I recently purged a great deal of mistakes, but the few that are left i am trying to fix with letting hems down, or trying to bring in or some other simple fix that will make them work...I will try that first:)

OY....I'd have a far easier time saying what *isnt* a mistake! I'd truly like to ditch 90%....which is NOT good

I had to think a lot about this. Marianna's post resonated with me. Here on Team Eclectic, what I love today I may want to toss out the window tomorrow. (Meanwhile, I've been with my husband for 19 years, so it's obviously just a wardrobe issue!) So I tend to keep the "mistakes", finding that I will eventually return to them and realize there is a way to use them after all, usually with help from all of you!

As for pre-YLF mistakes, those have mostly exited the closet to happier homes...

I have been tracking everything I wear since January. It took at least 3 or 4 months to truly catalog every item I own. Especially since I have 4 seasons where I live.

I currently have 41 items on hold. The bulk of these are: duplicate purchases (apparently I was stocking up on layering basics for a while and they were taking over my shelves) and impulse purchases. When I can't find something in my closet to wear, I run out and purchase something new instead of creating an outfit. One problem with having lots of clothing, you don't wear all of it. And many items that you may have liked at one point, fall out of favor as your tastes change. And you are "stuck" with them. I have been purging and putting items on hold every month. It's been a slow process but the last YLF swap helped a lot. My new purchases, have been much more carefully selected choices. And I spend more time now trying to create outfits with what I have, keep a list of items I want, and try to purchase items that only "fit" with my current needs and desires for my wardrobe. It's been a learning process and a LOT of returning along the way. But in the end I hope my wardrobe will be streamlined and full of only items I love and wear.