The 4th day. Living the 4th (haha).  It's definitely been a breeze so far, but of course it's only the beginning. The weekends are usually the most opportune time to go to the mall and buy unnecessary things, especially when you're bored.  Luckily, I booked my weekend solid.  The challenge will come when summer and fall clothes come out. No buying new bathing suits is included.

Tonight was Curran's grand opening.  It was the first day since this project started that I had to pick out a non-work outfit to wear.  I really made more of an effort to dig out the stuff I never wear and give them another shot.  So I pulled this little number together:

I found these jeans from 3 years ago that I probably had only worn a handful of times. For a while I gave up on them because I didn't like how they fit. But now that I'm not buying any new clothes, it's helping me to consciously make better choices before I purchase things.

I've owned these chucks for 8 years. I'd say I've worn them pretty heavily.  Earlier this year I wanted to buy a new pair because the ones I own are so old! But age doesn't matter if they're still lookin good. 


As I mentioned in my first post, part of this project is to remind myself of my experience in the Philippines.  When I was volunteering in a pre school, there was a morning session for 2-3 year olds, then afternoon session for 4-5 year olds. Some of the children in the morning session had an older sibling in the afternoon session.  Many of the times (if not all the time) after the children in the morning were finished with their session, they would go home and give the shirt they were wearing to their older sibling for them to wear in the afternoon. These families were too poor to buy one shirt for each of their children that the children would have to share one shirt. 

This whole project so far has been giving me chances to reflect on how lucky I am to have what I have and to see what I can easily live without.