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The jeans depend entirely on original quality, how well you take care of them, and how often they are in use. As far as the others -- can you not believe that some people enjoy doing these things for themselves? Must everyone be like you?

I like doing my own nails, cleaning my own house, all that. It isn't a hardship. It's a lovely, cozy, tidy feeling. I don't like other people in my space or doing intimate things for me. But I won't judge you for feeling otherwise. It's a wide world.

I also like having things I have a long relationship with. I don't feel like I am depriving myself. I indulge in other things. Why is that offensive, or hard to believe?[/quote]

It's not offensive at all to think you love your stuff and hold onto it. In fact that's really inspiring. It's just hard to imagine how that works in a day to day, month to month way.

Your post suggests you don't wear the jeans very often. What do you wear day to day? Like can you give us a week's worth of your outfits? And does any of that stuff have to get replaced more often than once every 15 years? Sorry to get so obsessed with your spending and wardrobe habits. I am genuinely curious how it works.[/quote]

It's my day off. I'm wearing one of a few pairs of soft wool slouch pants and a long-sleeved cotton shirt. Target underwear and socks, and a really good bra (Empreinte). If I weren't going out, I might wear cotton or linen pants and a camisole. For regular work at this time of the year, it's mostly long wool skirts, Target opaque tights, thin woven sweaters or silk blouses, and boots. Same Target underwear and good bras. I workout in yoga pants and t-shirts, and I don't mind if they are stretched out -- just clean.

On weekends, I'll wear shorter skirts and tights or tailored wool pants. If I'm going hiking, I wear jeans. I have several dozen skirts and a few dozen pants, and I hand-wash almost everything wool. Cotton and linen goes in the wash. There's enough to rotate through that I'll wear any one thing once every month or two, unless I really want to.

I haven't tracked how often I replace things, other than shoes and bras. But if I'm wearing something 5 or 6 times a year, given the seasons changing, it doesn't get very worn out -- and for professional things, everything I has is neutral classic. I wear frilly frou-frou stuff on the weekends and probably replace that more often. [/quote]

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