Tuesday, April 28, 2009

My New Clothing Rule of Thumb

Since one of you asked, here's where I came up with what to keep and what to toss during The Big Sort. There was a list at Living On a Dime that I started with, you can see it here.
I think it was a good starting place, but as I sorted and counted and sorted some more yesterday and today, I made a lot of my own modifications and here's what I came up with:

5-10 pairs panties/underwear (more for the younger ones, less for the older ones as long as it doesn't drop below 5 pairs)
5-10 pairs of socks (ditto to the above)
3 pairs of tights for the girls
5 pairs of shorts/capris
5 pairs of slacks/jeans
5-10 sweaters/sweatshirts/long-sleeved shirts
5-10 short-sleeved shirts
5-10 t-shirts and exercise pants/shorts (my kids all need to dress comfortably for dancing in their theatre classes or that would have been pared down quite a bit more)
3-5 pairs of PJ's both winter and summer (meaning 6-10 pairs overall-I turn the thermostat up or down according to whichever direction saves me money at bedtime, so people need to dress themselves for bed accordingly)
3-5 dressy casual outfits (For plays, church-related activities on a weeknight, etc...)
2-3 Sunday outfits (We go to church regularly, or I might have gone as low as one dressy outfit.)
1 pair dress shoes
1 pair tennis shoes
1 pair sandals
1 rain jacket
1 winter coat
gloves/hats/scarves as needed

That may seem a little excessive, but I just wasn't ready to pare down as much as they have at Living on a Dime just yet. Believe it or not, it made a huge difference with Elisa's excess hand-me-downs and got me started on a list of what Tristan still needs. Of course, getting rid of what fit no one anymore really helped too.

1 comments:

Lammy

Not in a million years could I get away with paring down to only 5 pairs of undies with my older girls.
They'd freak.
It would mean they'd have to do laundry MORE than once a week.
As if.
*sigh*

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