I've been needing to clean out my closet for a long time. Basically, since we moved in. It's become a catch-all and a total disaster. I've been hearing my mother's voice in my head (more often than i'd like to admit!) telling me to get rid of things. "If you're not using them, give them to someone who will!" And my friend Kristen told me about an organizing book she read and said i need to try everything on and if i don't LOVE it or NEED it to toss it. Be brutal!
So, I did that. I tossed into the Goodwill pile 16-year old Birkenstocks. My first pair. I know, they can be resoled (and have been!), but I'm not going to wear black suede Arizonas ever again. I got rid of two perfectly good 10-year old dresses--one that i wore to a friend's wedding and another that i wore to my rehearsal dinner. I probably wasn't as brutal as necessary, but i think i did good. There will be some dang good shopping down at the Goodwill come next week!
It feels good. I can walk into my closet now. I wish I'd thought to take a "before-and-after" photo. Not only can i walk into it, but i know what i have in there! I can find stuff. And, now i have a really good reason to go shopping! Because, I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR!!!
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always fun to have a good reason to shop... glad you got it all cleaned up, dianne! ;)
Woohoo!! Let's go shopping!!
Good job for getting your whole closet done - that's a lot of work!! I finally tossed my 13 year old maroon Birkenstock clogs last year and it was so hard! So many memories... but then I realized I didn't need my smelly clogs to remember them all. :) I felt good about it!
Oh, fall does this to me, too. I love purging stuff. The open space just feels so restful and peaceful.
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