day fifteen

During the war, people needed to use not only their hard earned money to buy clothes, but also their clothing coupons.  A typical allowance was 48 coupons a year.  

Given that the outfit I am wearing today (brown jumper, jeans, and all the relevant underwear - you don't need to know the details) would use up 14 coupons, and a coat and shoes would use up another 10, I think I would have had to develop my needlework skills pretty quickly!