Okay, so I think I've figured out what my clothing purchases for this fall/winter need to be. I am currently 34 weeks pregnant so I will be needing these for late October and thereafter.
One nursing nightgown (need it for the hospital)
One casual long skirt (corduroy or khaki)
One dressy long skirt for holidays and Sunday
2 belly huggers
3 long-sleeve nursing tee shirts
2 casual sweaters
One red dressy sweater
One brown belt
4 pairs of thick tights (2 to match casual skirt, 2 to match dressy skirt)
One pair of brown fashion no-heel boots (must be fairly weather-proof)
I already have jeans in assorted sizes for the period of time when I am getting my figure back. I think that's pretty much all I have for the fall wardrobe that I can still use.
The above list I paired down a LOT-- is it too much or too little or what? I should add that I am a SAHM but I do like to look nice, I refuse to wear sweats or pajamas all the time.
This Spring I would like to buy one good quality pair of shoes like mary-janes or ballet flats) that will go with almost everything and then I can get rid of a lot more shoes, but I can't do it this fall since the above list will already be expensive-- I want to buy quality items that will last a long time.
I've almost always just bought what was on sale that I liked, and the items often did not coordinate well together, which means I have generally had a hard time trying to put outfits together and didn't feel very confident about how I looked. I think that's why a lot of people wind up just wearing jeans all the time-- it's easy to match jeans with anything.
One nursing nightgown (need it for the hospital)
One casual long skirt (corduroy or khaki)
One dressy long skirt for holidays and Sunday
2 belly huggers
3 long-sleeve nursing tee shirts
2 casual sweaters
One red dressy sweater
One brown belt
4 pairs of thick tights (2 to match casual skirt, 2 to match dressy skirt)
One pair of brown fashion no-heel boots (must be fairly weather-proof)
I already have jeans in assorted sizes for the period of time when I am getting my figure back. I think that's pretty much all I have for the fall wardrobe that I can still use.
The above list I paired down a LOT-- is it too much or too little or what? I should add that I am a SAHM but I do like to look nice, I refuse to wear sweats or pajamas all the time.
This Spring I would like to buy one good quality pair of shoes like mary-janes or ballet flats) that will go with almost everything and then I can get rid of a lot more shoes, but I can't do it this fall since the above list will already be expensive-- I want to buy quality items that will last a long time.
I've almost always just bought what was on sale that I liked, and the items often did not coordinate well together, which means I have generally had a hard time trying to put outfits together and didn't feel very confident about how I looked. I think that's why a lot of people wind up just wearing jeans all the time-- it's easy to match jeans with anything.
: Now I'd like to go through and purge out more pants. One thing I find with pants, about half my pants fit great one half of the month, the other half fits great the pther half. (pre and post flow...) so it's hard to pare that down, knowing that the ugly green pants are the only ones that are comfortable for that 3 days right before my period. Etc. Maybe it's time to switch to skirts.
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I purged a ton of stuff from my closet earlier in the year. I had a rough m/c in March and once I finally recuperated I just said to heck with all this STUFF! I had clothes I was saving for when I lost weight, things that I just never wore etc. I sold the majority of it (whoo hoo!) and gave my sister tons of stuff (she doesn't really need it, but she basically gets a new wardrobe every time I clean out, never this much though!). I ended up with my closet half full and one bin for winter things under my bed. Okay, and I still have 2 drawers of pjs (my one weak spot), my undies/bras/socks drawers (they each get one drawer in a small lingerie dresser) and that's it! Well that and I still have about 20 pairs of shoes, most being flops and sandals. But honestly I go rid of over half my stuff! I was so proud and then found out I was pregnant again a month later...so now my maternity wear now resides in my empty half of the closet...and to top it off I had no long sleeve maternity items so I've bought more than I needed to get through. I'm definitely a "well it's ONLY $5" type of shopper. But it helps that we're living on a little tighter budget now and I rarely, rarely go to a store! I agree with whomever said that the less you shop, the less you want to, it is completely true! My next step is to purge a ton of my maternity stuff that I'm not wearing NOW and eventually cut out a ton of the t-shirts I've still had trouble parting with...
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