I tried to sort through some of my clothes. Having recently sold a bunch on eBay and donated two baskets full I thought this would be a simple thing. It turns out. I still have a lot of clothes. But not many. It’s the weirdest thing. I was sorting through the clothes thinking skirt, skirt, skirt, top, skirt, skirt, skirt. Hmmmm, why don’t I own a puffy skirts? Or a skater skirt? All my skirts are very straight in their cut. I should branch out in the skirt department. So I add pouffy skirt to the list.
Then I try to find my one pair of black pants and can’t find them. And I wonder why I don’t own any slim fit cropped pants. Or some wide leg pants that aren’t huge on me. I need more black pants, I think. Clearly black pants are missing and I wear them for work so it’s a work thing. No problem. I’ll add pants to the list of items I need to add to the wardrobe.
Then I flick through the t-shirts, unable to throw them away even though I hardly ever wear them. Some of them. But Summer is coming up, I say, I’ll need t-shirts. You always wear more tee’s in Summer… Right? So I fold them up and pack them away again. Smiling at the ranges of colours and styles. Wondering why the heck I have 6 black t-shirts and no yellow ones. So I add yellow shirt to the list of things I want for my wardrobe.
Then I realised if I keep this up, I’m going to be buried under clothes. Skirts mostly.
So maybe I shouldn’t clean out my wardrobe. Right?
Hi! I’m Melissa Walker Horn. Around here, they call me Suger. I’m the Chief Blogger and doer of all the things here at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; I love a casual ootd, taking photos, and writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet over at Chalkboard Digital. You know, living the sweet life.
I feel your pain! I’ve sold over $600 on ebay of old clothes and have donated 2 huge garbage bags …. All good until I discovered 17 Sundays!! My ebay earnings… well spent! At least I’ll look good!
Yes! I have been doing the same. I have finally let go of all my size 12 stuff. It is not that I don’t want to fit into them. It is just that I know my style has changed, and that if I DO get down to a size 12 I will buy all new stuff anyway. That and i’d be stoked just to get to a 14. So off to ebay it all goes. Plus I am getting rid of stuff that fits but that I dont wear. Sadly I am buying almost as much as I am selling. Ha Ha
I think that’s important. It’s like getting rid of the past in a lot of ways. You’re SO right. Even if you were ever a 12 again, why would you want to be wearing 10 year old clothes? You’d be shopping your skinny ass off. Haha.
Ditto on the buying thing. Me too. Absolutely.
It must be the season for it 😉 I’ve done the throw out, give away, ebay thing recently too. Tomorrow my bestest bud is coming to hang in order … OMG it’s the most wonderful feeling … plenty of room for more glammerness ;~)
My clothes seem to breed and spawn more and more replicas of the same item. I throw the same things out, time after time {and by that I mean donate, give away or sell} and yet, there is always more! Can’t wait for my wardrobe room. SO excited.
It’s such a trap. Maybe it’s a “Melissa thing”, but every time I try to clean things out, I get sucked into what else I need. Can’t wait to see your new buys though!
Maybe it IS! It’s the list maker in us, I think. 😉
I’m about to do something this weekend that I have no doubt would send the fashion lovers amongst us in the blogosphere into meltdown. I am clearing out my wardrobe. If I haven’t worn it in the past 6 months OR if it no longer fits me, no matter how much I may love it, it’s being turfed. I’m expecting to end up with a few pairs of jeans, some pants and about a dozen tops if that.
Scary and liberating all at once. I’m blogging it so you’ll be able to read all about it!
Well keep SOME stuff. Makes me nervous FOR you. Haha. I’m such a hoarder, apparently. I do regular clean outs, but I still have WAY too much. Like, waaaaay too much. Need anything I could send you from my stash? 😉