10% project: other clothes

So if you were wondering how the 10% project is coming, I'm almost done with the closet and moving on to the dresser.  A side benefit to doing this is I now have an inventory (sort of) that I could always use for insurance purposes if I ever need to.  I'm also wondering how my junk compares with the "average" American woman.  Sometimes I feel like I have barely any clothes (when I'm getting dressed and thinking "I have nothing to wear!") but other times (moving, doing massive amounts of laundry!) it does feel like a lot.

I found this article saying that the average American woman has 19 pairs of shoes, but really only wears 4 pair.  I would have to say I don't wear only 4 pair, and would feel limited by 15 pair.  What do you think?:

So here are the #s at this point:
I had 71 tops (sweaters, T-shirts, shirts, blouses, cardigans, light jackets) and got rid of 18
I had 23 pants & 3 skirts , got rid of 2 pants and 1 skirt
 (Wow it feels weird to only have 2 skirts!)
I had 26 dresses and got rid of 3
I had 25 nightgowns/bathrobes/pajamas and got rid of 5

Still to do: socks/undies/bras, handbags/dufflebags, books, art supplies, plants, makeup.  I am not doing every single category of things I own because, for example, I don't want 10% less diamonds or 10% less of something that we'll eventually consume, like food or shampoo. 

The process has been interesting.  I made myself try on everything I was keeping, and some things really didn't look good on me, even though I'd had them awhile, I'd been looking bad in them all this time!  And I found some other things I'd forgotten about but really should wear more often, like some gray jeans that fit perfectly.  With babies/pregnancy/breast-feeding, weightloss and gain, there were some things I was keeping to fit into that I chucked because even if I lost weight, they weren't so great that I should hang on to them.

And I found some stained things which I soaked in Oxiclean, one coat which I sent to the cleaners and also have to sew a button on (it was my grandmother's, is a classic grey peacoat and both fits me and reminds me of her.).  And the funniest thing I found was way back in the corner of the closet, a brand new with tags maternity shirt!  Won't be needing that one!

10% project: shoes

I have this half-baked feng-shuish idea lately that if I can start decluttering and get rid of 10% of my junk then I will also lose 10% of my weight and have 10% more money saved...and be 10% happier?  (I don't take myself seriously, so please don't take me seriously here, it's just a fun little diversion)

So to start, day 1 of "the 10% project":  10% less shoes.  I took down my shoes and counted them and cleaned them out.  I have amassed 38 pair of shoes + 3 loose single shoes.  This includes 3 slippers, 1 pair of rain boots, 2 Crocs, and 1 pair of roller skates. I have no idea if this is excessive or not.  My husband thinks so!  But some of my femal friends seem to have way more.  (Ahem, JR!) And others are more zen-like and have maybe 10 pair.  Most guys seem to have: dress shoes, sneaks, flipflops and loafers.
Anyway, here's the "before" picture of the pile of shoes I dumped out on my bed:

I got rid of a pair of never-worn brown heels that pinch my toes, black pair of black LLBean loafer-sneaker thingees, a pair of "water shoes" for walking on tidepools or something that I have never worn, and I tossed a pair of white slippers that I got for free at a 5-star hotel in Italy.  The good shoes are going to UCLA Thrift Store.

Feeling lighter already!  What do you think?  How many shoes do you have, and how many is too many?  And could you get rid of 10% of yours?