Melannie & I have completed Project 333! Hallelujah & congrats to us! 🎉💖🔥 November was a pretty full month for me and went by rather quickly. I’m glad that the challenge is over. I’ve missed all of my accessories so much! This past weekend, I went to a Christmas brunch and wore a brand new outfit along with a different outfit later that evening. It was glorious!
Overall though, I am glad that I did this project. It has changed the way I think about clothing and what I’ll purchase in the future but I’ll share more on that later. Here’s Melannie’s take on the experience.
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How happy are you that this project is over?
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The greatest lesson I’ve learned from this, is to purchase quality clothes. I had a $50 sweater (that’s a to me, I’m cheap 😜) that has held up quite nicely after wearing it once every week or two over the last several months. I know other clothing items of mine would not have done as well if they had been included in my capsule wardrobe.
I know for me the way I go about purchasing clothes will change. I am less likely to buy an item that I don’t absolutely love because it’s on sale or inexpensive. More often than I want to admit, I have purchased clothing items that didn’t fit quite right but had a nice price point because of the thrill of the chase. I heard somewhere recently that the average woman in the UK has 22 items in their closet that they have never worn. I’ve never been that bad but I have had a top or two with the tags still on because I wasn’t absolutely sure if I was going to keep it. No more of that!
If you are on the fence about doing this challenge, I would encourage you to do so. It is interesting to see how important your relationship with clothes is and re-relate to the way you think about your clothes. They are there to serve you not the other way around.