How to spend Christmas money on what you need

Well Christmas has come and gone once again and everyone has opened their gifts and received everything they hoped for. This time of year means lots of gift cards, Christmas cash and sales, sales, sales! With all that money and sales it can be overwhelming deciding what to buy. Luckily I learned a great way to figure out what I need and what I need to get rid of thanks to a class I took.  First off, you need to separate your clothes and count how many you have of shirts, sweaters, etc. After that look through your notes and see what you have a lot of and need more of. Use your Christmas money to buy what pieces your wardrobe is lacking. A cluster chart is another great way to decide what you need. To do a cluster chart you pick one basic piece you love and build outfits from that piece. You have two pairs of pants and two jackets and accessorize the different outfits. Keep the cluster to two or three colors when using 5 pieces. You can keep adding pieces and colors to the cluster to expand it. You should hang the cluster pieces together in your closet so its color coordinated and the pieces that go together are by each other and you don't have to search your closet for them. Your wardrobe is like a meal, its important to have your main dish or basic pieces but you also need side dishes or accessories. In that case make sure you note how many scarves, necklaces, etc you have so you can pick some up this season. It is always important to have an outfit for an interview or a funeral. My mother always says you have a funeral dress and get a new outfit for an interview. So check to see if you have outfits for both, its important you look the right part for an interview. A color chart is another great way to decide what you need and don't need. First find out what season you are. Seasons are based off your skin tone and features, like hair eyes, freckles, etc. To learn what season you are read the descriptions at the website linked here. http://www.theimagearchitect.com/articles/TheFourSeasonsofColor.pdf  After you know what season you are, you look at what colors are good and bad for that season. You then take a card put multiple good colors on it so you can pull it out when you're shopping to know if you will look good in a color. Its like your personal shopping helper! Hopefully this information helps with your post Christmas shopping! Bon Voyage! Gaby