My Birthday Gift (to myself) + How I Save The Most Money On Clothes

ByTeri Moore
My Top Money Saving Tips For Nice Clothes | This is how I have a pared-down wardrobe of expensive, quality clothing for pennies on the dollar!

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My Birthday Gift (to myself) + How I Save The Most Money On Clothes
I’m getting a little personal today. My birthday is this week and even though I’ve committed to spending less in 2019, I was able to buy myself an expensive gift for only $5! Today on the blog, I’m sharing my top money saving tips For nice clothes. This is how I have a pared-down wardrobe of expensive, quality clothing for pennies on the dollar!

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First, let’s start with my birthday gift to myself because it took me a while to decide what I was going to buy and I’m super jazzed about it.

My birthday is January 12th. Each year, I receive a $15 store credit voucher from Banana Republic that allows me to take $15 off any purchase. There’s no exclusion and no minimum to buy. I’ll go more in-depth with this in a minute, but for now, you should know that I get this coupon because I have a Banana Republic Luxe Visa Credit Card and that I don’t have to spend thousands of dollars at their store to qualify for it. This year, I also happen to have a $10 Rewards Certificate for using my Luxe Card to pay for bills. This system is a little hard to explain but I’ll go into major details below.

With both of those credits/rewards, I had $25 I could spend at Banana Republic before January 31st (the month of my birthday). To get the most out of that money, I decided to do two things;

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1. Make a list of items I always wish I have when I’m getting dressed. For instance, if I pick up a blazer from my closet and think to myself This would look so cute with a leopard print blouse, then I add Leopard Print Blouse to the list. It takes a few weeks to really get the list going but I keep a pencil and pad of paper in my closet to keep track of all my missing links. This is a method I’ve always meant to instill but it was’t until I was reading Shavonda Gardner’s post on The Holes In Our Home during which she mentioned Karen Brit Chick’s method for building a better wardrobe that it finally clicked and I put the plan into action. Once I had my list and my $25 certificates in-hand, I committed to myself that I would only buy something if it appeared on that list. This is my way of making sure whatever I purchase is going to actually be worn. I have a terrible habit of buying clothes that are trendy and cheap but then not ever wearing them. Note to self: a good deal is only a good deal if the product gets used.