The 333 Project

 You are invited to Project 333
3 months with 33 items

When: October 1 – December 31 

What: 33 items including clothing, accessories, jewelry, outerwear and shoes. 

What not: these items are not counted as part of the 33 items – wedding ring, boxers, sleep, in-home lounge wear,  workout clothing (you can only wear your workout clothing to workout), and my one business suit that I was required to buy for my day job. 

How: over the next two months, outline your 33 items, by the 1st of October, box up the remainder of your fashion statement, seal it with tape and put it out of site.

What else: consider that you are creating a wardrobe that you can live, work and play in for three months. If you purchase items for project 333, stick with the one in, two out approach. Consider the essentials and stick to 33. 

Since beginning my blogging adventure this September, I have stumbled upon a plethora of information pertaining to living a more minimalist lifestyle. For those of you who are new to the idea of minimalist living, Dusti over at Minimalist Adventures (check out her blog, she is one rockin minimalist mama!) defines it as "A sustainable lifestyle created through education and creative thinking in order to achieve personal freedom." Inspired by another outstanding minimalist blogger, Courtney Carver, Dusti introduced me to the 333 project.

The 333 project is a great initiation into the minimalist way of life. The goal is to live with 33 articles of clothing and accessories for 3 months, beginning on October 1st. Lounge wear, pajamas, workout gear, underwear, and wedding rings don't count. I have expanded this list to include my winter coat, jewelry received as either gifts from my husband, or family heirlooms, a black cocktail dress for special occasions, and an extra shirt to keep in Elliott's diaper bag just in case of any milky accidents (you mamas out there know what I mean). I realize that we are a little late, but I am a firm believer that it is never too late to begin revolutionizing your life.

As a self described clothing junkie, pairing down my colossal collection of clothing and shoes down to merely 33 items has been quite the challange. After plenty of dragging my feet, and having to practically pry my prized pair of pink pumps from my manicured fingers, I finally did it! And if I, the woman who had more than 33 pairs of shoes before begining this project, can do it, so can you. Let's get over our possession obsession and start living our lives for real!

Here is my list of 33 things (34 if you count the extra tee):

• Black heels
• Brown flower pumps
• Black flats
• Brown flats
• Skinny boot cut jeans
• Boyfriend jeans
• Black casual pants
• Black slacks
• Black pencil skirt
• Grey pencil skirt
• Vintage plaid mini skirt
• Vintage ankle length wool plaid skirt
• Magenta dress
• Green knit sweater
• Red polka dot crop sweater
• Brown floral knit sweater
• Brown sweater vest 
• Green blouse
• Teal lace blouse
• Purple blouse
• Blue v-neck blouse
• White floral blouse
• Long sleeved polka dot blouse
• Owl tee shirt
• Brown flower tee shirt
• Teal v-neck
• Brown tee
• Black long sleeved tee
• Black turtleneck
• Yellow and brown swirled tank top
• Black blazer
• Black crop jacket
• Plaid scarf
• Grey flower hat

What makes your 33 item cut?

In Christ,

HipMama

photo credit: InStyle (celebrity closets)