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10-14-2017 09:18 PM
@MacDUFF. First let me say thank you for the giggle you provided in your description of your "Botticelli belly"....which, by the way you DON'T have, I've seen pics you've posted! But it made me laugh!!
Second, I love your project idea. I've done a version of it the past year, and it's a constantly evolving project. Every couple months I go through and pull things I'm just not wearing anymore, and into the donate bag they go.
I want to be in the same group of folks who only buy...and keep...what they love, and what looks good when worn.
Thanks for posting and for the incentive to keep going, myself!!
10-14-2017 09:21 PM
10-14-2017 09:21 PM
I think that buying several pair of jeans that you LOVE and that you LIVE IN really IS a great investment!
It's a good principle, to buy something that you wear a lot in multiples. I find that to make a lot of sense.
10-14-2017 09:32 PM - edited 10-14-2017 09:33 PM
I can relate to your closet and even though I photograph every single clothing item that I buy and the photos into a digital photo album, the photos are of the individual clothes and not me wearing them. When I did the transition of summer clothes into fall I went through all of my sweaters and got rid of most of them. I am not a sweater wearing person and don't like cardigans (I feel like Mr Rogers in one.) I got rid of several waterfall cardigans that had way too long sleeves and were too big in the upper arm and kept only 1 that I actually wore on vacations. I've kept one button sweater as it has a removable real curly lamb shawl collar but that sweater may still get the toss while I keep the real fur collar.
Earlier this year I got rid of most of my dresses as I seldom wear any. I did not wear one single dress this year so far. And when I tried them on some did not fit well due to a meno-gut.
I also tried on every single fall and winter top and got rid of any tops that emphasized my mid section.
10-14-2017 09:34 PM
@QueenDanceALot wrote:I think I may be afraid that if I get rid of those things I never wear that my closet is going to be almost empty.
That's a little scary to me.
O.K., I'll shut up now.
hahaha
Think about being able to 🌪 T-W-I-R-L 💃 in your closet!
10-14-2017 09:47 PM
@MacDUFF wrote:In the last few days...and this is just the beginning...I have accumulated 4 bags of fall/transitional items for Goodwill (one bag is full of books, a purse, some jewelry, and a pair of tennies)...
I see this meme on FB all the time & have to laugh.
So true.
Sometimes the drive to the donation site is the hardest part.
🙃😀🌼
10-14-2017 09:48 PM
Repeat after me: "I will not buy things I at least like, I will buy things I love." Teasing you! New rule: If I don't wear (and love) something new (ie, if I don't take the tags off lol) within a few weeks of purchase, it's going back. You also hit on something I've been struggling with...I'm semi-retired, so why am I even looking at "work related clothes?" I don't even get that!
We'll whittle together (altho mine is probably more like bulldozing lol)...and it's killin' me, too!
I think a constantly evolving wardrobe is a good thing (within reason), and I hope to get to that point after I get a handle on what I already have!
You're way ahead of me...proud of you! Cardis are tricky for me...I don't like the Mr. Rogers look either lol...but I can wear the straight front cardis.
LOL! More room in my closet and drawers is a goal.
10-14-2017 09:51 PM
If I don't go immediately to the Goodwill, I'm afraid I'll start taking things out of the bag and putting them back in my closet lol.
10-14-2017 09:58 PM
I did a huge closet/clothes purge earlier this summer. I donated 6, yes 6, large black 33 gal size trash bags. Yikes! It’s been a few months and I feel like I should go through things again and what I kept that I “thought” I should keep, yet haven’t touched, should be cleared out now too. It feels like the never-ending project right now. LOL!
10-14-2017 10:01 PM
Inspirational!! I did something similar two years ago and am back where I started. Sales are bad. Don't buy because of price. Buy because of fit, style and it actually goes with something you already own.
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