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The Importance of Limiting Your Colors

 I've mentioned this in previous posts, but if you're going to buy used clothing, you want to limit your options. Thanks to cheaper clothing overall, more and more of us are giving away clothing that doesn't feel or look just right on us. As a result, the quality choices available at your local Goodwill store are vast: But having an explicit color palette does something else:  It gives you a reason to say no. A group of friends and I used to take a trip every year to wineries in Temecula, California , and then to the Desert Hills outlet stores in Cabazon to shop the deals. We were trying on clothes at the Banana Republic outlet, and I tried on a beautiful chocolate brown coat dress that had been steeply discounted. It fit perfectly, and my friends were insisting that I had to buy it. However, having previously absorbed the lessons of limiting my wardrobe colors (which didn't include brown), I knew I'd have to also purchase matching shoes and a matching blazer or s