Ten bags of clothes were removed from my house on Tuesday. My current closet is pretty big but nowhere near the walk-in at the old place. I took the creme de la creme of the lot. I found clothes I hadn't seen in years. Clothes I love and haven't been wearing because they were lost in the swarm of second class clothes. My goal now is to keep only clothes I really love and wear. I have become a fan of Coldwater Creek Iron Free white button down shirts. I want to have a more simple uniform. One like men do, in which you have your basic white shirt, black pants and accessories. Shopping was one of my biggest forms of entertainment. The self imposed space constraints are a major deterrent of sport shopping. I am quiting shopping for the sake of shopping. I am embarrassed to admit how many unused and barely used purses, shoes and dresses I own. I continue to read that in order to simplify constant "editing" is required. Tuesday was the first round of "edits". I brought more clothes to the new place than I really want. For some reason I was buying multiples of the same item. I must have 10 pairs of black leggings, 6 pairs of a various pink tennis shoes, and the list could go on forever. My new motto is to entirely use something before purchasing another. I routinely bought mass quantities of anything I used on a regular basis. I am resisting the current urge to go on line right now and buy more Coldwater Creek shirts; the rationale being that I just purged all those clothes and now I can start building my new "uniform". This is the behavior that landed me with all this extra stuff to begin with. I took everything in all closets piled it in the middle of the living and dining rooms. I looked around and thought "this looks like a bad scene for the TV show "Hoarders". There are still many things in the old place that have to go. The weather has been bad and I haven't been able to have a garage sale. The task is so daunting, I am tempted to hire someone to just come and take it all away. Any ideas on how I can quickly and easily rid myself of all the extra stuff?
You've inspired me to pare down my closet this weekend. I've been putting it off, but I've got a lot of clothes that don't fit and I need to cut the fluff like you've done. I already have 15 bags of clothes that I've outgrown and after this weekend I'll probably have more. I'm saving for a garage sale this spring, but if I get tired of waiting I'll give to charity and take the write-off
ReplyDeleteWhen I started looking at how much of my time and energy it was taking to try to sell the clothes it was overwhelming. Your time is more important than that
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