. Just backed the buffalo check Moto shirt from TS. Starting tomorrow.

In my defense, I actually own zero buffalo check. I felt like I was failing as a denimhead/lumberjack-wannabe. I assumed it was a part of the requirements to post on here.

Best of luck with that!

Now that I have my IH, I too am probably on a bit of a pause for clothing. I have a couple of G things pending, but I think my clothing needs are pretty well set for now. About 5 years ago, I was introduced to the world of US made clothing and have turned over most of the clothing I owned in that 5 year span. Much of the turnover was due to different fashions and fits (it amazes me how baggy cuts for shirts and pants used to be, even 5-6 years ago compared to today), and finally figuring out that, since I live in MN, I probably need winter clothes and summer clothes. For the most part, the new stuff I've bought has been US made. This has been helped by the fact that, compared to 5-6 years ago, I am able to afford more expensive, better made clothing. I don't think I'll ever be a denim collector, not because I think it's dumb, just because I don't collect anything. I like a house lean and mean. I have 3 pairs of denim. One old Tellason that's my yardwork pair, Gustin Oky's which are my "everyday" pair, and my 20 oz. Ciano's, which will be a winter "everyday" pair. I'm good on stuff for work too. I anticipate needing to replace some New Balances in the next year or so and maybe some underwear, but that might be it. The only exception is if I decide to bike more in the fall and spring months. I'd need to get a few things for that.

Of course, I said similar things in this forum December 2015, so who knows.

So it's officially over? That's it. You wait until everyone is distracted by the election and drop this bomb hoping it will get buried by the other news? 

Man, so much for making America great again...

If that's your decision, I think the committee (all of us on this thread) can vote to uphold the no spend. Do we give you a deadline for deciding?