And the List Continues...

Hello everyone.

We hope that the first week of the new year brought with it moments of growth.

As for cataloguing our personal items, we have begun to take a stock of the bedroom.

Perhaps the most disturbing thing I (Shayda) have come across is how many items of clothing and how many pairs of shoes I actually have. I'd like to consider myself someone who doesn't really care about having a lot of shoes, and yet I have fourteen pairs. The point is that I didn't know how much I had until I looked.

The other thing I noticed, that I recommend you to try, is to actually COUNT your clothing. Yes, every bit of it. I'm talking socks, underwear, t-shirts, everything. I always think that I don't have anything to wear. Once I catalogued everything and saw the large quantity of things, the many options, I reconsidered. Something that I think might help the daily dilemma of "I don't have anything to wear" is to keep everything organized. I had socks in my t-shirt section, pants in the long sleeve section. As a result, I just found articles of clothing that I had forgotten about! Perhaps this is why we keep buying and re-buying things we already own: we forget what we have.

Below are a list of things I found in my closet and dresser. Tristan will post his soon:

socks (individual socks, since I mix and match mine): 43
underwear: 29
leggings: 5
pantyhose: 2
jeans: 5
dress pants: 4
exercise pants: 2
exercise shoes: 3
exercise tops/t-shirts/tank tops: 29
pajamas: 2
robe: 1
long sleeves: 35
jackets: 10
dresses: 11
suits: 2
skirts: 4
purses: 5
scarves: 11
hats: 3
gloves: 2
galosh: 1
boots: 3
exercise shoes: 2
in-door, keep feet warm shoes: 2
flip flops: 3
dress shoes/work shoes: 9

All these articles of clothing create a slightly embarrassing reality. I didn't know that I had so many things. Many of the things that I uncovered in the piles of clothes, in the shoes, are things that I don't wear; yet I still have them. Also, there are many things that I've found that I didn't know I have, things I no longer have to buy.

My challenge to you, the reader, is to take stock of what you have, clothing-wise. You might be surprised at what you find.

Happy searching,
Shayda & Tristan