Purging

No, not THAT kind of purging. Purging of the closet kind. I was able to sleep in this morning and while being hopped up on a good nights sleep and 3 cups of coffee, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought "hey, there's that cute girl that used to live in this body a dozen years ago". Amazing what sleep and coffee will do to one's mind. And then I thought "Why do you keep crap in your closet that doesn't fit, flatter, or is just plain out of date?" Soo guess what I did this morning? I cleaned out my closet!!

These are the before shots. I am embarrassed by how sloppy it is. But as bad as my side is, I did NOT take a pic of Husband's side. I wasn't sure he would be on the purging band wagon (which he actually was) so I didn't take any shots of his side.

I started with all the stuff on the top shelf and am happy to report than I got rid of some outdated sweaters. Midway thru this process, my feet got cold and I decided to put some socks on. You know how most people lose one sock every time they do laundry? I think my socks multiply in the drawer

I had NO IDEA I had this many pairs of workout socks!! I had some workout clothes in the drawer with them so they must have been all mushed up together. I took the clothes out and all the socks showed themselves. What kind of loon has this many pairs of socks?? I gave Daughter a couple pairs, kept a weeks worth for me, and donated the rest. Husband didn't even know I had a sock drawer, let alone a sock fettish!

Back to the closet and I took a hard eye to every thing I had hanging up. I had a lot of conversations with myself that went like this:
Will you really wear that waffle weave dress when you get to your goal weight?
Why do you have a maternity shirt in here from when you were pregnant 15 years ago?
Why did you buy that ugly ass sweater?
Note to self- write Hanes a thank you note for all their awesome t-shirts
Did I really wear THAT out in public?

I was able to finally let go of a lot of stuff. I do still have what I call "the irrational" pieces of clothing: a sweater  my ex-mother in law gave me (she passed away a few years ago), a few skirts I keep as "funeral pieces"-you never know when you will need to wear something blah to a funeral, and another bunch of skirts that remind me of how I looked thin. I know I won't wear them when I hit goal weight, but they are a good reminder for me to keep my nose to the grind stone.

Here are the after shots

All of those empty hangers on the end are for the new pieces I will be getting when I go down another side. And that cute little pup on top of my sweat pants is our Backup Kipper. Middle child got one just like it when he was little and took it everywhere. I was terrified he would lose it so I bought another one and he has been in my closet for 9 years. I love Backup Kipper.

Here is the donation pile. The shirts folded up are going to my friend's wife. I sure like horizontal stripes and the color orange. I need to quit that. Immediately.

Can you tell the Buckeyes play tonight? Husband has his jersey out in the background! He did a great job getting rid of stuff and he is a borderline hoarder.

All in all a good experience and I can't wait to fill it back up with some pieces that are a little less utilitarian and a little more cute!
Cat
PS. I don't normally post on the weekends but my neighbor SK was nice enough to tell me she likes my blog and reads it everyday. So this is for you and Dex!! Maybe if you read it allowed to him he will fall asleep??