MissTee
12-25-2014, 11:33 PM
With Christmas barely out of the way, and the closets and panty drawer much denser since the Holiday shopping season started, I have begun to think of my annual purge. Not a total purge, just an out with the old and in with the new process. I started doing this a few years back when I realized I could not retain everything I bought lest I run out of room. I make it a habit to start the day after Christmas and finish before the New Year.
FLASHBACK - Before reaching this annual purge conclusion, I had rented a climate controlled storage unit. I made room in my closets for the new stuff and transported the "I'll wear it later" stuff to storage. After three years of that I realized once it went to storage it never came back. Also, I usually never wore it again. Letting go was almost emotionally painful as it felt like purging, but I grew to accept it as a normal part of maintaining a wardrobe and not becoming a hoarder. I find the hardest to let go of is the shoes, dress, blouse or whatever that looked so incredibly cute in the store or in the catalog; yet, in the end they did not quite fit right or meet my expectations once I put them on. Many I may have only worn once or twice.
Anyway, I've identified some charities that will benefit from my purge. A battered women's shelter in one state, and a homeless shelter in another (since I maintain two residences.) I have some really nice stuff -- gently worn and well cared for -- that should be a treat for someone. Does anyone else do something similar and structured, or am I just weird that way?
FLASHBACK - Before reaching this annual purge conclusion, I had rented a climate controlled storage unit. I made room in my closets for the new stuff and transported the "I'll wear it later" stuff to storage. After three years of that I realized once it went to storage it never came back. Also, I usually never wore it again. Letting go was almost emotionally painful as it felt like purging, but I grew to accept it as a normal part of maintaining a wardrobe and not becoming a hoarder. I find the hardest to let go of is the shoes, dress, blouse or whatever that looked so incredibly cute in the store or in the catalog; yet, in the end they did not quite fit right or meet my expectations once I put them on. Many I may have only worn once or twice.
Anyway, I've identified some charities that will benefit from my purge. A battered women's shelter in one state, and a homeless shelter in another (since I maintain two residences.) I have some really nice stuff -- gently worn and well cared for -- that should be a treat for someone. Does anyone else do something similar and structured, or am I just weird that way?