Yesterday I got a wild hair, as my grandpa would say, to purge my closet of a few things. In the process I decided to drag out my two big suitcases full of summer clothes and things that are too small.

Ideally I would just get rid of everything that doesn't fit but I can't bring myself to do that yet. However, I did put several things on the donate pile. I sorted what was left by size and put everything that is just a little bit too small into one easily-accessible place. I have also resolved to toss some of my old summer standbys after this year.

This was in part prompted by the "starter kit" shopping list at Putting Me Together. In comparing the suggestions to what I have in my closet, I realized that although it is stuffed full I don't actually have very much versatility -- I mostly have things that I can wear with jeans, and at the moment, I only have two pairs of jeans that fit well. There were many things in the closet that could work with minor alterations, but right now they are really just in the way.

So, now I'm going to try a little "SYC" with this shopping list, and see if I can find things in the closet to fill the gaps. And I'd better get busy with my alterations!