Dude, I am chock full of epiphanies this week.
The other day, I was listening to Morning Edition on NPR and they had a diet specialist come on and talk about how wasteful the American people are with food. How most people if they have leftovers will throw them away instead of eating them. And how you should take inventory of your fridge and cupboards every week before you go food shopping because you inevitably have things in there you forgot all about and use everything in your produce drawer first since that goes bad first and how much money it will save you for year and so on and so forth.
I can't really comment on the hrowing away leftovers thing since in Weight Watchers, at least in my group, they tell you to throw your leftovers the hell away especially if they are not low points meals that way you won't pick at them. I even do the whole Miranda thing and will have a few bites of a brownie and then coat it in dish soap and throw it out.
Hey, desperate times, people!
In any case, my point isn't about Dawn-covered pastries or wilting lettuce, it's about clothes.
You see, I have a LOT of clothes. A ton, really. I go through phases where I buy a top or skirt a week and then the next month look in my closet and cry about having nothing to wear. I have blinders when it comes to my clothes. I only SEE the same 6 or 7 outfits in my closet full of probably 50 outfit possibilities. Why is someone with 30 perfectly nice tops wearing a sweater with a hole in the neckline!? It's madness!!!
So I made a decision, to do with my wardrobe what that man on NPR wants everyone else to do with the food in their kitchen. I am going to use EVERYTHING before it goes bad and I have to throw it out. I am going to wear at least one thing a week that I haven't worn in months. I am going to wear those shoes that I loved when I bought but haven't seen the light of day since 2005 beacuse you know what? I am tired of wasting my wardrobe.
Case in point. Today I am wearing my usual black sweater and dark jeans Friday ensemble, but with my metallic green pumps I bought myself for my 25th birthday, and this funky gold and bronze tote I bought on Ebay a few years ago.
And you know what? It works.
And it's almost LIKE buying something new because people haven't seen it in so long. And by people I mean me.
So look out, back of my closet! Because you are moving on up into the rotation!
Friday, December 01, 2006
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i know the pain of seeing unworn clothes. they are like unwanted kittens. *sniff*.
i live in a different world than you. i buy nothing and wear my clothes until my drawers and closet are empty. i have the smallest grossest wardrobe of all time. but i'd rather spend money on booze. oops! ha! <3 danielle
haha well i don't see you that often unfortunately so to me you could have the biggest wardrobe known to man. <3
Great idea. I seem to wear the same jeans and the same black turtleneck all winter. Pathetic. LOL
Don't care about the food - but DON'T WASTE the coutre!
Besides, the more dish soap you throw in brownies...the more clothes you'll fit into :)
(Formerly Irish Red)
Just had to share that as I read this, I am eating leftovers from dinner last night. My friends CONSTANTLY make fun of me for being the leftover queen (even going so far as to say I order specifically so I will have leftovers).
As for the clothes thing, I constantly look in my closet and hate everything I own. I always end up wearing the same things over and over. Perhaps I will have to try out your new concept!
I am more inclined to go into my clean clothing pile (I rarely get them to the draws or closet) before hunting in my closet. So that is why I wear the same outfits every week.
My problem now, is that I am finding my wardorbe getting... baggier, but I am reluctant to go shopping because I don't want my new clothes to be to baggy in a months time either (well, that is being optimistic in that I hope to lose more weight).
I so need to do that as well - unfortunately I am in the situation where half my stuff doesn't exactly fit right now. But hey, all the more reason to wear out the stuff that does!
Shannox that is my prob now too. I lost about 14 lbs in the past month and a lot of my shirts are a little loose which is fine, shirts can be loose, but pants are a bitch when they are too big! but do i really want to go out and buy new pants and jeans every month? not so much.
I actually DO need to ditch my clothes. I look like I have an expansive wardrobe, but it's only because I hardly ever throw out my ratty duds. I need Stacy and Clinton from "What Not to Wear" to come over, throw my closet out, berate me for some of my old-ass work outfits, and give me $5000 to replace them. That would be fab!
Sarah - you can always go shopping in your closet - and who knows what one may unearth!!! Sometimes, the closet is better than the store - esp. when it comes to shoes & accessories... those *always* fit!
You should get all your girls together for a "clothing swap" - make martini's and swap clothing you no longer want.
Great idea! I started pondering on something along those lines as well a few weeks back. But then, I fell into a sales rack and forgot all about it...
This concept of yours will, however, be my New Year's resolution :) People might stop bugging me about how I spend money on clothes I don't wear. And by people, I mean my boyfriend.
Oh and, I love your blog by the way; very enlightening.
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