I like clothes and I'm getting a bit better at choosing clothes that suit me plus I'm also being a bit more adventurous. It helps that I have DFO on the way home from work so I get to try lots of things on without necessarily buying. Just the fact that I try lots of things on makes me better at knowing what suits me and what doesn't.

BUT, despite the fact that I buy a lot of things at very heavily discounted prices from DFO, the price of clothes really s***s me. I love the things I buy and unlike in previous years, I know I will get a lot of wear out of what I've bought because I choose carefully now but again, I think the price of clothes is ridiculous for what you get.

I just bought a cotton dress which is gorgeous and the sort of thing you can dress up or down - it will be an everyday dress as well as something I could wear to the races with a different pair of shoes/jacket. It was $140 - now in terms of price per wear that's value for money because I know I will wear it to death. BUT at the same time, it's just a simple cotton dress that is probably worth no more than $20.

Does anyone else feel the same and is there any shop that you think offers real value for money?

Yep, I know - opp shops. I did buy a wool coat from an opp shop on the weekend and that was $110 which I think is great but there's just some things that you need that you can't buy from opp shops ... or you just get impatient and you're not willing to wait.