American Thrift - A Look at the American Economy in the 1950's

[westyslantfront]

It is almost a year and a half since I lost 70 lbs. As I am
5' 6", I went from 237 lbs to 167 lbs, from a 46 waist to a
36 waist. It took a year and a half of hard work to lose all that weight. After I stablized at my new weight, I had to buy new clothes. Even my shoe and boot size is 1/2 to a full size smaller. I have not worn dress clothes in a long time so as part of my new wardrobe, I decided to buy some dress clothes. About the only occasion to wear dress clothes is for church on Sunday. It makes me feel good to dress up once a week.
Episcopal churches are generally informal and plenty of people come to church in shorts and sandals.
I have friends here who are black Baptists and on visiting their parish, everyone, without exception is dressed up and many of the women still wear hats.

 

[alanlendaro]

Gee Toggles, thanks!

I will be having nightmares for a week!

We were just on Long Island (Syosset and Centereach) this weekend... and they are right. It IS a long island!

 

[westyslantfront]

It is almost a year and a half since I lost 70 lbs. As I am
5' 6", I went from 237 lbs to 167 lbs, from a 46 waist to a
36 waist. It took a year and a half of hard work to lose all that weight. After I stablized at my new weight, I had to buy new clothes. Even my shoe and boot size is 1/2 to a full size smaller. I have not worn dress clothes in a long time so as part of my new wardrobe, I decided to buy some dress clothes. About the only occasion to wear dress clothes is for church on Sunday. It makes me feel good to dress up once a week.
Episcopal churches are generally informal and plenty of people come to church in shorts and sandals.
I have friends here who are black Baptists and on visiting their parish, everyone, without exception is dressed up and many of the women still wear hats.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Ross you look MAHVELOUS!

Oh darlings, a visit to NYC and/or Long Island is not complete without a vist to Toggle!

Come on by and sit for a spell! All are welcome!

 

[sudsmaster]

Up till sixth grade I was in Connecticut. Wearing jeans to school was forbidden in those years. When we moved to SF in '63, I think the dress code was a lot more relaxed,but it still took me years to get used to the idea of wearing jeans to school. In fact I think I wore cords until the 80's.

Most of the time, until I got out of college and got a real job, I never had any money except for essentials and then sometimes not even for that. So I didn't need to budget - I just rarely bought anything non-essential. 25 years of steady jobs for increasingly better pay, buying a house, and then a layoff in 2002 finally led me to realize that my spending had gotten a lot looser and it was time to sit down and figure out just how much I needed for essentials (mortgage, insurance, utilities, phone, food, gas, etc) and how much I'd have left over for the fun stuff (computers/cars/washers/tools/entertainment/clothes). Most of the time when working I just keep an eye on the checking account balance and if it falls below a certain level I know it's time to cut back on the fun.