Cost Per Wear

Yesterday I was explaining how important it is to purchase quality clothing especially during touch economic times. Here is another reason - it's called Cost Per Wear.

Lets say we purchase a $90 pair of nice wool gabardine pants. We wear those pants once a week for 9 months. That is 36 wears per year. The pants last 3 years so we wore them 108 times. If you divide the cost with the amount of times we wore the pants you could say the pants had a .83 cent cost per wear.

If we purchase a pair of $20 bargain pants - what I call disposable clothing - made of a cheap synthetic and we wear them only 6 times and they loose their shape and begin to pill - our bargain pants come to a $3.34 cost per wear. Now which one is the real bargain?

If you are shopping today, take a good look at the quality of the item you are purchasing. That will help you decide if it is a true bargain. Right now so many stores are having good sales. If you normally don't shop in higher end stores you might want to stop and see how low they have marked their high end clothing. If those $90 wool gabardine pants have been marked down to $50 or $60 - you've really got a bargain. Go out shopping with confidence that you are a smart shopper and enjoy those new items. Have a great day.
Joyfully,
Chris