Orange-you-glad

I have this thing where I enjoy introducing new or used (new to me) items into my wardrobe.  I find it fun and a reason to get excited about getting out of bed and going to work.   I have not yet decided if this is a problem such that I am compensating for a lack of something in my life and fulfilling it with clothes.  I do think it is important to put thought into how you portray yourself to others – the decisions about what you put on your body each day do say something about yourself.  Of course, you cannot control the response that people have; people will react to your decisions through the glasses of their own life experiences.

With that all being said, I am wearing a new orange sweater today.  Its maiden voyage!  It may be one of my new favorite finds (Sears!) and I already wonder how I have lived this long without a sweater like this.  Granted, I do have a gray/orange stripped sweater but this is waaaaay different. 

I have paired with a shirt I got on sale at Gap – it is a brighter version of cammo.  I am not sure how I feel about wearing a cammo-print shirt, but this one really grabbed me in the store a few months back.  I am wearing it with my trusty yellow polka-dotted scarf and now that I am waking up a bit more, I do wonder if it is too matchy matchy in a clashy clashy way.  But I am going to go with it.  I am wearing it with navy pants and sneakers to tone down all the brightness.

So, I am not sure how much new clothes is too much new clothes.  I do a good job of combing out old clothes to give away to Goodwill or to GoodKatie.  When I get new items, it actually inspires me to get rid of things that I do not wear often.  I can finally let go of an item that is close to what I want but not exactly it.  A bit free-ing.