My usual shopping habits consist of me falling in love with various dresses/shoes/jeans and then trying to justify the £60 price tag to myself for the rest of the day. "If I wear it/them 10 times then each wear actually only costs £6." etc. It never works, I end up strapped for cash and resenting the lack of variety in my wardrobe as I tend to opt for quality over quantity most of the time.
So I decided something had to change, but the dilemma came when I realised I didn't want to compromise on the quality of any of my clothes. This is when I discovered ebay...
You have to be prepared to wear second hand clothes, which I'm completely fine with, lots of the clothes I buy now are from vintage shops and it really doesn't make a difference if they have been worn by 3 people before they finally get to me. I came across a student who was selling the majority of her walk in wardrobe in order to raise money for a house deposit. Luckily she was the same size as me and all of her clothes were beautiful. Most had been bought from the vintage section in Oxford Circus Topshop, which is stupidly expensive as they have caught onto the fact that the vintage industry is huge now. But from the pictures, everything looked as though it was in lovely condition, and I was bidding for them at a fraction of the price she would have paid for them. What's also really great about it is that you can also find so many one off pieces, which is a refreshing change from the high street, where you can buy enough of one variety of dress for your whole family.
What I also love about the who nature of ebay is the bidding. Not knowing until the last minute whether you're going to win or lose the item is really exciting, especially if you're only paying £2-£3 for it. Although, I would not recommend it to anyone who is overly competitive. I learned the hard way that just because someone else is bidding on the same item as you, doesn't mean you have to beat them! I now own a pair of shorts that I paid £20 for and wasn't even particularly bothered about them in the first place. But lesson learned, I now set myself a maximum amount for each item, and (most of the time) I do not go over it.
Here is a few items I've bought recently...
