Closet Clean Out Update

In my "Closet Clean Out?" post, I said "I am going to be more lenient with my warm weather wardrobe since I love shopping for summer. I would like to aim for between 34 and 26 warm weather work outfits and between 26 and 19 casual outfits." I had no idea how many summer clothes I had then. But now I do.

I Emptied my Tubs full of Summer Clothes on my Bed Before Hanging them Up

Over Easter weekend, I brought up my summer clothes and started cleaning my heavy sweaters so I could pack them away.^* I also took inventory and counted:

Summer and All Weather Tops

Cardigans - 36

(Including a Good Number of J. Crew Jackie Sweater Sets)

Sleeveless Tunics - 2

Long Sleeved Tops - 21

Nice Long Sleeved Tees - 11

Short Sleeve Tops - 11

Sleeveless Tops - 11

Poloshirt, short sleeved - 8

Poloshirt, sleeveless - 3

Polo Shirt, Long - 1

Nice Shortsleeve Tee Shirts - 12

Oxford Shirts - 4
Tank Tops - 14
Blazer - 1

Total Tops: 135

My Sweaters and Shorts Neatly Folded

Summer and All Weather Bottoms

Shorts - 18

Capris - 1

Slacks, Work - 5

Nice Jeans - 3

Old Navy Jeans - 2

Skirts/Skorts - 33

Total Bottoms: 62

Summer Dresses and All Weather

Shifts - 37

(Mostly Lilly)

Sleeveless Dresses - 19

Short Sleeve Dresses  - 29

Longer Sleeved Dresses - 7

Total Dresses: 92

Some of My Dresses

Casual Wear

Work Out Tops and Bottoms - 12

Long Sleeveed Lounging Tees - 15

Work Out Tees -  21

White Tee - 4

Sweatshirts - 7ish

Long Pajama Pants - 2

Pajama Shorts - 2

Nightgowns - 4

Where I Keep my Off Season Clothes and Linens

Other

Party Dresses - 9

Suits, all year - 7

Summer Suits - 1

Winter Only Clothes

Wool Skirts - 3

Heavy Long Sleeved Dresses - 4

Flannel Shirts - 2

Heavy Wool Blazer - 1

Casual Pants, Flannel Lined, &c - 3

Wool/Cashmere Sweaters - 11

Turtlenecks - 5

So I am not sure what to do now. I've got a lot of trimming to do. But while unpacking my stored clothes I realized that one of my favorite dresses was missing. I think I put it in with the clothes I was thinking of giving away! So there may be a few things I'll have to add back into my count. As it stands I have over 100 summer, spring, early fall outfits. How and I going to cut this number in half?

 I think I need more long pajama bottoms. I end up without a clean pair of long pajama pants in the winter and I end up freezing! I am also not sure what to do about all my cardigans they are so useful for layering over sleeveless dresses and tops. I've also been trying to keep a variety of shirt colors so I have lots of mixing and matching options but that also means I end up with 134 tops.

Any suggestions? I'm really now sure how to manage. #richkidproblems

^*I "hand wash" my nice sweaters and while taking inventory I took out a lot of worn once things to wash before putting away for the season or I washed them just because I couldn't remember when I washed them last. So I had a horrible laundry backlog that's finally almost been resolved. My second batch of hand washed sweaters just finished drying. I did so much laundry!