Jan 26 • ✅Check-Ins
I don’t need something new for every event!
One of my biggest challenges is feeling like I need something new for every event I go to whether it’s a night out with friends where I feel like I need a new top or a 50th birthday party that I feel like I need a new dress for. I have so many things within my closet that fit the need for all of these different things.
For example, my sister-in-law is throwing a 50th birthday party for herself and I was thinking that if I stuck to my no-buy January, then I would make a planned purchase for this event. In my head, I’m thinking well this is different because it’s planned and it is thoughtful. So I was looking at all these dresses and they were really cute and I would certainly like them, but then I thought I have two sequin dresses in my closet that I bought for no particular reason, other than I liked them and I thought I want them for this life that I don’t really live (there aren’t many opportunities as a mom of two, to wear sequin dresses to).
So, I tried on the two dresses and I am going to pick one of those to wear and not buy anything new.
A lot of this is mental work for me. I grew up very heavy and clothes did not fit the way that they fit other girls my age. Shopping for a prom dress was literally a nightmare, and I would just cry. Since I’ve lost weight, I’ve been able to dress the way I always wanted to and I get lots and lots of compliments on it. So I think that I feel this pressure to always have something cute and new, because it is sort of a reputation that I have and I love it. But, the benefit of having so much in my closet is that I can put things together in different ways that feel like they are still me but also new. So that is what I am working on.
If you’ve read this far, thank you! This was more of a diary/stream of consciousness to help me get this out.
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I don’t need something new for every event!
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