Buying Stuff I do not need

I keep getting urges to buy more clothes and notebooks, when I don't need to so I have done a mood board of  items I am going to buy this year to limit it. 

 A Picture from today and want to spend my money to have a coffee and write, rather than a top I no longer need.

I am one of those that will put things in the basket and not buy anything and create wish lists as this makes me really decide if I need it or not and limit what clothing I buy and save for day trips to places, during school holidays or at weekends, for household products. I going to be buying pillows and a new bed sheet. 

To get reminded of what I have I do watch decluttering programmes and Youtube videos and I have filmed me decluttering as stuff is stuff, and so now I am trying to make the most of what I already have, and it feels good to use up what you got before buying anything else. 

Also what is important. Does it better to have nice bedding or buy another jumper because it is cheap? 

It is a decision that I battle a lot with, because I like buying clothes, so before I buy anything more going to have another declutter of my wardrobe and see if can find the items I want secondhand and I do want to change my style a bit. 

How do you shop for clothes? Please leave a comment below, as I like hear others and how they organise their life to help me not be bogged down with stuff. 

I am buying more of what is a good investment, example I have bought a pair of Swimming shorts as I take my son swimming and will be going swimming again once a week when my son is at school and check Better Gyms as you don't need a membership to book to us the facilities and take my son in the holidays, as he has been having swimming lessons, so want him to practice and such a good skill and not have a fear of water like I did. 

So buying items that I know is practical and will be worn and would like to stop wearing leggins all of the time, and save my money towards having a holiday and buy one or two items per year and not every month and now I am debt free check out my Financial Living Youtube channel: Life and Money - YouTube and so want to save and build my income, so I can save for a good holiday and want to go to more concerts and go to another music festival. So I have to decide what it important to me to be able to do that and don't a lot of clothing, and also focus on my health and looking after my body and mind, buy not buying things I don't need. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Letting stuff go

It takes a lot for me to let stuff go and I admit it, I am a hoarder, but I know for my wellbeing that I need to. I do the method of when I want new items I need to declutter something I no longer need and be rid of items I already have and have no use for anymore.

I go by the method of when I leave my room to not leave empty handed if something needs to be desposed of and if it can be recycled. 

Doing one bit at a time helps me and so I don't tidy all in one go as I know this demotivates me, but one bit at a time, check out my EBook called: 

Things to Change one day at a time

Just making that one change can make all the difference and I will take a long look at it and ask myself could this do somebody else if it is in good condition or not and see if any family may want it or it gets given to be donated at a Charity shop. 

So this week I got rid of some bags of mine and put one in the bin and another to be recycled with some items to be donated and even though they were nice bags I knew that I was using them for storage but that is why I use Storage boxes so it let them go. 

It is because I want to invest in another bag I want that I have seen in a Charity shop and no it is better for me. I like rucksacks that have many compartments so have limited them down to two. 

Books I have tried to clear but I no I can't let them go until I have read them, and that is another thing I do, I am real to myself of what items I can really let go and so I am making way so I have my books displayed as they are on a book case but also stored in a rucksack so this week I am going to be changing things around do I can get rid of that rucksack, so technically I still have 3 rucksacks but once this bag goes I am then owning two. 

Letters, I find hard to clear but let go, because keeping old documents helped me get money through PPI, so I again I keep it and then it is sortiing them out into different categories. 

When it comes to clothes can be tough for me but use the method of "Do I really need them and do I wear them and are the items I know I am never gonna wear?" this does help me in not overdoing it and I select items in my basket but leave them in their for a while and go over if I truly need to have the item now. 

I don't what a overhaul of clothes but items I know I will get good wear out of it and lasts me a long time. 

You should check out my site called carriesversitilefashion as I post on this site twice a week, Monday's and Thursday 's of fashion I like to wear and got my mind on in adding to my wardrobe.

Household items at the minute I don't need to worry about such things as I live back with family again but for me I don't like to have loads of items just enough of what I know I will use and what it will bring to me, and if any creates more clutter I put back on the store shelf. 

It is a hard task but when I see a good set of items not overflowng I feel good and going to have a massive change that will help to and see if there are more items I don't need. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Organize your clothes so you always have something to wear/Having a functional wardrobe

Hello, and I hope you aren't rushed off your feet. This blog is about Organize your clothes so you always have something to wear. 

Rotate your clothes and go through items you want to add to your wardrobe, I like having a sort through and it helps in terms I can mix and match. I plan my wardrobe for the year, adding and taking away items from it. I go through, items I no longer need, doesn't fit or does not give me any joy anymore. I like Kon Marie she is a woman of organizing and I follow her, on items that bring me joy. 

I go through the staple items I love to wear and want to bring into my wardrobe and I do this by regularly sorting through, and seeing what I am missing from it, that will complete my wardrobe, and not buying items all the time. 

I like having no spending weeks, and only buying what I need, and this helps with making sure I go through and wear all the clothes I have. 

Example: I own at the moment,two pairs of jeans, blue and black, my usual colours and once worn then I replace, but I don't need 25 of them, just one blue and one black. 

I do have a fashion blog on wordpress, where on Mondays and Thursdays, I do a look book, so check it out if you would like:

https://carriesversitilefashion.wordpress.com 

I do have items I stock up on though like, tights, leggins, jumpers and t-shirts. 

When it comes to bags and jewellery I could have 100s as I am a bag and shoe girl, but know I don't need that much, so stick to a good suffiicient number, 5. 

With jewellery I like having a packs with many different earrings included, and I like to treat myself to them, but again I do hold myself back and dont' buy too many. One or two a year, is not gonna damage my purse, but keep my fashion and accessories to continue to love these items. 

So how do you organize your clothes? Do you have a house full of clothes but nothing goes together? 

You can comment below.

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X