Closets

I cleaned out my closet yesterday on a whim. I had been thinking about what would happen when I had to start traveling for work again. My corporate office is business casual and my normal office is just plain casual. I wear t-shirts and jeans every day. I was wondering if I even had any nice clothes left that fit. In the past few years, I have only bought t-shirts. So I started going through everything and trying things on. I ended up with a huge pile of clothes to give away. Some have never even been worn. I got rid of everything that didn’t fit or things that I didn’t like how they fit or looked. I even ended up with a pair of pants I forgot I had that do fit and I haven’t worn them, plus found some jeans I haven’t worn in a long time. I also ended up with one pair of nice black trouser pants and maybe 2 nicer shirts I could wear with them. I’ve decided to start early to get some nicer clothes so I’m not scrambling if the time to travel comes sooner rather than later. I should probably add shoes to that as well. I can’t wear dressy flats any more so I need a nicer shoe that has some support. I think I will also go through my puzzles this weekend before I take everything to the D.I. I know there are some I can get rid of. It feels good to lighten my closets up a bit.

I’m trying to not go too crazy for birthday shopping month so I won’t fill them back up again. Its fun to shop a bit, but I don’t need so much “stuff”. So far, I’ve settled on some eye friendly make up from Sephora, a couple books, and 3 subscription boxes that I wanted to try but won’t keep going. And that’s good enough for this year. I’m more interested in saving money for the things I need to do to keep my dry eyes happy. That includes a fish oil supplement which is crazy expensive.  But I’m willing to do what it takes and if they help then that’s where I’ll spend my money.