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How Many Clothes are Enough?

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve reduced the size of my wardrobe by almost half, yet I still feel like I have too many clothes.  As I’ve progressed on my “Recovering Shopaholic” journey, I’ve frequently pondered the question, “How many clothes are enough?”

I’ve touched on this subject in a number of previous posts and even wrote more extensively about it in “What is a Normal-Sized Wardrobe?”  But my perspective has continued to evolve since writing that article back in February.  In today’s post, I avoid discussion of normal versus abnormal and instead look at the more individual subject of “enoughness.”

How much is enough?

Do you know many clothes are enough for you?

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Useful Links to Help You “Shop Your Closet”

Many of us are trying to pare down our wardrobes, shop less often, and add fewer pieces to our closets. However, we sometimes worry that in doing so, we might sacrifice style and not look as polished and put together as we’d like.

We often think we need to buy more in order to cultivate new looks and keep our style fresh.  While buying new pieces is one way to update our look, it’s not the only way.  There is a lot of possibility waiting to be unleashed inside our very own closets!  Today’s useful links post focuses on the practice of “shopping your closet” and how it can help us to save money, better use what we have, and amp up our style quotient.

Shop Your Closet

There is more possibility in your closet than you think!

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Decisions, Decisions… The Keep or Purge Question

Many women (and a lot of men…) have too many clothes in their closets. Even those who don’t struggle with overshopping generally have more garments, shoes, and accessories than they know what to do with, as they continue bringing new things in without moving old things out.

Closet Overwhelm

How do you decide what stays and what goes in your closet?

Having More Choices Isn’t Better or Easier

We often hang on to our clothes because we believe more choices will help us to dress better, but that’s simply not the case.  Too many clothes leads to too many choices, and the resulting overwhelming has us reaching for the same 20-30% of our pieces over and over again. Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Shoppers

I’d like to share a story with you about two very different types of shoppers.  One is a shopaholic who shops unconsciously, buys too much, buys the wrong types of things, and returns at least half of what she acquires. The other shopper shops much more carefully and mindfully, buys far less, and doesn’t need to return many of her purchases.

Both of These Shoppers Are Me!

The interesting twist is that I’m writing about the same person at two different points in her life.  In fact, both of these shoppers are me!  The first shopper is me prior to starting this blog and the second shopper is me now, in October 2013.  In this post, I share a before and after comparison of how I used to shop and how I shop today.

Two types of shoppers

I shop a lot differently now than I did a year ago…

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Useful Links: Tips for Shopping Smarter

Many of us love to shop, but do we know how to shop wisely?  I know that I, for one, have frequently struggled with making the right buying decisions.  How else do you think I ended up with so many wardrobe “benchwarmers”?

I’ve learned some things along the way and do my best to share my knowledge here on the blog, but I don’t have all of the answers!  Fortunately, there is a wealth of information available on the Internet.  In today’s useful links post, I share some great articles on smart shopping.  Enjoy!

Shopping Tips

Sure, you like to shop, but are you a savvy shopper?

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