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Do you plan in advance what you are going to wear in the coming week?

72 replies

Memebeingme · 10/04/2023 00:56

no for myself

OP posts:
AfterSchoolWorry · 10/04/2023 01:10

No, hah. My executive functioning isn't on that level.

Flipflops123 · 10/04/2023 01:25

Yes

iaapap · 10/04/2023 01:26

my clothes are all very similar anyway so it makes no difference what I wear. I just get something quickly.

DramaAlpaca · 10/04/2023 01:36

Yes

eatdrinkandbemerry · 10/04/2023 01:43

Yes

Tinylove23 · 10/04/2023 01:48

No, the next day maybe but not the whole week. Sometimes I just throw on whatever I find clean in the morning.

TooBigForMyBoots · 10/04/2023 01:51

Beyond doing laundry?Confused

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 10/04/2023 02:08

Yes every Sunday I plan out my outfits for the week

LighterNights · 10/04/2023 02:56

No, I wing it.

Phoebo · 10/04/2023 02:57

No, I see what I feel like on the day depending on my mood. Plus it depends on the weather as well

Pseudonamed · 10/04/2023 06:55

No sure two weeks ago I was out removing ice off the car for the school run and two days ago we were on the beach with no coats. You just cannot chose outfits living this side of the world cos you never know what weather will be like.

nzeire · 10/04/2023 06:59

I have theme weeks :) started to see if anyone would notice, no one has :)

I have shades of a colour week
i have dress week, jeans week, skirt week
i have a week of a particular label week

Alwaysworryingoversomething · 10/04/2023 07:03

No but life would be easier if I did.
I always end up scrabbling around in the dark for the right colour tights / socks / leggings.

Wishawisha · 10/04/2023 07:22

Wow, I wish I were this person. I don’t even plan meals I’m cooking for the family until it’s 6pm and I’m stood in the kitchen.

I do plan outfits ahead of time for something I’m thinking a lot about though. Not always a dressier occasion - it could also be going round to someone house that intimidates me a bit and I think a week or two on advance about how I want to look. But day to day, I “plan” by looking outside at the weather and then opening my wardrobe.

Worth saying that my laundry basket is emptied every 2 or so days and when clothes are dry they go on the line and then come back in same day, so my wardrobe is generally made up of all my clothes.

DustyLee123 · 10/04/2023 07:24

No, I have 4 outfits and wear them in rotation.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 10/04/2023 07:26

No, but I do get my clothes out the night before for the next day.

My work has no dress code though, I can wear whatever. But I do like to look out together.

CornishTiger · 10/04/2023 07:26

I wish I had this level of organisation and I wish I could stick to meal planning. But I can’t. My brain is too chaotic.

merrymelodies · 10/04/2023 07:50

Never. Unless I have an important meeting or other occasion, I wear whatever suits my mood and the weather when I get up each morning.

DarkNecessities · 10/04/2023 07:52

Never.
I do meal plan though as it calms me.

YukoandHiro · 10/04/2023 07:53

No

BreakfastOfWaffles · 10/04/2023 07:56

I tend to decide the night before, but like a PP, most of my clothes go together and I have a regular laundry schedule so there's always something available. I would only plan further ahead than that if was a more particular occasion eg work trip with a dress code, evening do etc. I find the British weather puts paid to any outfit plans further out than a day or so.

Matchingcollarandcuffs · 10/04/2023 07:59

I do the next days clothes as I hate getting dressed (and undressed) and hate getting going in the mornings so figure it’s one less decision I have to make. I am always up before DH (and out before he’s up if an office day) so have to have clothes ready the night before. If I don’t get up, showered and dressed straight off I end up vegetating under a blanket for hours on the sofa, paralysed by indecision.

If I have had a bad night (fibro/insomnia/HRT/anxiety/period) I give myself a pas if I’ll be home that day and choose a different/comfier outfit when I get up.

I suspect I’m autistic, DS undergoing assessment and I have hEDS so more likely.

Meandfour · 10/04/2023 08:00

No as it depends on weather, plans etc. I tend to have a decent idea the night before but that can sometimes change.

AnotherCF · 10/04/2023 08:03

No but I tend to hang my clothes beside things that go with them rather than group like items to reduce thinking in the morning.

hopeishere · 10/04/2023 08:06

No. I wear the same jeans over and over with a top. Wfh and putting on weight means I don't care anymore Sad