Neither my husband or I spend very much on clothes. I live mostly in jeans, which I buy from QVC. A few weeks ago, I noticed my jeans were getting pretty worn out, so I ordered two new pair for myself.
Yesterday it rained, so dh took the afternoon off from work.
He desperately needed some new work clothes. In the summer he wears shorts and tee shirts. My dh does all the work himself, so his work clothes really look pretty bad, covered with paint, caulk, etc.

Once, I met him at a bank to open a high interest bearing cd. (remember those days) The lady looked at us and said "I am sorry, you can't open one of those c.d.'s, they require a minimum of $50,000" I said, "how about if I write you a check for $100,000.

The point is, he is never dressed well when he has his work clothes on. He likes to wear a straw hat and the guys at the building supply place told him they were going to take up a collection to buy him a new hat cause his had 3 big holes in it.

So, we went to Wal marts and got him some new shorts for $7 each and then we found him a straw hat at Ace for $7. The only thing that was really expensive was his new shoes.

He is on his feet all day long and his feet hurt, so good shoes are really important to him. We only have one place in town that sells decent shoes and it is a huge place called Alexander's. (It sells everything and has been in business since 1946; it started as a grocery store)

He found two pair of shoes there and spent a total of $165 but said they were the most comfortable shoes he had ever bought.

So for less than $200, he is set for clothes until next winter.

The stock market went up yesterday and the braves won their first two games, so I have $3 to add to my challege money.
Prev. total $6546.00
today 3.00
new total $6549.00