Hi all, at the beginning of February I posted that I would do a 30x30 challenge - choose 30 items and wear only those for the month. As I mentioned in the original post:

The purpose of this challenge is fun and curiosity. I am not going to be fraught if I have a hankering for something not on the list - I'll just take note of it and move along. On the other hand, I'm not going to stress about repeating outfits; in fact, I'm curious to see if I get through all 30 pieces!

Carla mentioned the concept of creative limitation, and I feel that was a good term to summarize the intent of the exercise. Here's what I learned:

• 30 items is more than enough for a month (ok slightly shorter than a month) - even with the limited number, I only wore 27/30 items.
• Unworn items: my black wrap top, brown BR magic sweater, green balloon-sleeve tee).
• A few items were only worn once, such as the white sneaks, navy Zara puffer (both weather related), red crewneck.
• I did swap in my red crewneck sweater as there was one day where I just felt like wearing colour. I swapped it for a silky scarf that I never reached for - I am chalking this up to weather. I also swapped in my navy crewneck in place of a light gray crewneck.
• I made two purchases in February - the magic BR sweater in black, because I wanted to grab it before it disappears, and the coatigan in beige, which I wore once when the weather decided to be lovely for a day (so that's 28 items worn in total).
• I did not feel limited at all, nor am I having much of an urge to change the capsule for March. (this may change if the weather turns more springy towards the end of the month).

TBH, I'm not sure that I learned much here - only re-confirmed things that I knew already, such as that I am happy with neutrals and limited choices, and that I need a pop of colour, but only in the smallest of quantities.

I will say that the exercise curbed my urge to shop and I observed that daydreaming about buying fun pieces was as satisfying as buying them. Meanwhile, the pieces I bought are either a workhorse already (black sweater worn many times already) or are likely to be (coatigan).

It also is just a generally satisfying feeling for me to map out and wear a limited set of pieces (even allowing for the tweaks along the way).

For March, the only piece I really am determined to get is a navy or light blue (not sure which yet) t-shirt in a 'new' shape, such as a fitted scoop or square neck, maybe ribbed and/or a henley style.

Thanks for reading; happy Friday! xx