{"id":23139,"date":"2014-09-14T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23139"},"modified":"2014-09-13T16:30:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T20:30:53","slug":"at-closet-cleanout-time-have-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23139","title":{"rendered":"At closet cleanout time, have a plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once you’ve thinned the herd, be smart on buying replacements<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry,<\/strong> Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>Transitioning your closet from season to season is a task that may be THE definition of \u201cnecessary evil\u201d. \u00a0On the bright side, it is an opportunity to purge and rebuild.<\/p>\n

I have written articles in the past about editing your wardrobe quarterly and donating those items that you seldom (or never) wear to charity. Once that process is complete, I recommend formulating a checklist of necessary items for the current season. Having a note tucked into your wallet (or electronically in your phone) will be an essential tool when you are out and about!<\/p>\n

I also answer the following 4 questions before I buy anything:<\/p>\n

1. Is it flattering?\u00a0I do not mean \u201cdoes it fit\u201d. \u00a0Simply being able to zip yourself into a dress does not mean that you should purchase it. Does it accent the positive and distract the negative? For example, after giving birth to my children, even if I can squeeze into extra-low rise skinny jeans, they are in NO WAY ever going to be the right option.<\/p>\n

\"03384e0c422c853c9433ef17f10e0cb9\"<\/a>2. Will I really wear it?\u00a0This one gives me considerable pause. Impulsive shopping is not a foreign concept to me. I am a sucker for a rhinestone or ruffle or leopard spots. I immediately want to buy things that have any one of the aforementioned accoutrements. Case in point…my animal print jeans of years past. I HAD to have them. Yet they sat, collecting dust, in my closet until I took them to Salvation Army along with armfuls of other \u201cnot so age appropriate\u201d items.<\/p>\n

3. Name at least 2 things you can wear with this current purchase!\u00a0This is really a follow-up to the previous question. I force myself to envision what I am pairing with the item in my hand. If I can only imagine wearing it with one specific thing, I put it down.<\/p>\n

4. Can I afford it?\u00a0If you line up twenty accessories, I will be drawn to the most expensive one. It\u2019s a gift\u2026.and, a curse. What can I say? However, with age comes wisdom. Considering that we have a looming college tuition payment in the not-so-distant future, my hopes and dreams of carrying a Hermes alligator bag have dissipated. Cost must be a factor in determining a purchase. If you can\u2019t pay the electric bill, you shouldn\u2019t be writing checks out of a Louis Vuitton checkbook cover. Ya know?<\/p>\n

What are your tried and true methods when it comes to shopping?<\/p>\n

Share in the Comment Section below!<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend<\/p>\n

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Once you’ve thinned the herd, be smart on buying replacements By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Transitioning your closet from season to season is a task that may be THE definition of \u201cnecessary evil\u201d. \u00a0On the bright side, it is an opportunity to purge and rebuild. I have written articles in the past about editing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,7],"tags":[6095,2064,6096,6094],"class_list":["post-23139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-closet-clean-out","tag-seasons","tag-smart-shopping","tag-wardrobe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23140,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23139\/revisions\/23140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}