Review of the first month and a new capsule for November

 

October is behind us and time is swiftly flying towards the end of the year. The weather has changed here and I think I can finally say that the summer is over and winter is finally on its way. One day the temperature was 25⁰c, the next we lit the fire. Time for a quick review of last month’s clothes and a new capsule collection for November.

Overall, the clothes I selected for October worked well. I’d judged the weather about right and had a selection of short and long sleeved t-shirts plus a couple of fleeces to cover the chillier evenings. I dabbled with the #33in33 challenge, which involves wearing a different outfit every day for 33 days. With the right mix of colours and a couple of scarves this works very well.

 

 It was going well until mid-October when we had to return to the UK suddenly to arrange a funeral. However, Project 333 eased any packing worries, as I simply shoved a week’s worth of clothes from the capsule into a suitcase, along with a black jacket and trousers from the ‘special exceptions’ rail.

Now it’s time to choose a new capsule for November. In fact, I am hoping that this will see me through the whole three months of winter. It will have to, as I don’t think I’ve got any warmer items! Here is the list for November, as before I have not included bags, shoes, outer wear or underwear (including two thermal vests!)

1.       Quechua long sleeve shirt

2.       Tesco long sleeve shirt*

3.       M&S long sleeve thermal top pink

4.       M&S long sleeve thermal top purple

5.       North face long sleeve top

6.       Berghaus pink long sleeve t-shirt

7.       Rohan blue striped long sleeve t-shirt (new)

8.       Rohan green long sleeve shirt (new)

9.       Rohan brown chamois shirt

10.   Black long sleeve t-shirt*

11.   Per una cream and grey flower shirt*

12.   Blue woolly jumper*

13.   Brown woolly jumper*

14.   Next green polo neck*

15.   Cream polo neck*

16.   Rohan thick cream fleece (new)

17.   Rohan green zip fleece (new)

18.   Rohan black gilet

19.   Quechua grey fleece

20.   Quechua blue fleece

21.   Berghaus pink fleece

22.   Brown Rohan zip hoodie

23.   Sarah Lund jumper*

24.   Quechua grey trousers

25.   Quechua black trousers

26.   Rohan travel jeans

27.   M&S navy cords*

28.   M&S burgundy cords*

29.   M&S grey cords*

30.   Tesco jeans*

31.   Monsoon check skirt

32.   Joules cord skirt

33.   Next cord coat

It’s difficult to gauge the proportion of tops to bottoms required, so I have reckoned on about 50% tops. I’ve even included a couple of skirts – just in case we venture out to Limoges for a bit of culture.