Well Heeled is on a mission to not buy any clothes for six months. I like this idea, and I wish her well. I’m having to consolidate my closets in preparation for the baby’s arrival. I’ve been using the closet in my office (the room that will become the baby’s room in a few months) as an overflow storage area for my clothes for years, but I’m going to have to figure out another solution. Maybe I just don’t need as many clothes as I have. When I take boxes to the thrift store to donate, I shouldn’t leave with as big a bag as I dropped off…
One bonus is that since I’m wearing maternity clothes now, all my regular clothes are just hanging in my closet, not being worn. So by summer time, I’ll be able to pull out a bunch of clothes that I haven’t worn in months, and it will all feel new again.
I don’t need any more maternity clothes. I’ve bought stuff at thrift stores for over a year now, and friends who have already had children gave me some nice stuff as well. So I’m pretty much set – I have more than enough to get me through the next four months (and yes, I know, I’ll still have to wear them after the baby’s born, but I’m planning to have that be as short a time as possible…)
Since we’re in an ok position financially, and since I buy all my clothes in thrift stores and rarely pay more than $5 for anything, I don’t feel a huge financial need to strictly limit my clothing purchases. But because we want to stay in our current house and make the space we have work for us, maybe I should stop buying clothes anyway. I don’t need anything else…
20 Something Lady says
I try not to buy clothes to often. But, when I do have to buy it is usually about 3 outfits at a time. The way I try and keep my closet less cluttered is to put all of the just washed clothes to a specific spot in each section (yes my closet has “sections”) Then after a few months all of the clothes that are on the opposite side are usually ones that have not been worn in that time frame. Then I just get rid of them. I figure if I havent worn it in that long, I’m probably not going to. Unless it is seasonal of course, but I try to keep that in the garage.
Bitsy Pieces says
I’ve suddenly discovered this urge to totally purge my belongings… I plan on going through every shred of clothing and tossing the stuff that I haven’t worn in a while (or will be impractical once the baby is born). I have way too many clothes… so I totally understand what you mean.