I have been using the money I got for Christmas and birthday on needs not wants. Last year due to the triple whammy of a new job with a totally different dress code, weight gains and years of not buying clothes (with a fair amount of what I owned being too young for me) I spent $1734.19 on clothes, but this year so far only $10 when our motel did not have laundry facilities and I ran short on clean underwear. It had gone from necessity to retail therapy but I think I am cured.