Clothes for College

for reasons i don't completely understand, I decided to make a grand list of every item that I am going to bring with me to college. I started my list off with a bold "CLOTHES FOR COLLEGE", but i sat staring at the list for a while, with only that heading in place. what do i write down first? I decided to put down jeans first. I walked over to my dresser and yanked the bottom drawer out. okay so i had two pairs of jeans that fit me well, so, I decided to bring those two pairs and two other pairs that I know are super uncomfortable. I need to buy a new pair of jeans, because all of the ones on the list are like 2 years old. for the next category, I put down 'Pants/Other,' congratulating myself on creating a heading under which I can include sweatpants, leggings, and jeggings.

as I went on, I realized, I have a LOT of clothes. All of the times I have said "I dont have ANYTHING to wear," i was seriously lying. On my list, I have over twenty shirts listed, though I haven't worn even half of them in the last 6 months.

Do I really need all of these clothes? I am now thinking of all of the items of clothing that I did NOT include in the list. I have so many old t-shirts that I never have and never will wear. I have things I've outgrown, but have never taken the time to remove from my closet. Before I go, I think I have to take the time to clean out my closet and take everything that I don't want to Salvation Army or another organization that would be willing to take all this stuff off of my hands.

I used to buy stuff I wanted without thinking how many times I would wear it; if I saw something ridiculously cute and reasonably priced, I would buy it, even if I would only be able to wear it once. Granted, I have never been a shopaholic, and I've always been hesitant to buy anything above twenty dollars. But thinking now, I realize that it would be a lot smarter to buy a $40 shirt that I could mix and match and wear with a lot of outfits than to buy a $25 pair of purple high heels that I think may look cute with something in the future, eventually. The more use you get out of any particular item of clothing, the easier it is to splurge on it.