Whoo, if I knew I would have had this many responses I would have checked earlier today instead of waiting til I got to work. Thanks everyone! You guys have made me feel a whole lot better about the clothes.
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Catkiki 
You should NOT feel guilty. You haven't gotten any new clothes since 2006? You deserve it!
A home made gift is MUCH better. It does not matter how much you spend on a gift but the thought behind it. If someone is disappointed because you didn't spend big $$, then that is THEIR problem not yours.
I almost feel ashamed to admit that its been that long. I think last year, while I was at my previous job, I spent the money I got as my holiday bonus on 2 work outfits because at that point I had only like 2 outfits I could wear to work and then a pair of jeans if I remember right but besides that I can't remember getting anything else since highschool.
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calico2222 I agree, there is nothing to feel guilty about. You needed clothes so you spent money on them. It's not like went and bought a diamond watch that you didn't need just because you wanted it. Clothes are something we kinda need to be able to function outside our homes.
But, I understand where your coming from...I HATE to spend money on myself. I'm down to 2 pairs of jeans I can wear to work cause the rest are thread bare and have holes (thank god our dress code is casual 99.9% of the time..we only have to wear dress clothes when the bigwigs come up twice a year). Even if we have the money I feel guilty spending it on myself.
BUT, the difference is you spent money making those gifts. Believe me, I know the materials needed for them is NOT cheap. You can't put a price on the time and love put in to them. Don't feel guilty for getting something you need. Let me put it this way, if you had to chose between buying Christmas gifts (when you already had some) and getting a new washer, which would it be?
lol I wish I could wear jeans at work...of course most of them don't fit me anymore -_- but besides that they're in great condition so I just need to loose a few pounds then I'll have quite a few pairs of jeans.
I know, I've just started knitting about 2 months ago so I've I had to spend a lot of money just getting the basics. I had one pair of knitting needles that a foreign exchange student didn't want to take back to Germany with her but besides that I had nothing. I haven't tallied up how much I've spent on supplies but I'm sure its more that what I had expected to spend on things.
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Winchester You know what? You have a job. And you work hard for your money. Treat yourself. We're all entitled once in a while to do something just for us. You shouldn't feel badly one bit. And Tyler, neither should you. You're a SAHM and you work hard, too.
Rick has often told me that I don't spend nearly enough on clothes for work (we're only allowed to wear jeans on Friday; the rest of the time it's casual work clothing). But I'm like you....whenever I do, I feel guilty about spending money on myself. A few weeks ago, I did splurge a bit and bought some work clothing. But I'm always very careful to find good sales and a good value for my money.
As for making gifts, I think that's wonderful. You and Tyler amaze me with everything you can do. There are a lot of people on this board who amaze me with the things they do!
I know, I always try to get good deals on clothing. There's a girl that works weekday mornings and she was going spend $180 on one pair of jeans...I about had a stroke. I told her that I could get 3 or 4 pairs of jeans for that much and she looked at me like I was the crazy one! Unless I was filthy stinkin rich, I would never spend that much money on a pair of jeans....I don't even think I spent that much on prom dresses in highschool....I'm talking both junior and senior prom dresses combined. I
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3CatsN1Dog
I get buyers guilt constantly. I go get groceries and I feel guilty so if I were in your shoes yeah I would feel guilty. But there is a difference between your shopping and willy nilly shopping. Yours was like my birthday shopping. Completely warranted. I spent over $300 on clothes for myself and within five minutes of checking out I felt horrible but it was my first time buying clothes in about four years.
I too make our Christmas presents and we will have some extra money next week. I am buying groceries not shopping for people. I won't feel bad at all because we need the groceries they don't need extra presents from us especially since I made all the presents with very high quality yarn and is customized to each person by style and color. Imo if they don't appreciate that then poo on them.
haha, when I was at the store, I made sure I tried everything on and then when I got home I tore off all the tags right away because I knew if I left the tags on them for any amount of time, I'd probably would have taken them all back due to guilt. But really in a way, despite the guilt I feel about spending the money on myself, I actually feel much better than I have been. I've been ridiculously depressed lately and even though the shopping totally exhausted me, I was like "yaay now I actually have things I'll want to wear!"
I only used medium quality yarn for most of my presents mainly because I've been so broke but I did splurge on some 100% wool yarn for the felted coin purses I'm going to make. Of course if I would have known a month or two ago about have the money, I probably would have used it on materials...of course if I waited til now it would def. be to late to be able to finish everything on time. I think the only person I have to worry about them appreciated the gift is going to be may boyfriend's little sister...she's a little materialistic and spoiled. She's a good kid but she tends to turn her nose up at things that don't meet her expectations and she's usually pretty obvious when she's not happy.
