Follow the Yellow Brick Road 2023

LadyWithAPlan

I am also finding I am overspending and also need to declutter my wardrobes.. (plural) So I am following in your footsteps 

savingholmes

Good luck with the great wardrobe shuffle/declutter.

SandyShores

Busy week and weekend again, so not much decluttering actually done.  But I have more of an idea of what I want to keep.  I read an article about decluttering your wardrobe and it had tips about removing clothes that don't fit, you don't wear, are or keeping just in case or are memory clothes etc.  Scary - as I think the majority of my wardrobe will fall into this category.  Just got to find time to sort through.  In the comments someone mentioned keeping an interview outfit and a party outfit which I think is really good advice - I'm not sure I have either but maybe I'll find something hidden in the depths.  Looking forward to getting started.  

savingholmes

I think some of the best advice on decluttering I heard this year was to only keep the stuff that fits your life now not the mythical life you may have in the future. Also your home is a container and it needs to work well for the people who live in it and for the activities they want to do - not just as a storage solution.

SandyShores

I think that's good advice savingholmes and when I am doing my wardrobe decluttering I'll focus on what I need now, rather than keeping things just in case.  It will be hard to let go of my for the future outfits.  I like to dress for comfort and I'll make sure I have different themes of my comfort outfits that can be suitable for different occasions.

I see what you are saying about having a home that works for us.  I do tend to think of it as a storage container and work on what can be squeezed in and stored, but I really want it to be a home for relaxing that reflects my personality.  So this is another thing to think about when I'm decluttering, instead of keeping things just in case only keep the things that I enjoy being around.

Its baby steps at the moment.

savingholmes

Glad it helped. Sent you a PM with a book and utube recommendation.

SandyShores

Thanks savingholmes, its important for me to have a plan before I tackle a task.  Will try the recommendations when I get time.

I've worked out which is my going out dress, and I know I have interview/smart work wear.  So now I just need to sort out everything that I don't wear/haven't worn for a long time.  The charity shop bag is getting fuller and I'm adding to the Vinted pile.  My 'at home' outfit is jeggings, plus a top and cardigan but I need to have one or two smarter versions of this for leaving the house.  I seem to have lots of tops and various pairs of jeans that I don't wear and I'm hoping if I thin out the choices I'll end up with less stuff that's worn more.  I would like a pair of boots and another pair of shoes - I live in trainers at the moment - so my aim will be to use any profit from Vinted.

SandyShores

Several more items added to the Vinted section.  Plus a small pile of summer clothes stacked up ready to go in the top of the wardrobe - I just need to find a suitable box.  One drawer left to sort as well as the bottom of the wardrobe which contains shoes and bags - I have a plan for better storage.  Its a good start.

SandyShores

Really proud of my decluttered wardrobe.  I can instantly see my everyday clothes - stretchy tops, cardigans/jumpers and jeans.  So much easier to see now that all of the summer clothes are packed away, all of the clothes I don't wear are in the spare room wardrobe waiting to go on vinted, and the rest are in the charity bag.  Shopped in one of the supermarkets today and found a lovely cardigan - it means my tatty old ones can be recycled.  They really are old and tatty - one was a charity shop buy and all the stretch has gone and there's a hole under arm, the other was an M&S purchase but its really seen better days and I feel really yuk when I'm wearing it. I think those may be ready for the recycling bag. Going out clothes section is tiny, but I hardly ever go out.  Workwear is still quite big, but its all things that fit and who knows when I might need an interview outfit.  Just a couple of drawers to go through now - old t-shirts to dispose of - then its the shoes and bags.  

savingholmes

Sounds like you are making excellent progress.