During the month, I wore 6/8 pants, and 11/25 tops. I noticed I was wearing sweaters and t-shirts during the first 2/3 of the month, so I made an effort to wear button downs during the later part. I wore a red plaid flannel and a butterscotch and black flannel. I also made an effort to rotate through my outerwear and accessories (gloves, hats). The blue maxi puffer saw wear almost every cold morning for the gym run. When the temps rose, the red puffer or black peacoat was my choice. I wore my 10 yo coat once. It’s starting to show wear (shiny where the pile is wearing) but since it is my only ‘long coat’ for dresses and skirts, I’m saving it for special duty.

Counting ‘wears’ was an additional challenge, with interesting results. On average, I wore each top 2-3 times before it went into the wash. One top got 1 wear (food spillage) and another got 5, but 8 saw 2-3 wears before hitting the laundry basket. Pants get more wears before they require laundering.

Early in the month I bought a rash-guard for wear during an upcoming beach holiday, and this week I added 2 new striped t shirts. The first was a HEWI (yellow and white striped) with bateau neck and my favourite 3/4 sleeve. The second was, well, BOGO on the tops and - red! Being solidly on team wear, I wore the red one yesterday - and today!

*I did one in/one out - retiring a boxy men’s style t-shirt and a mariner sweater with a food stain I couldn’t remove - keeping my count for tops at 25. Both retired tops are going to be recycled into a rag rug project. Did you know it takes 20-25 t-shirts - body and sleeves, to make a 3x4 rag rug?