Last night we decided to go through our closets and get rid of some stuff. As much as I love acquiring new pieces, I like getting rid of old ones too. My closet usually remains the same size since I typically donate/sell as much as I buy.
We separated our stuff into three piles:
1. Attempt to sell
2. Donate
3. Trash
So, today Joe and I went over to Plato's Closet with our "attempt to sell" pile. They didn't buy much of what I brought, but they did take a summer dress, for which they offered me $3. That doesn't seem like much, but it took $3 off a really cute $8 dress I found. Joe on the other hand did very well, making $44!
The feature item today is something I picked up at the outlet mall on Saturday. It is a little bit more than I usually like to spend for a top, but it is nice quality so therefore worth a couple extra bucks. Plus, I think it has potential as a great layering piece. Here I am modeling while doing some shopping at Goodwill yesterday:
Military Gingham Flannel - GAP Outlet had all clearance items marked down an additional 30%. This was marked at 13.99 so I got it for $9.79! Go ahead and check my calculation, because I did like 5 times. Math is not my forte.
As a side project of this blog I am tracking how often I wear items I purchase. The purpose of this is to determine cost per use. It sounds complicated, but it is basically taking the price of the item divided by the number of times it has been worn. So for example if you buy a shirt for $10 and you wear it 20 times, it is like paying $.50 cents for every wear. Using this logic I can truly see where I am getting the most value. If I pay $20 for a pair of jeans and wear them 85X this year that is much better than buying a skirt for $5 and only wearing it 10X. Make sense? Tracking this information will also help aid in the donation process since I will have a better idea of the items I'm not wearing. You can expect to hear more about this project in future posts, but I thought I would bring it up, because I am hoping to get a lot of wear out of the military-gingham-flannel (quite a mouthful) so I can bring the cost per use down and increase the total value!
Ok, I'm spent. Some great items coming soon - stay tuned!
