Road to Minimalism

  Very happy with this months perfume samples that are now gone! managed to use these up by putting them my work bag and using them as top ups though out the day. I also got a set of egg bath bombs for easter they smell amazing and I didn't want to wait to use them so I did stop using my current bath stuff to use these :D jan -red feb - orange mar-yellow April - green

March Empties so crossed off  Jan - red Feb - orange March - yellow I also came to the end of a few make up items here's an over view with a few bits that maybe aren't represented above picked up a few sampled out and about recently that I don't want hanging around for too long so my aim for April is to use up some of those.  

Feb 2022 so red crosses are jan orange are feb   

No buy nooooooo  this month I slipped up 3 times! (it was 4 but I sent the item back 😂id bought a jacket)  what I bought was junk food drinks, chips and chocolate from the corner shop did I need it? nope  I did go out quite a bit this month and spend a fair bit. but i'm not including days out / experiences I can buy tickets and eat out with friends but a fail is when I just buy junk   

So I took a bit of and inventory at the beginning of 2022 and created this graphic (yes it did take me all morning)  I have crossed off what I used up in January in red. i'm very happy, I managed to stick to my no buy in this area as you can clearly see I don't need anything but I did manage to avoid the temptation of the January sales. and here all the products I used up (some samples and bits that I didn't include in the other graphic for the year.) And here's the make up. I really want to see how long some products last me. I'm not looking to try and use any of these up as I use them daily so the longer they last me the better.   

  So this year I decided I didn't need any more clothes...... screen shots for proof....  I clearly have my favourites and I'm in complete shock looking at my finances this year that I spent a whopping £957.58 on exactly that. 2022 NO MORE CLOTHES!  

2021 Empties  looking at all of these items seems crazy. some I'm really happy I got through and others are my day to day that I will repurchase. I find it really interesting to see how many of each item I have used for example I can see here 3 powders  a hand full of perfumes and deodorants ect. im keen to do this again in 2022. I found it very motivating to use some of those smaller items that would normally sit around in a drawer for a few years.  

  October Empties Finished a few long tail items this month long with a bunch of samples which I'm really pleased to clear out.  my aim for next month is to start using up the smaller sample / travel size items before the end of the year.

September  ok so i've been back at work. I wore a total or 31 items  I purchased a new scarf and some pj bottoms for £28 i'm surprised with the fact that over half the items I only wore once in the month  how has everyone else done?

 September Empties  empties for September, used up some larger items this month and so smaller ones that I would probably buy the bigger version of so quite happy with this little lot.

Year update here are my empties so far this year (2021) I am also tracking how long a product roughly lasts me so I know how much there costing me a year.  im not sure if im surprised by the amount here or not some things I have used up because I had them but others I buy on a regular basis and would buy again.

 May Empties as you can see I didn't really make myself any goals this month. I think I need a few items to really focus on like some of the sample size stuff I have ect.  roll on June. goal 3 samples and a body lotion 

  In march I decide that I would easily manage to use two bath bombs and I wanted to use up the foot cream that didn't have much left in it. I though this very achievable all the other stuff was a bonus!  I have a few sample size bits, my goal for April is to use up at least 3. I think thats very do able. 

Feb Empties   This month was sooooooo much better than January. I gave myself a few realistic achievable goals! really helped in using a few bits up. last month I though I would be find but I wasn't motivated.  I have some bits lined up for march. although I'm now on my last deodorant so I had to order more! (but thats allowed. I have made myself the rule that I can only order more of a type of item when i'm on the last one!)  

Ok month 2, so i've been logging what i've been wearing using an app called style book. this is the calendar layout. here is my most worn items of the month - this is interesting and i'm learning what I gravitate towards wearing and when shopping im more likely to buy things i'll actually wear rather than shopping for my fantasy self. here is it in revers so my least worn items - looking at the weather this month I started wearing some of my lighter jumpers and trainers instead of boots. (British weather)  this tells me cost per wear so since buying the item this calculates how many times I've logged it on my calender as worn - telling my my cost per wear. unfortunately some of the items I can't remember what I paid. this really hi lights to me that I don't need to buy clothes as i'm only wear about 10% of my wardrobe ONLY 23 different item in the month of feb  

Stylebook app https://www.stylebookapp.com the stylebook app has made it so easy to track what I actually wear from my wardrobe, I looked at the stats after a month and was shocked that this was all I had worn!