Buy Less-Choose Well-Vivienne Westwood

I'm extremely guilty of being a clothing/accessory hoarder.  It's difficult to part with my possessions.  I actually feel anxious and nervous when looking at my belongings and telling myself, "You haven't worn this in x-amount of time..get rid of it!"  

To keep myself out of this emotional turmoil that I somehow always put myself in here's what I plan to to:

Buy Quality-Not Quantity

This can be a little tricky since I've turned myself into a budget/thrift fashion blogger.  It's easy to be lured in to buying bags full of clothes because the price was right.  

As I've been going through my closet these past few days with a fine toothed comb I've been taking out a lot of items that were purchased at Goodwill that still have tags on them.  I bought them because they were there...not because I LOVED them.  Throughout these past few years I've really been able to hone in on my style and the kinds of looks that I go for so if I'm out shopping and something catches my eye yet doesn't support the kind of closet I want to have, then I won't take it.

I'm also going to limit my shopping trips!  I used to go to thrift stores every chance I got.  Before work, after work, on my days off.  You could always find me out and about shopping somewhere second hand.  This year I'm going to limit myself (actually I'm grounding myself after seeing how much I've bought but never wore...that money could have been used for trips and traveling!) to only shopping when it's been more than 2-3 weeks, if someone wants for me to go shopping with them, OR if I have a client for Treasure Box.  

I haven't been shopping for myself in a few weeks now and I realize how good it feels to be able to use the clothes that I have in my closet that haven't had a chance to be worn.  If you follow my instagram (CynthiaEdee) then you'll see that I wore a sequin blazer to The Pearl the other night.  I've had that blazer in my closet for over a year now and never wore it.  Not because I didn't love it but because I was constantly buying something else that I wanted to wear instead.  I kept on adding and adding to my closet with no real intent other than I just wanted it.  

I will always shop second hand because of it being environmentally friendly, the support it gives to non-profit organizations or small business owners, and because it's financially friendly to me.  But I can easily get mixed in to purchasing too many items that aren't really me.  So from here on out I'll tell myself, "If you saw this at the mall would you buy it full price?"  If the answer is no-it goes back on the rack.  

This is going to go for all areas in my life.  Beauty, home decor, furnishings, etc.  If it doesn't add value then it's not coming home with me.  No matter what the price is.

Does anyone else share this same goal?

-CE

My sequin jacket that was finally worn.