School clothes

I was convinced that Courtney didn't need any more school clothes.  She had stuff that she hadn't even worn because she keeps wearing the same 3 outfits over and over again.  I had been reading a lot about developing "Closet Capsules" and decided to try it out on Courtney...in a smaller way.

A couple in our ward do a "Free Bay Day" each year when you donate your used clothes and they set them up in the Church and people are able to come and get what they or their kids need for school.  It's like eBay but it's free...get it?  Free Bay Day?

So I told Courtney we would have to go through her drawers and get rid of everything she wasn't absolutely "in love" with so someone else could use them.  Two hours and three garbage bags later, we were ready to put together her capsule.  Now, they tell you to have 9 bottoms and 15 tops but Courtney didn't have that many bottoms and I think that's okay.  She has 5 bottoms and 20 tops.

She put on each outfit and we took a picture of it.  We used this time to make sure she was "in love" with the outfit and would wear it.  We also talked about how she could trade out the jean shorts for pants when it got colder and she couldn't wear the shorts.  She hung up all her shirts in her closet, folded her pants neatly in her almost empty drawers and we had the photos developed.  When we got them back she put them on her board.

The idea is that when she wears an outfit, she will turn the photo over.  The bottoms can be worn 2 times so she can decide on Monday what outfits to wear that week so laundry can be done efficiently.  She was so excited and loves the idea.

Hopefully now we won't have to run around trying to find clothes in the mornings before orchestra!