Shopping lists are hard-packed these days, but budget remains low. The economy hasn’t changed much in the advantage of many. Lay-offs, less job openings, higher bills, and increased necessities, all clutter and await money. When added with compulsive buying attitude, the problem becomes a burden greater than wife and husband fighting. Some tips on how to live on less, including cutting on daily expenses, will do a lot of change than simply make things clutter the more. But one way to help live on less is so intriguing that a number of people committed to live by it for a certain period of time.
This intriguing strategy is called diet shopping, a self-imposed exercise in frugality started by a web challenge called Six Items or Less, and followed by a stricter program called the Great American Apparel Diet. The program listed pledges of not buying new clothes for an entire, and would only rely on 6 items or less for everyday wear, excluding under wears, footwear and accessories. The move was originally to make a buzz on the environmentally damaging effects of mass produced clothes while denying fashion. Alongside that, committed people can largely benefit on the amount of money that can be saved during the program.
Why not impose Diet Shopping to yourself, and see the benefit? If you’re a physician, the medical uniforms, scrub tops, scrub pants, warm up jackets and lab coats can help a lot, as you can count similar items as one. From your Cherokee scrubs, a basic v-neck tunic scrub top in ceil blue, paired with scrub pants in the same color, might not even give anyone a hint that you’re wearing the same things over and over again. A white nursing shirt worn over a scrub jacket should also work well. To complete the list are two
lab coats, 1 full-length lab coat and 1 consultation coat
An entire year of wearing the same six items can consume your patience and sense of innovativeness, so you might as well adjust the diet to taking out from your closet another set after every 4 months. Buying can just proceed twice or once a year. For safety purposes, regular washing and proper fabric care should be ensured.
