This past Saturday night, I stayed up until 1am ironing. Now what could possess someone to do such a thing, you may ask? Because who irons on a Saturday night? Perhaps a better question is “Who irons at all?” Because this girl doesn't. At least not usually. I wouldn't want the glorious invention that is Downy Wrinkle Release Spray to go to waste…
But on Saturday, I made an exception and dug the squeaky ironing board out of the closet. Why? Because way back in September I started The Closet Challenge. I challenged myself to wear every single item in my closet. If I don’t want to wear something, I have to get rid of it. It’s now March, and I am almost done. In a few days {or in a few tank tops and pairs of pants} I will be completely finished with wearing my whole closet. I had a hunch it would take me about six months to wear everything, and it turns out I was exactly right.
See all those backward hangers?!
I've had some other ladies join me in the challenge, and they said it was depressing to do laundry and hang up clothes that you know you won’t wear again for a very long time. {My method is to re-hang my clothes with the hanger facing the wrong way after an item has been worn.} And I get that. I remember looking at my racks when I had only worn about 10% of my clothes and realizing that the challenge was going to take a very long time. But it gets so much better! The past month has been really fun. I have so few items left to wear that it’s been so easy to weed out items I hate…. because, let’s be honest, if I haven’t worn something by now, it probably needs to go.
Post-ironing...
By Saturday night, my “get rid of basket” was packed so full I couldn't fit anything else in it. That’s when I decided it was time to actually get rid of the items that have been accumulating in the pile since the fall. I busted out the iron and devoted myself to the worst housekeeping task known to {wo}man. After about two hours, I had freshly pressed clothing on hangers and another basket of neatly folded clothes and shoes to sell. I dropped off my best items at my favorite upscale consignment store in Scottsdale the next day. I’ll probably stop by Plato’s Closet with the rest this week, and if there are any good items left, I will host a “shop my closet” sale soon. Stores here are only taking spring/summer clothes right now, so I might have some cold weather threads for you! If you want to know more about how I sell my clothes for cash, read this.
The overflowing basket.
Piles of clothes to sell. See those yellow loafers and those cute green smoking slippers? I've worn them each one time {they ended up being too big} and they will be for sale on the blog soon!
I’ll be back in the next week or two to share some of the things I've learned from completing this challenge. I am obsessed with organized closets full of flattering, wearable clothes, and I would love to share my tips with you.
And how about some winter outfits, before it hits 90 degrees in the desert this weekend??? I successfully wore every single long sleeved shirt and sweater in my closet this "winter." Hooray!
Left: Shirt: Elle for Kohl's // Sweater: Gibson at Nordstrom // Pencil skirt: Kohl's // Shoes: Novo {bought in Australia}
Right: Shirt, sweater and jeans: Banana Republic // Shoes: Minnetonka Moccasins at Nordstrom
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11 comments:
What a awesome challenge. I feel inspired now. Great outfits as well.
Well done! Glad you got to wear all your longsleeved tops this "winter"! I cannot wait for spring and the chance to bare my arms!
UR adorable! I hate ironing, great job!
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I finished the challenge around January. I ended up getting rid of SO much stuff! But now I feel like I don't have anything. I need to shop for things that fit me well and that I love. I won't be buying everything I find anymore, just because it's a good deal.
Wow. I wonder how long it would take me. I don't even want to know. But great job on both the challenge and the ironing. Your outfits look good.
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I'm visiting from the pleated poppy's link up. Great challenge. I did a 30 in 30 challenge in January and i was amazed at how many new outfits i came up with. We have way too many clothes that we don't get enough use out of. I find that blogging has helped me make more outfits and be more creating. Great job.
Agi:)
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Good for you! I keep going through my closet thinking I cannot possibly get rid of more clothes, and yet, every few months, there goes another bag of clothes to the donation box!
What an amazing challenge! Way to go for doing it! I think a lot of us, especially bloggers have a tendency to buy it because it's so pretty/trendy/blogable....you get the jest. Great reminder tat we have great stuff already, and if we're not wearing it, it should be gone. I'm hosting a giveaway, I'd love if you'd stop by and check it out :)
Ginny
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I need to do this challenge. I am trying to do better about wearing things that I don't normally wear. I think I would find a bunch of stuff that would end up in the 'get rid of' pile.
Amy
Fashion and Beauty Finds
I'm not doing any "challenge" per say, but I do think that blogging has helped me to think a little more creatively about getting dressed. That's awesome that you can resell your clothes! I tend to love my clothes so fiercely that my the time I'm done with them...they are way too worn out to be worthwhile to sell. :P
Turning the hangers is a great idea! I was wondering about a good way to keep track of what's been worn and what hasn't...
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