Shopping My Closet
I received a compliment from a friend the other day on the outfit I was
wearing. When she asked where I got it
I replied “I shopped my closet”.
My friend asked where this shop was located and I repeated to her that
what I was wearing came from my closet and that I had just “shopped my own closet”!
I explained further that I was not working much these days, basically
just delivering some part time Training.
I was transitioning into retirement mode and trying to cut back on
spending and part of my restraint program involved a personal challenge to stop
buying unnecessary clothing.
I have always loved fashion and take great pleasure in shopping for
clothes. The result was a closet bulging
with so many items I had a tough time finding ‘anything to wear’! New items would be purchased and added to the already overflowing closet and although I did on rare occasions clear out that which I didn’t fit or wear much I knew that I had more than enough to wear without buying more.
Shopping, although fun and therapeutic at times, had become a costly habit for me!
My closet is not large and yet it isn’t too small either but I knew it
wasn’t more space I needed.
I needed to
organize the space I already had. This
would aid my motivation to ‘shop my closet’ instead of a store. I devised a plan to clean out my closet and
organize it in a way that I could clearly see and find outfits that I actually
wore. In the past I had thought about removing
seasonal clothes however it seemed like too much work at the time. In spite of
this I started with the removal process and I eventually removed EVERYTHING with the intention of only putting back what I actually wore regularly!
Having freed up some space allowed me to spread out my outfits and be able to clearly
see what I had available to wear. I
tried on everything and if the buttons were bulging or the waistline too tight
they were sent off to the Thrift Shop.
I found things that I had forgotten I had. I discovered ‘shamefully’, outfits I had never
worn.
I had more than enough to wear and
the best things were jammed in where I couldn’t even see them!
So now that I have completed this mountainous task I can ‘shop my
closet’ and revisit items that are like new.
So take a peek in my closet and think of me
the next time you say “I have nothing to wear” and consider “shopping YOUR
closet”!
Author: Trish Repay (BlackCrowCurios)visit me at my personal blog: http://blackcrowcurios.wordpress.com/a-bit-about-me/
