Well, I think I've definitely overshopped! I may have gone a little overboard since Christmas buying things off eBay. I seem to have way too many new dresses and shoes but I'm sure you all know how it is. I see something nice, it's in my price bracket so the bid goes in. Next thing you know, I'm buying more hangars to store my purchases on, oh, and also those space saving hangars that you can clip 5 normal hangars in and then drop one side off the rail to create more space.

I've not really had an opportunity to dress for a long time now but, due to a month of shift work, I will have a number of days to rectify this imbalance in my life. The lack of dressing opportunities has led me to question if I should continue to try and find some time to dress or just cut my losses and get rid of everything. So, with time on my hands I've now collected the majority of Suzzanne's things and have had the daunting task of trying on a lot, and I mean a lot, of new dresses etc. As I said, I haven't really felt the urge recently but now, having looked at what I have and looked at my bag of 'cast offs' (some cheap wigs and various pieces of lingerie and clothing) I'm feeling a little more relaxed and actually looking forward to getting dressed again. I've kept one long wig, just to try cutting a fringe into it, and a couple of new pieces of lingerie from the 'cast off' bag but once I've had a good look through my main lingerie, wig and boob bag, I may yet change my mind about keeping these.

So, today I haven't put my lingerie, boobs or wigs on and have had several hours to literally just try on the many new dresses, several tops and a single leather effect skirt to check the fit and see if I like the style. With the dresses I was looking to see if they covered my shoulders? Was the neckline OK? Was the length right? Did I like the colour and the fabric? I've had my work cut out and have rejected 6 of them for sizing, length and neckline issues that I'm not overly happy about. This is one of those things when you are mainly buying online, not everything will be as you hope it will. I have another 4 dresses I need to look at again tomorrow as I wasn't quite sure of them today given everything else I've tried on. It's a shame I've had to reject one of my sequined dresses as, despite being marked as my size, it obviously wasn't! The good news is that my full sequin jumpsuit fits beautifully although I think I may need a camisole or slip underneath as the neckline is a little deeper than I'd like.The tops and skirt were fine.

The question is though, where do I go from here? I will never have the same amount of storage space at home to store Suzzanne's things as I do now. I could look at self storage but I have a feeling that would just be money down the drain as I'd be storing things just for the sake of it with presumably limited opportunity to dress, as has been the case this last year. Obviously the wife isn't exact;y on board with my dressing either which is playing on my mind for future consideration.

Things need to change! I'm not sure if I class this as a 'purging' event, although it certainly feels a bit like one, but because I don't currently have the intention to actually get rid of everything at this time, maybe it's not! I definitely need to downsize but what to keep and what to lose. I've bought items that I've liked but with no clearly defined idea of when I'd wear them other than maybe at a makeover venue. I should probably have had more of a plan so I find myself in a position where I will definitely need a healthy dose of realism and maybe have to make some hard choices. I should definitely stop buying but the trouble is, I can't stop myself looking. It Is also fairly obvious that there will come a point, not sure exactly when, where I may have to cut things right down to literally just one outfit and probably one wig, one pair of shoes, my boobs, suitable lingerie and a small selection of matching jewellery. At least that should all go in one small case that I can discreetly keep in the house.

This wasn't really meant as a discussion post per se, more observational, but comments are welcome and it would be interesting to know if anyone else has storage issues or if you have thought about what you might do in the longer term. Are you intending to dress indefinitely or do you think there will come a point, like I think I will get to, when you just........stop!