It has cute wittle heart buttons. And it’s stripey and I love historical reproduction. BUT It will cost about half my disposable income for the rest of the year. I’ve been saving for a while, and part of the reason I save is so I can get special things like this, but buying special things like this is why I always end up close to paycheck-to-paycheck.

Help me decide! I tend to get hyperfixated on a favorite article of clothing and wear it 3-5x per week until it disintegrates or is really inappropriate for the temperature.

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    3 months ago

    It could be really great for fall, and while I could never handle the anxiety owning an expensive piece would give me, this statement

    I tend to get hyperfixated on a favorite article of clothing and wear it 3-5x per week until it disintegrates or is really inappropriate for the temperature.

    makes me think you don’t have that anxiety and would actually get your money’s worth out of this thing.

    Can you try it on?

    Can you wait a week to decide?

    It is very cute, and I bet you would look dapper af in it. How would it go with the rest of your wardrobe?

    idk, I’m leaning “wait a week to make sure it’s true love THEN DO IT” but I’m also not in the most stable or reasonable place psychologically rn so maybe don’t listen to me

    or maybe do - I can be the little fashion devil on one shoulder whispering encouragement while these angels cry out for you to behave and save your money 😂

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      3 months ago

      Sorry you are having a rough time right now my friend Care-Comrade I am worried about it selling out so time is a little of the essence, and I can only compare the measurements against clothes I already own. Overall it would fit well into my wardrobe very well, but it is a good chunk of change. Trying to figure out if that would scare me out of wearing it for a year or if it means I would wear it even more. The only other expensive piece of clothes I own, it took me about 2 months before I could even wear them out of the house haha.

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          3 months ago

          I did decide to buy it. Thankfully there is a really good returns policy because it is covered by the Japanese consumer laws and not the USan so at the most I am out $40 on shipping if it doesn’t work.

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          3 months ago

          No yet! I’m still on the fence. And I’m going to the good thrift store to buy classroom furniture tomorrow so hopefully I’ll find something to displace my fixation onto lol.