Not me - Old Navy and Columbia are high end for me. Some of my clothes came from the hardware store.
I’ve had to start buying better shoes as I got older, so often they’re not from the thrift store where I get most of what I wear, but I’m definitely under $300 a year and so is husband.
Ooops that was supposed to be @Crow !
I think clothes from the hardware store here would be in the same bracket as those brands
Is there a polite/appropriate response when you answer the phone and the person on the other end says “hello?” I’m always annoyed by that. You called me, I said hello, now it is your job to begin the conversation. But it seems rude to say that.
Maybe I am rude. But I just say “Hi, how can I help you?” when someone does that to cut to the chase haha
Yes?
ETA Followed by “Who is this, please?” if they don’t tell you that when they respond.
‘hey’
‘yes?’ (degree of tone heavily dependant on my mood and whether it sounds like a call center in the background)
That seems extremely polite!
Is there something similar to baby powder (dries areas of skin prone to chafe or trap sweat) that doesn’t have talc or cause cancer if used in delicate areas??? Is that even a thing still??
Modern baby powder is made with cornstarch! I have also used a sort of powder lotion from Megababe.
Seconding cornstarch.
A lot of running products have silicone and at one point ppl would use lube because it was cheaper. I doubt that’s the case now.
Cornstarch powders are great but buildup and resweat can lead to gross things and fungus so be cautious how and where.
As an unfancy adult who does work in an office (technically), but one where I’m considered ‘well dressed’ because the majority of my clothing doesn’t advertise local breweries, I’m at almost $800 this year. However, the past couple years look like they’ve been $300-$400…pre-Covid it was <$100 and the majority of that was on shoes and underwear, but when the thrift stores around here stopped letting you try things on or return them for anything other than store credit I kind of gave up on them.
For what it’s worth, the big delta this year was a trip to Europe that required nicer attire at several points than jeans, sneakers, and some combination of t-shirt+vest, and I do appreciate having a few higher quality pieces on hand now (kudos to whoever recommended the Blundstones, I love those things). I’m probably not going to keep the budget quite that high, but I will be keeping an eye out for some of the more lasting pieces.
Dolmades. The TJ ones are really good and I just remove them from a can and put them in another container and they’re always a hit! If you have a lot of people then maybe 3 cans will do the trick. And they’re also vegan and gf!
I’m not sure how to phrase this to search, but is there a way to insert a marker line in a chart in Excel (or Open Office which is what I’m actually using but usually Excel stuff translates over well). Something like the green lines in this picture.
How do you determine your max no. of people you can host for a meal in your home? It’s not like I have 20 chairs I can set up
For a sit down meal, I constrain by table/chair size.
For hanging out, I constrain by All Available Sitting Surfaces.
Argh we’re borrowing tables/chairs so I can’t even be suuuuuuure
Probably not helpful but my strategy has been to invite gradually increasing numbers of people to each subsequent meal until it gets to the point when I go Oh yes, this is too many people for this space
I love this method but there isn’t enough time 
What size is your home? I say number of bedrooms x10.
But x5 is less squishy
ETA x5 in mine is 20 and it feels very relaxed. 25-30 is definitely party vibes but can sit for dinner esp with tablecloths on the floor. 40 no sitting, upstairs or a bedroom or two as a breakout space.
