Comments on: Dressing For The Races On A Budget

By: Jingwen » Blog Archive » Jingwen’s Competition #6

Jingwen » Blog Archive » Jingwen’s Competition #6 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:04:05 +0000

[...] my “outfit for the races” post two days ago, Bobbi-Lee commented that the bulk of it consisted of sale items, that wouldn’t [...]

By: marilyn

marilyn — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:54:49 +0000

I love how you budget your outfits. I’m not good enough to do that in a reasonable amount of time, so I just wear whatever – unfortunately :P

By: Regina

Regina — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:48:53 +0000

Wow, that is an amazing outfit for a lot less than $400 AUD!
If only I knew how to budget as well as you do… :P

By: Carmen

Carmen — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:31:21 +0000

I love looking at those spreads even though I wouldn’t want to spend so much on one outfit- the one you’ve put together looks awesome, which begs the question- are you going to the races this year?

By: Chans

Chans — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:28:29 +0000

I always hate it when you see fashion spreads with ‘MUST HAVES’ over it, or ‘ON A BUDGET’ or anything like that. When I then go on to check the prices of the items I either must have or could fit in an budgeted outfit I have to keep myself from fainting. Seriously I can’t imagine someone wanting to spend all that money on one item when you can spend so much less for a while outfit.

I really think you should go to the races, just to show them how it’s done properly, with a budget ;)

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:17:00 +0000

Now I see why my Aussie cousins love to shop where I live, it’s so much cheaper here than in Australia.

Gorgeous outfit, by the way.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:54:06 +0000

…where I live, not where I love! oops!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:51:02 +0000

Your outfit is fabulous! And you can definitely put together a cheaper outfit if you just get creative enough! Using the thrift store, looking for sales. I don’t know how they think prices of more than $250 is “budgeting”.

We have a huge thrift store here where I love, and I’m planning on going to check out what they have. You can find some really neat stuff there, like your pearl necklace. That goes so well with your outfit! XD

By: Bobbi-lee

Bobbi-lee — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:36 +0000

True, but your budget includes bargain/sale items which not everyone can grab up (especially if you got there first) and those bargain items probably won;t be printed in the paper. But I agree, who in their right mind spends $400 on one outfit!

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:05:44 +0000

You need all the budgeting you can with the cost of tickets! Love your outfit, the cost is cheaper than the material I bought to make my own races outfit >_<