Are you sure?

[Because the woman was in desperate need of a new wardrobe.]

Because it's not a problem - your clothes probably aren't that expensive anyway.

[She startled, realizing she had let that one slip through the cracks.]

N-not that they're not nice in their own way! You just don't seem like the type to spend money on something so frivolous as clothing.

[And now she was calling her cheap. Smooth.]