For the Ladies....

I hope you are enjoying the posts so far and have been challenged, just as I have to look at life with a more simplistic lens, and practically have started to purge some of your excess as well.

For today I thought I would address that drawer that men wonder about and women fear.....the BRA drawer. You know you all have one. And I bet you that there are bras in there that you haven't worn in YEARS! You know the ones you buy thinking "oh it's so cute" or "I am sure I can squeeze my ta-tas in here one day because it’s such a good deal”. We've all been there. 

So I decided that since I had so much success tackling my sock drawer previously that I would also tackle my bra drawer.

I have found a really decent bra that I love. I mean absolutely HANDS DOWN LOVE>LOVE>LOVE. It’s available in the states and so my last few purchases have been from that store so I thought- no biggie, I probably don’t have much of anything to deal with in the bra drawer…..boy was I wrong.

My biggest embarrassment of this drawer was the boustier that I bought to wear under my wedding dress….drumroll please…..10 YEARS AGO!!!! Have I worn it since then? Nope. Have I thought about it since then? Nope. Have I hauled it around for more than 6 household moves. Yup! = embarrassing! So that definitely had to go.

I also had a bra that I used to wear pretty much every day but that hasn’t been worn in at least 4 years. That had to go too. Am I the only one that holds onto old favorites? This is definitely a habit that has to go!

Then came 2 Calvin Klein bras. Both in excellent shape, and both only worn likely a combined total of 6 times. These, although they are really cute, had to go!

I was also holding on to a sport’s bra I’ve had for 14 years- that is torn and barely holding on. Time for a new one likely there too.

So in total I started with 12 bras. An assortment of really old and never worn more than once, pretty but not practical, my old favorite, and some that I still wear today. I was able to rid myself of 6 of those bras and keep the other 6 that are still of use to me. I am left with- 4 practical ones in neutral colors so that I'm never left in a panic if one is in the wash, a practical sports bra for running, and one not so practical but fun colored one that hey I use so it had to stay! 

Now when I look in my bra drawer I know exactly what’s in there and everything in there is what I love and use on a regular basis. No “extras” hanging around taking up space. And with the extra space I was able to share the drawer with my belts and a jewellery box- bonus! Amazing what a little decluttering can do for available space. Just when I thought I had none....

So let's go ladies- when's the last time you cleaned out your bra drawer? 

I am not that into sharing my unmentionables with the world so a weird colored quasi photo will have to suffice for this post.