Just like last month, I managed to avoid the sales and stores most of the time. The continuing heatwaves meant playdates at home in the aircon and so there was no shopping temptations from meeting up in Westfield. Unsubscribing from emails from online stores has helped keep temptation at bay as well.
The biggest help in avoiding shopping has been the boys though! Their naps have gone from sometimes lining up to never lining up so it's extremely difficult to waste time online 'just browsing' shopping sites. That has been the major factor to make this month another easy month for avoiding shopping. I feel it's made me a bad blogger too as it's so hard to read other blogs but baby routines change so much, it's only temporary.
Two years ago I did a wardrobe inventory. I wanted to do one last year but never seemed to find the time. I'd like to make it an annual thing. In 2015, I had 101 accessories and 266 items of clothing.
Since then I have had many more declutter sessions, a wardrobe detox with a personal stylist and another pregnancy. I was interested to see how the count would have changed this year. The totals below doesn't include things like pieces I only wear for layering, pyjamas and loungewear.
2017 Closet Totals
Accessories:
30 scarves
29 bags
- 3 tote bags (Mulberry Bayswater, Louis Vuitton Neverfull, Rebecca Minkoff medium MAB tote)
- 1 travel bag (Louis Vuitton Keepall)
- 4 hobo bags (Balenciaga day bags in Truffle, Magenta and Tempete. Sarah Conners python bag.)
- 7 shoulder bags (Rebecca Minkoff MAM, Marc Jacobs Fran. Balenciaga sorbet city, black part time. Mimco Button Bag, Chloe Paddington, Guess)
- 11 cross body bags (Avalina leather. Rebecca Minkoff mini MAB tote, saddle bag, micro Regan, striped mini MAC, aqua mini MAC, metallic mini MAC, neon pink mini MAC, quilted Love. Louis Vuitton Speedy Bandouliere, Mulberry metallic Lily)
- 1 vintage Chanel bag
- 2 clutches (Chloe paddington clutch, Balenciaga envelope clutch)
24 pairs of shoes
- 8 pairs flats
- 1 pair of wedges
- 3 pairs of heels
- 2 pairs of Converse
- 3 sandals
- 2 pairs of thongs (flip flops)
- 5 pairs of boots
Clothes:
- 15 fitted tanks
- 21 other tanks
- 24 nongrey tees
- 7 grey tees
- 9 long sleeve tops
- 6 shirts
- 5 camis
6 jumpers
8 cardigans
20 jackets, including
- 3 blazers
- 7 kimonos
- 3 leather jackets
- 2 trench coats
16 pairs of jeans
- 1 set of flares
- 2 printed jeans
- 13 skinny jeans
4 pairs of shorts
19 skirts
- 8 maxi skirts
- 1 a line skirt
- 10 pencil skirts
41 dresses, including
- 3 wrap dresses
- 11 maxi dresses
- 17 office dresses
Final totals:
211 items of clothing
294 pieces
It's wonderful that I've managed to reduce the number of bags and scarves but I'm surprised I've increased the number of shoes I own! I'm disappointed I have so many dresses, after I got rid of a few at the end of the Frocktober challenge. It's good to see I've halved the number of grey tees though.
How Many Outfits?
Since I'm attempting the #30Wears challenge this year I thought it would be interesting to calculate how many outfits I'd have in my wardrobe if I tried to get 30 wears from everything. Keeping it simple as maths isn't my strong point, just looking at tops and dresses and not outfit combinations:
30 wears from 41 dresses is 1,230 outfits. Almost 3 and a half years of outfits.
30 wears from 97 tops is 2,910 outfits. Almost 8 years of outfits.
And I frequently think I have nothing to wear, wow...😮
If I was to just focus on getting 30 wears out of everything I currently own, I wouldn't need to buy any new clothes for around 11 years. Somehow 6 months without shopping seems like a very short time. You can be sure I'll be looking back at these numbers when I'm tempted to buy something, to help me stick to my no-shopping challenge for the next 4 months.
I really liked looking at how my wardrobe has changed in 2 years and if you enjoyed seeing it too I'll attempt another inventory next year. If you've done a similar count please leave a link to your post in the comments, I'd love to read it.
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