I’m an oddly expensive low maintenance princess. I will spend on a fabulous vintage bag (love old Coach, only in all weather leather though, which will outlast us all), or good shoes, but wear them with huk/Columbia fishing shirts from the thrift store (great place for hunting/fishing gear!!), Walmart or Academy tshirts or fleeces... makeup is for funerals, doctors appointments and dinners out. I promise, I do brush my bob at least!!! Jewelry is another story. I’m guilty there, and vape gear. Those are just guilty loves I don’t mind spending on.
I'm weird about how I buy clothing.. I don't buy new. When I lived in Kansas City I got into the habit when the kids were little of going to the Pembroke Hill Country Day School's annual "yard sale" which is an annual weekend "clothesline" event that raises money for the school.
The area the school is in is an area that's wealthier than Beverly Hills, generally speaking, so the women who clean out their closets don't buy anything that's not high end designer clothing.. and when they clean out their closets it's always last years style but often clothing that still has tags on them .
So, instead of spending 200 on a blouse, your spending 5 or so max and if it's not new it's likely only been worn a couple times and been well cared for.
When you go you have to fight women who are there for the sole purpose of reselling the clothing for profit, but it's always been worth it to me as I can be extremely well dressed (and most people don't know "last years" style from this one) for next to nothing. I normally spend about 200 a year on clothing as a result. You go the first day of the sale to be super picky and get the best they have to offer for work clothes or otherwise nice clothing, then again the last day when it's 10 dollars a trash bag full for your "play" clothes or outside chore clothes. (they fairly well give away everything the last half of the last day so they don't have to figure out what to do with it all)
Now that I'm not in the area anymore it doesn't matter. As I have friends in the area I can time visits to coincide with that sale and others to keep dressed in nice clothing inexpensively. Just one halfway decent outfit brand new is 100 dollars (slacks and blouse) and the quality at that price point is usually low, in comparison I can spent 200 -300 dollars or so and get trash bags full of high quality clothing that would/could last me years.
I actually have a commercial clothing rack in a room designated for just my clothing to house that particular habit... lol. I am a clothes horse. I just don't spend much money to get it.
And since I have no other real bad habits, I'm in fairly good shape for being low maintenance. I don't wear much jewelry due to bring allergic to anything that's not 18k gold or platinum, (I have a definite metal allergy) and don't get into purses so I'm easy.
Lol..
