Clearing Out The Closet

I know I'm not alone when I say I have clothes in my wardrobe I havent worn in years.  In fact there are some clothes in my wardrobe that I've never even worn!  Brand new clothes with tags. Unworn. Come on ladies I know I'm not alone here.  I've been contemplating why I do this and there are several reasons........

1.  I decided at some point there would be an opportunity to wear 'that' item.

2.  I wanted to return the item but lost the receipt or my 30 days was up.

3.  The item was so cheap (most likely from Primark) that it would have cost me more in petrol and parking to return the item, than what I actually paid for the it!

4.  I wore the item once and realised the stores changing room must have been using special effects to make me believe I looked amazing.  The reality however was not so good.

5.  I decided I no longer liked the item and would sell it on Ebay (when I got a spare moment).  Which is never.

6.  The moment I get rid of something I'll need it aka Sods Law so it makes sense to keep everything for 'just in case purposes'.

My wardrobe is now buldging at the seams and my boyfriends section mysteriously seems to be getting smaller.  Something which hasn't gone unnoticed by him.  The trouble I've found when you have so many clothes is you loose track of what you have and end up wearing the same favourite trusty outfits!  This just would not do!

When The Clothes Bank opened up in town I decided it was time to have a clear out.  You take in good quality shoes, clothes and accessories, they weigh them and in return they give you cash. Kerrrching!

I attacked my wardrobe with determination and took a photo just to prove it.

Not a bad effort eh?



To the Clothes Bank we go



My clothes weighed in at 22kilos........

How much did I get?????  Well ok, I only got £12.60 but hey thats a quarter of the way towards a brand new pair of shoes and a whole load of space to fill.............hehe.

I'm a hoarder. Fact.

So I've just been rummaging through my bag to find my memory stick.  It's always a worry putting my hand into the very depths of my bag.  Most things I need are at the top so anything that's fallen to the bottom has most likely been there for a long time and should probably be thrown away.  There has been many a time I've found an uneaten piece of fruit or something worse at the bottom of my bag.  However what I've just found has put a big smile on my face.  I found my sons tooth.  Now I don't know about you but I keep just about everything from birthday cards to er yes, teeth!  All for sentimental reasons I assure you!  I inherited this trait from my mother.  She keeps a newspaper each year for every birthday I and my sisters have had.  There are 4 of us in total.  Now that is a lot of newspapers!  It's a sweet thing to do, a way of looking back through history.  However she has now offloaded all my birthday newspapers onto me and I'm not entirely sure where I'm going to put them.  

I guess we've all got quirky things like this we do or keep.  Looking at my sons tooth has brought back quite a few memories from when he was young and for me keeping things like this is a way of keeping those memories.  Have you got anything strange you keep. Are you a crazy hoarder like I am?