Anyone who knows me knows I have a severe shopping problem, and I am constantly adding new clothes to my wardrobe.

One day I was messing around with my friends, showing them my most recent purchases, when one of them said I should try not wearing the same outfit twice in a semester.

And that’s how this all started.

I have made it my personal mission to make sure I had a different outfit every single day of the semester this year, and I can now finally say I successfully did it.

I am lucky to have what I like to call “extra closet space.” Since my boyfriend has a house off campus, and I had my dorm on campus, I have double storage. None of these outfits were too much. I stuck to a very basic taste in style to keep things easy to remember what I wore and what I haven’t.

I kept track by taking a picture every day and constantly having to look back at them to double-check I hadn’t worn it.

No one believed I could do it because typically I would dress decent for the first couple weeks of class and then slowly give up and go to class in pajamas. But their disbelief only fueled me to not wear the same outfit twice.

Unfortunately, this did wonders for my spending addiction. In my mind, I did not have enough clothes to do this, but in my roommate’s and boyfriend’s opinions, I have too much clothing.

But really, how can you have too much clothing? I like to call it options.

Some of my favorite outfits from this semester are definitely more basic, but they were cute and I felt like I was eating up in them. The first outfit that I loved was a basic little fit with blue jeans and a plaid jacket. I got the jacket when I was in Sweden, and it became a new favorite in my closet.

Another favorite was more recent, since warm weather clothes on my favorite. It’s a simple linen outfit with blue and white striped linen pants and a crocheted top.

Lastly, my basic comfy but still cute outfit with plain linen pants and a crewneck.

None of my outfits were super extravagant, but I am proud to say I have enough clothes to probably style everyone who lives on campus. My favorite part of this entire challenge was forcing myself to constantly get put together for class. I feel like my energy and attitude are affected by what I am wearing, so if I am dressed in sweats, I am more lazy than I am when in a cute outfit. You know, if you look good, you’ll feel good.