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"I know, I know. I&amp;amp;#8217;m baffled, too. But a bunch of ladies have committed to 365 days of not shopping&amp;amp;#8212;and they want us to join them!No new clothes for a year? That&amp;amp;#8217;s fine. I&amp;amp;#8217;ll just go naked. Someone mentioned The Great American Apparel Diet in the comments a few weeks back, and I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been intrigued ever since. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s the deal: You can sign until the end of January. (Join here.) Once you do, you&amp;amp;#8217;re committed to not buying new clothing until August 31, 2010&amp;amp;#8212;so slightly less than a year for people who don&amp;amp;#8217;t join on Day 1. There are loopholes that make the whole thing slightly more palatable. You can buy footwear, accessories, and underwear (phew!). Clothing that you don&amp;amp;#8217;t pay for&amp;amp;#8212;say, gifts or swap finds&amp;amp;#8212;is also fine. But no new clothing, including outerwear and athletic wear. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve definitely gotten better at controlling my spending, but I still need the occasional party dress or pair of jeans. I just don&amp;amp;#8217;t think I could do it! Could you make it until August of next year without buying any new clothes? Anyone gonna sign up? What&amp;amp;#8217;s the longest you&amp;amp;#8217;ve gone without buying something new? If you must shop, at least do it on the cheap: 10 Ways to Doll Up Your Hair for Under $10 $50 And Under: Heart These Clothes $50 And Under: Glam Pencil Skirts More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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