I love when the new fall season makes it appearance in stores and magazines, deciding what my point of view will be for the coming season and making my purchases accordingly. With all the different information out there, and all the different brands trying to sell you something, it is so easy to get distracted and overbuy in all the confusion, even if you have a plan. I admit, my head turns very easily and find myself in the middle of the season with a hodge podge of acquired things that don't relate to me or my lifestyle and just end up being clutter. Striving for simplicity seems like a losing battle. But this year, I have to be strong. I am conserving my resources for larger goals and dreams I've had all my life that were not attended to, due to lack of discipline. I burn money on clothing, shoes and fashion magazines. So now that I recognize my weaknesses, I need to be vigilant. This fall, I made a list to round out and update my existing wardrobe.
3. A pair of brown flat boots something like this. I haven't really found a style I'm over the moon for yet. Or I might get some cowboy boots in brown.
4. I also got some assorted vintage dresses and a black maxi skirt on sale.
I know the list seems short, but that's how I like it. It's all about getting the most bang for my buck and shopping my closet. I tell you I have big plans that require serious financial resources so I need to be vigilant. I want the life I've dreamt about and it's time I have it.
When devising my sartorial plan for this fall 2011, I found a system that seemed to work for me to wade through all the visual information and write said plan.
1. I purchased only 3 magazines to get my visual inspiration. Any more than that seemed to be a recipe for disaster as my eyes got less discerning when on overload. I marked all the pages of the ideas that caught my eye instinctively. Then walked away for a few hours to a few days. Gave myself time to cool off.
2. During the cooling off time, I thought about what I saw and created a picture in my mind of the life I wanted to live this fall and winter. I created a storyboard in my mind.
3. Then I came back to the magazine, looked at the pages I marked and determined whether the visuals blended with the story in my head. This narrowed the selections even further.
4. I removed the pictures that made the final cut from the magazines, examined the elements and made my list.
5. Before I started looking at where I could purchase the items on my list, I went to my closet.
6. It was time to go through the closet, weed out the things that were too worn, put away clothing that were too summery to wear into fall, declutter and rearrange. See what basics needed to be replaced or added and check off anything already on my list that I already had.
7. Now I had my final list and started looking online for my items to comparison shop for deals.
Now I can go to the mall if I need to, with a purpose in mind, and not wander aimlessly to get distracted and purchase useless things.
