I am loving the Spring Weather that has finally made its way back to Kansas this past weekend.  It gave me the final push of motivation to actually pull all of my spring clothes officially out of storage and pack the winter clothes away.  It is always a full morning or afternoons job, but I feel so much better once it is done.  I didn’t get any pictures of my method, but I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned over the years to make the packing and unpacking of seasonal clothes easier.

The first thing I always do is I pull the new seasons of clothes out of storage and place them in neat stacks on my bed, I then take all of the old seasons clothes and sort through what I know I’ll want for the next year packing it away and creating a pile of items that didn’t get worn a lot in a bag to donate.  I always keep a 3-4 pieces from the previous season out just in case the weather decides to go backwards again, but other than those few pieces, it all gets placed away in either bins or this old dresser in my storage room.  Now for all the new clothes, this is the fun part!  I choose a stack and start putting things away where I like to keep them, keeping similar things in the same area to make it easier to categorize them.  Once again I pull out any pieces that I don’t think that I will wear and place them in the donate bag.  Any pieces that I am on the fence about whether they will actually get worn or not I put up in my hanger with the hanger backwards facing me instead of away from me.  If I reach the end of the season and the hanger is still backwards I’ll know that the item was never worn and can be donated.

What are some of your tips for organizing your closet and surviving the transition between seasons?  Comment below or shoot me an email with them, I always love to get new ideas to make the transition smoother!

Happy Monday!

Leighton Michele

P.S. Isn’t this shirt just darling?  It can also be worn as a one shoulder, off the shoulders or strapless!

Shep Shirt: Similar White Jeans: Similar (I have last years version of these)  Hat: Same

This past weekend our beautiful, warm spring weather decided to turn cold on us again, but the good news is that it is supposed to be warm again by the end of this week, but the freezing cold sure made it interesting!  This coming weekend I am going to be in my best friends wedding, and since it is a Spring wedding and I am winter white, I knew I would want to get a spray tan.  My big dilemma was that I have never had a spray tan before and wasn’t sure if I would like the results, I’ve heard way too many stories of orange spray tans!  To make sure that I wouldn’t make a decision I would regret, I arranged with the lady to go ahead and do a practice run this past Saturday to make sure I would like it, and oh my word, I am loving having my “summer tan look” back!  It was soooo super easy, which was so great, and I am totally at ease about going back to get it again for the wedding.  For those who have never had a spray tan before, I found THIS video on youtube to be super helpful and all of her tips really did work great.

With the sudden cold front though I have been having to find ways to layer up while still looking “springy” (is that even a word???), so my shep shirt from Vineyard Vines has been on mega repeat this weekend.  It is so comfy and versatile, not to mention the perfect preppy piece.  I love the navy and pink color scheme, it is one of my favorites and this shirt just pulls it off perfectly.  Be prepared to definitely see more of it as summer approaches!

Hope you’re all having a fantastic Monday!  What did you do this past weekend?

Xoxo,

Leighton Michele