today is day #4 of wearing the exact same outfit.
i didn’t begin the week
intending to wear the same outfit four days in a row…
but as it happened, there was a surprising freedom found.
Monday I put on the jeans i wore on Sunday {so technically it’s been 5 days of wearing the same jeans} and the tank tops, sweater, boots and scarf to make the outfit. then on Tuesday, i had a bunch of ladies and their kids coming over for a Bible study in the morning, so it was just easier to throw on the same outfit than to waste any extra brain power on thinking of something different to wear. then on Wednesday, my mind was on what i was going to wear later for halloween.
not really.
just kidding.
{as a side note} our halloween clothing was a pretty simple decision:
i dressed as *myself* ~ a super cool mom with a coffee addiction.
the wee babs dressed up in sweet hand-me-down costumes we already had.
score.
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| me with my friend Kristen ~ another super cool coffee addicted mom 🙂 |
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| the wee babs ~ two ballerinas and an iron man |
i think we all looked pretty cute 🙂
so even though i was
not thinking about halloween outfits on Wednesday morning, my mind was distracted *as usual*… hence, i took a whiff of the jeans and sweater and thought they smelled fine…ish. {and
believe me, i know a thing or two about wearing
stinky pants} i threw on the clothes, sprayed on some perfume and went out the door. then on Thursday, i was running late getting myself ready and forcing the kids to get ready for school… and you guessed it: the same outfit went on again…for the fourth day in a row.
now let’s be sensible. yes, i took a shower. yes, i changed my underwear.
but i have worn the same tank tops, sweater, boots and scarf for the past 4 days…and the same jeans for 5 days.
when i was in college, there was a fellow student in my biology class who wore the same outfit every single day. he wore a denim button down shirt and jeans. i always wondered if it was just on the days we had biology… but the other days i would see him around campus, he always had on the same outfit. i wondered why he wore the same outfit everyday, but i never asked him…
maybe it was just easier.
maybe he hated shopping for clothes.
maybe he didn’t have money for more than one outfit.
maybe it was just for the sake of simplicity.
i like clothes. and shoes. and bargains.
i’m not a big spender or a name brand snob, but i do like new clothes. and shoes. especially boots.
there are times in my life when i shop more, and other times when i give things away and forsake all further shopping.
when i do go shopping, i can easily get caught up in a buy/regret/return cycle.
and with 3 wee babs to buy clothes for, this cycle can triple itself.
this can be exhausting.
so for me, it really is better to keep it simple.
and wear the same outfit.
i mostly wear the same things anyway.
so this week i didn’t intend to wear the same outfit four days in a row…
but i am thankful i did…
it reminded me of how much i have… and how little i truly need.
it reminded me of how little the majority of our world lives with…
compared to the excess we live with.
it reminded me of the Pioneer times when American people owned very little clothing… an outfit or two for the work week and another dress for their ‘Sunday best’.
it reminded me how we are blessed with more than enough… and how quickly we can be burdened by living with too much.
i’m thankful for the surprising freedom found in wearing the
same outfit this week.
simplicity.
…
what have you simplified in your life?
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I really enjoyed this post, thanks! I've been thinking a lot about clothes recently, and every day as I walk past all the big shops in the city centre I have an internal dialogue on ethics, simplicity, but-i-really-like-variety-and-creativity, expression, consumerism, guilt, freedom, too-much-stuff, but-that-top-is-so-pretty, blah blah blah… as you said, it gets exhausting. I don't know if I could intentionally wear the same thing every day, perhaps I should give it a go! 🙂
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Thank you Katrina! it's sounds crazy, but i've felt more freedom, creativity, expression and simplicity combined from doing this… I'm on day 2 of wearing the same outfit this week 🙂 (different one from last week tho) Thanks for reading!
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Amen Lady!! I am with ya 100%:)
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