Kelsey: The Minimalists Wardrobe

When I first heard of minimalism many of the articles I read were about people who'd assigned themselves a set number of personal belongings they were allowed to have, some as low as 50!

For me that's a little extreme, I live a fairly eclectic life and as such it requires a decent amount of "stuff". One area I am able to pare down is my wardrobe. Thankfully, and with great effort, I've recently lost about 25 pounds and went from a size 17 to a size 10. As such, many of my clothes no longer fit properly and thanks to second hand shops I have smaller clothes that fit better. So today when work was agonizingly slow I thought about what clothes I love, which ones I wear often and which ones fit me; I did something I do all the time, I wrote a list.

When I finally got home from the second job (14 hour work day anyone?) I decided to jump in and sort through my clothes to fill out my checklist, some of which are still in the laundry. I'm trying to see if I can get my wardrobe to fit entirely into my luggage set that was my christmas present from my parents a few years ago.

As it stands here's my list:

1 pair jeans
1 pair kahki slacks
1 pair grey slacks
1 pair black yoga pants
1 pair jean shorts
1 pair white shorts
1 pair exercise capris
1 pair biking/running shorts

1 swim suit

7 pairs underwear
7 pairs socks
2 "nice" bras
2 sports bras
1 strapless backless bra
1 pair spanks
1 pair tights


1 pair black flip flops
1 pair white flip flops
1 pair black boots
1 pair black work shoes
1 pair running shoes
1 pair snow boots

1 baseball cap
1 fedora

1 hot pink colombia rain coat
1 "leather" coat
1 carhardt coat
1 ski coat

1 ski pants
1 duff
1 pair ski socks

1 little black dress
1 blue sundress

1 heart sweater
1 warm grey sweater
1 huge camo hoodie

1 black tshirt
1 red tshirt
1 grey namaste in bed shirt
1 black and white striped shirt
1 black yin-yang shirt
1 roses tank top with shrug

"Maybe" Items

Cowboy Boots
Mud Boots
Red Dress with Black Belt
Black Spandex Shorts
1950s Style Black Skirt
Grey and Lace Zip Hoodie
Light Heather Grey Hoodie

Running total: 69 items? I dunno. It's too late to count.

(Next Morning Now)

Already this morning I've gone through 4 boxes of clothes to donate which has come out to two full black garbage bags, one of which I'm questioning if I'll be able to carry to my car, I may have to split it between two bags.

The two bags of clothes to donate along with the box of "maybe" items.

Next on my agenda is to go through blankets and kitchen stuff! Yikes!

Wish me luck! Love Kelsey, Nellie and Jasper

P.S. Jasper came home to us on Thursday Night, he's a scrappy little fluff ball and walks pretty awesome for only having three legs!