No unnecassary shopping.

This should be easy right? The biggest thing that I buy (and I'm the one who buys the most in the house since I'm a woman!) that is unnecessary is probably clothing. Since having Lucy I haven't been in town much, which helps this.

We have decided to sort through our clothing and clean out the things we never wear and donate them to Charity. I have noticed in doing this that I tend to lean toward classic, simple fashion. I like a touch of sophisticated when I'm going out, but still classically so.

This should make the clothing thing simple. I have figured out what my wardrobe needs and am working on filling it with Christmas money and gift cards. I'm keeping in mind the fact that I don't want to date myself with outrageous fashionable pieces that will be outdated in a few weeks.

Lucy is set for clothes until she is 16...ok well maybe not that long! She does have a lot of clothes though, which is great because we don't have to buy any until she is probably a year. Jake also has a lot of clothing, but grows like a weed. I am resigned to shopping second hand or sales for the kids since they are in and out of clothes so much. Something I learned from parenthood the first time around.

Trevor is a true man, give him a few pieces and he is good to go! He does love to shop for jeans though. He never wears them very long and they end up as work pants...we will have to work on that!

I am sure that as we go on there will be more things we learn to cut, but for now my goal is to go all year without shopping for clothes (for me) unless it is something that is really truly needed. I also plan on only buying what is needed for the kids. I have a feeling this will really save us a lot.

This will also mean closets that are not overstuffed, which means a neater house! I'm actually getting excited about this because it will be a true challenge. Just how little money can I get by on spending on clothes? I guess we will find out!