PURGING

As part of reforming my habits, I'm making a conscious decision to purge my closets of things I have not worn in over a year.

For me some clothes have a history so it is hard to let go. I have  lovely rose coloured boiled wool jacket that I picked up in Paris at Monoprix about 9 years ago. I was on a 4 month sabbatical from work, hanging out in Paris in early October without enough warm clothes.  I wore that jacket almost non stop for the next two months. It travelled to Bordeaux, San Sebastian, London, Whaley Bridge and finally back home to Canada!

For quite a few years after that  it was also a work wardrobe staple.  I wore it with a  pair of grey plaid Tahari pants that have some pink in them. It also travelled to Amsterdam and back with me. A lot of memories to be sure. 

As I write this post it's already in the pile of clothes to give away and I'm feeling a bit nostalgic. Should I go and retrieve it?  Will I ever wear it again? Can I down grade it and wear it with my Lulu's on the weekend? Questions abound. But I must stay firm.  My closets are bursting so I must be strong!

I wrote the first part of this blog about 3 months ago and I have to say, I am not feeling any regrets in fact I feel liberation!!  I am actually looking forward to some more purging at the end of the summer!  My dream now is a tightly edited wardrobe of great peices. I want to buy and wear only those things that I truly love.  The wool jacket was a long term relationship but clearly not a marriage!