Can I start by saying this, I love my Facebook fans! Whenever I ask a question I get the BEST answers ever. Do you do this questions to yourself???
How much money do you spend on your wardrobe?
Do you set a budget for the year?
Do you buy as you go and hope for the best?
Are those the answers? I don’t know and don’t want to know. No. Yes!
Spoiler alert, all of my answers suck!! I’ll admit that I am fully obsessed with fashion. So when I see something that I “need” I buy it. Budget be damned (aka what clothing budget) and at the end of the year when I add up all of my receipts, I basically cry myself to sleep for a week.
Not good.
So this year I have made the decision (not some feathery resolution but a decision) to get smarter with my money. So I did a little digging to find out how much money I should actually be spending on my wardrobe. The results of my study were disappointing to say the least. Apparently the proper percentage of your salary is 5%.
FIVE FREAKING PERCENT!! So that means …
$40,000 gross is about $28,000 net. Clothing budget $1,400/yr
$60,000 gross is about $42,000 net. Clothing budget $2,100/yr
$100,000 gross is about $70,000 net. Clothing budget $3,500/yr
$150,000 gross is about $105,000 net. Clothing budget is $5,250/yr
*sad stats courtesy of Pete the Planner
The news gets worse because apparently this piddly percent is for ALL of your clothes – clothes for you, your family, workout clothes, dry cleaning and repair, shoes, AND handbags. Every damn thing.
Definitely makes you think a little harder before hitting checkout.