Although I've been reading many posts on minimal wardrobes, I don't think that's for me. However, I have no idea how often I wear things. So I decided to keep a simple tally of my daily outfits. Here's my findings for April which had high temperatures ranging from the 60's - 90's (F):

TOPS = 19 (14 prints + 5 solids)
11 items in neutral colors
Non-neutral = yellow/hot pink/turquoise/tomato red/deep purple/cobalt/hint of lilac
2 long sleeve/2 elbow sleeve/11 short sleeve/4 sleeveless

In warm seasons past, I have lamented that most of my tops were sleeveless and not enough sleeved options. Happy to see that I have acquired more short sleeve items.

I seem to be moving towards more neutral colored pieces but using prints to provide the happiness factor.

BOTTOMS = 13 (2 prints + 11 solids)

4 shorts/5 skirts/1 legging/2 skinnies/1 straight leg
5 denim items: skirt/2x skinnies/shorts/straight leg
9 items in neutral colors
Non-neutral = cobalt/orange/green/tomato red

4 skirts were worn for church, so I seem to wear shorts and jean options equally. Except for a denim skirt that I wore once, I rotated between 8 bottoms for everyday activities. This sounds quite minimal.

DRESSES = 2 (both solids)

A brown t-shirt dress for everyday and a black tank dress that I layered under a dressier top for church.

I would really like to find more casual, hot-weather-friendly dresses.

TOPPERS = 5 (all solids)

1 long vest/2 drape cardigans/1 boyfriend cardigan/1 knit moto

1 turquoise, rest neutrals

I love toppers as they help hide an apple belly and they really do add an extra finishing touch to an outfit. Unfortunately I live in a summer dominant climate.

SHOES = 8 (7 solids + 1 print)

3 dressy options: black pumps/black ankle strap flats/1 silver ankle strap sandals.

5 casual sandals

Black strappy flat sandals worn 10 times. Had a lot of kids' baseball games to attend.

New floral faux berkies worn 11 times. LOVE these. Looking at them makes me happy.

BAGS = 3

navy w/ white dots crossbody/black hobo/light denim tote

A busy month left me little time for bag swap outs.

NEW ITEMS (See Finds below)

I'm focusing my purchases on items that will serve me well in the heat.

The grey Target top has a nice drape.

I'm hoping the yellow stripe on the Style & Co tee will help draw attention away from the apple belly.

The scuba tee looks better IRL and this particular scuba material feels cool and soothing to the touch. I'm interested to see how far into the summer I can wear it.

Floral sandals have high happiness quotient!

I've worn this hat 4 times and it's cute with a side braid.

Thanks so much for reading all this. I'm excited to keep these monthly tallies going and see how the results will help me to reshape my wardrobe.