Settling into your winter
wardrobe can give your anxiety as your mind wants to wonder into spring.
Depending on where you are geographically, you have a few more month of cold
weather. This is the perfect time to purge or resale all of your winter items that
have aged. I’m sure you picked up something new during all of the holiday sales
and as gifts. If you added two sweaters to your inventory, find one to give
away or resale. Doing this for articles of clothing, jewelry and accessories
allows your keep your closet fresh, declutter and possibly make some extra cash
on the side. There is nothing worse than making discoveries of items with tags
still affixed because your items don’t have a designated place. Your drawers
shouldn’t be hard to open and close, your clothes should be wrinkled on the
hanger because they have no room to actually hang (rolling my eyes). Treat you
items like you want them to last forever, although we know they won’t, but they
WILL last much longer with proper care…as with anything. If you feel that I’m
am speaking to you directly…get to purging! You will see that the result if
having a closet that houses items you are happy to select from. This is
ultimately where you want to be. You don’t want to pick over items that you’ve
paid good money for, but don’t want to wear. Let’s reflect and be real with
ourselves. The primary reasons we don’t want to purge:
(1) I’m going to lose the weight – Okay…but until you do, get
rid of it! These items are taking up valuable space that can be used for items
that you can ACTUALLY wear. Stop walking around with clothes on that are too
small. No…it’s not cute…you look larger than you actually are and
uncomfortable.
(2) I can still wear it, but I really don’t go out like I used
to – Okay…keep 1-2 outfits on ice for those special occasions, but GET RID of
the rest. You could consign these items or sell them online and generate some
extra income. You aren’t going to start going out more frequent just because
you have clothes you need to wear; it typically does not work that way. There
is nothing that precludes you from buying something to wear with the time comes
or renting some (checkout the Rent the Runway app...I am all about saving a
dollar).
(3) I’ve had these for years and I can still wear them – Ladies
and gents…how about refreshing the closet with some newer and more trendy
items. We all know that styles always come back around, but not exactly the
same way. Just because plaid was in 10 years ago and now plaid is back, the way
that it is being styled is different. If you don’t want to part with the plaid
shirt, trade the large belt and bell bottom for a cute vest and some skinnies.
You can still purge, yet stay within your comfort zone.
(4) I’m going to take my boots and get them fix – If you
haven’t worn those boots all season and they are not CURRENTLY at the shoe
shop…purge them! Most women love shoes and we run out of places to store them.
If we really looked at their condition bi-annually, we would be able to manage
our inventory without the overflow. Ask yourself, how many of them are in
wearable condition? And please, do yourself a favor by not including those with
scuffed heels and toes (blink, blink)…thank you!
Let’s not make excuses for
having the hoarder’s closet, but instead prep our closets for new spring
arrivals. Managing our storage space for our prized possessions only leads us
to happiness when we find new “must haves”.
Use this time wisely and enjoy
the last couple of months of boot and sweaters season! Check out aclassycloset.com for great fashion
finds (wink). Shop 1/18/19-1/21/2019 and use coupon code: ITSCOLD for 30% off our entire inventory, online and in-store.
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