1 in 1 out

Since I declared myself as a minimalist, I have not bought any clothes or shoes. That is an amazing transformation for me because I used to buy at least 2 dresses every month. For the last Malaysia Breakfast Run, I contemplated a lot on what pants I should wear. This is not making me happy. If I own less, I won't have to think on what to wear right?

Anyway, I have been looking for a good training/running pants for these few months. I've checked PUMA, NIKE, Adidas and etc... the price are more, less or the same (RM109.00 - RM159.00). That is costly for someone moderate earner like me. The cheapest good pants would be around RM79.00 without rear zipper pocket.

After months of looking, I finally bumped into a House of Sport's SALE when I was in Nilai.

I got a Women Reebok Play Dry short pants for RM49.00 (n.p RM 119.00). It is a pretty good deal for something with this quality (especially with rear zipper pocket). I know that this pattern is outdated in terms of fashion but I don't mind being judged.

 

It won't change the fact that I am healthy. :) 



Reebok Play Dry Shorts -Women : With reflective line. 

 

1 in 1 out. I have to give up my white pants a shown in the photo.



Clothes for cash

I still have more than 30 pieces of clothes that I decided to sell for some cash.
However, I found that I am not good at selling at all. Well… here are the reasons or precisely excuses why I can’t sell.

• My host is a very short and her friends are tall. Not many people can fit her attire.
• I am lack of interest and confidence to sell the stuffs. Lack of effort.
• Probably my clothes are too ugly to be sold or my sense of fashion is too weird. J
• I am lack of patience. I can't wait to see my room is free of unnecessary stuffs.

Anyway, I don’t even feel like I have to explain why I am unable to sell those clothes. My host has two sisters which is 17 and 10 years older than her. Obviously! They can’t share their clothes due to a decade of style preferences.

Again: I am thinking of donating the remaining clothes too except for this one cute T-Shirt. It has a bad memory and a good memory.
Good: This is my cooking T-Shirt. The big bread is like my apron. I was happy cooking, baking and serving foods to others. This shirt came along with my ability to make cookies. :)
Bad: Too bad to mention here. I deserve to be happy by not writing it. :)

Minimalist accessories

Being a minimalist doesn't mean I have to forget about being fashionable and presentable.
So I chose three sets of minimalist accessories for my host.

Minimalist Accessories

[1]A set of diamond ring and earring. My host needs this for certain function that requires her to dress up GLAMOROUSLY. I wear the same accessories for every functions and when someone says:

"Hey, is that the same thing you wore last time?".

My answer is always the same too :

'Wow! You have such a good memory. I am amazed that you can remember what I wore and yea~ you noticed me.Thanks! See you around... bye!'. 

(It seems like this set came along with sarcastic reply)

[2]A set of laid back/vintage charms bracelets and necklace. I can wear these accessories for almost all of my clothes. My bracelet represents music, books, food, love, life and dragonfly.

[3]As for my daily attire, my simple silver watch is my only accessory. When I know I will be meeting guy clients, I will wear my silver sapphire ring. Sapphire is my birth stone. I can't recall where did I kept my fake gold necklace in the photo above and I don't feel like looking for it because I never have a lust towards gold. My friend forced me to buy and  wear something on my neck which sounds more like 'hey, hang something on your neck' to me. She said 'you are too plain!'. So I bought it just to make her happy.

• All of my accessories are mix and match.
• There is a strong reason behind every accessory I chose.
• I have 7 accessories in total.

Clothes list

11 Dresses
1 Baju Kurung
1 Baju Kadazan
1 Punjabi Dress1 Shawl
3 Cardigans (royal blue, turquoise and black)
1 Outdoor jacket1 Denim jacket
1 Vest
1 Black Shirt
1 Black Pants
1 Red Blouse
3 Jeans (Black, Blue and Seasoned)
1 Short Pants
3 Workout pants ( white, turquoise, black)
2 Beach pants
2 Sweat pants (long-white, short-green)
1 Zebra pants (will return back to my sister)
12 T-shirts (will return 1 to my sister)
4 Tank Tops
* Occasionally

TOTAL= 52 Clothes

I will make it less than 50!

Extreme minimalist would probably laugh at my list.
However, as for now my state of mind says that I don't want to be an extreme minimalist.
One of the thing that I FEAR in this life is commitment and any sort of restriction (I admitted this on 26 Nov 2012). I hate being attached to anything : almost all things. I did mention about this in my previous blog. No kidding.
Committing to having only 100 things sounds like a commitment to me.
I would stay away from anything that disturbing my peaceful mind.

"We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties." Anna C. Brackett

111 clothes went to a Burma Refugee camp

After almost a month of looking for a place to send my surrendered clothes, finally...

All of these bags will go to a Burma refugee camp... once I emptied my closet, I noticed that I won't need a big luggage that occupy 10% of my room anymore. I am giving away my luggage too...

 

Good bye messiness and superfluous!

How could I surrender my clothes?

Some of the clothes I am throwing cost me more than RM150.00 which is considered as a big amount for moderate earner like me. I saved for some of the clothes!
How could I simply throw it away?

How?

• Think deep and hard. Is there any bad memory triggered by that piece of clothes? If there is one bad memory out of out of 100 beautiful memories, get rid of it!
• When was the last time you wore the dress? Took a while to remember? Get rid of it!

That was the main key I used to minus off 111 clothes from my closet.

Superfluous clothes

Clothes. I have too much. I am surprised for many times finding something 'new' in my closet.
I forgot that I have red laced dress, I forgot that I have black legging, purple legging and so many other craps in my closet.

All of them are so outdated and some of them never worn.
Some of them are 'too much skin uncovered'.
Some of them I can't even fit anymore.
Since I have the feeling of sick with all of the stuffs.
I have decided to get rid all of unnecessary clothes!

I surrendered 111 pieces of clothes on 19 April 2013.

 

I have to find a suitable charity organisation to give away the clothes...
To my surprise, I couldn't believe that I am so much happier to have lesser clothes now.

My feet attire

1 Training Shoes

1 Black killer heels (4 inches)

1 Silver decent heels (3 inches)

1 Boots (Black)
3  1 Slippers (Black, Red, Purple) -To choose one of 3 1 Purple Flipper

1 Wedges (Nude)  Donated

1 Flat (Rose Pink)

1 Croc (Black)  Donated

1 Red Brogue  Sept '13
1 Red heels -  Donated
1 Brown Boots - Donated

1 Badminton Shoes

1 Hiking shoes -Donated
1 Pumps (Nude) - Donated

1 Sky High Sneaker
1 Black flat

TOTAL = 18 - 11 = 6

My feet attire as on March 8, 2014

NOTE : Purple flipper and Black Flat are not included in the photo.

Last Updated on 8 March 2014