The Purge

Yeah...I finally cleaned out my closet and purged out a ton of clothes! I finally parted with some clothes that I haven't worn since the start of the millenium! LOL! Sounds dramatic huh? There were some clothes I last wore in 2000 when I arrived here. Then through the years, I've found that my style has kinda evolved. I used to be the plain shirts and jeans kinda gal. I still wear those of course but I'm now into skirts too. I guess I've gotten a little more frilly and pretty!
Anyhoo, I think I got about 4 trash bags filled with clothes.
Ten there were the kids' clothes. I had been hanging on to their baby clothes because I knew I wasn't done having babies then. And babies grow so quickly, they hardly wear their clothes for very long. Well, although I am not 100% sure we're done having babies (only God knows, right?), I know that these clothes are just taking up so much room! If we have another baby, well, that baby will have new clothes instead of hand-me-downs. DS is almost 7 now and I've been storing all his clothes from when he was a baby. Can you imagine how much that is? Even after using those space storage bags, it was still taking up a lot of room! So, I've given all those away too!
We have a family friend who regularly sends clothes back to the Philippines. They sponsor an orphanage and send clothes there. They have a cargo shipping side business so they're able to send their boxes regularly. I gave them all the clothes. It felt good to have cleaned out the closets and even be able to help.
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Joy at 8:59 AM

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Anonymous | Friday, November 02, 2007 4:24:00 PM

Good for you! I've long been wanting to do that with the other clothes that I have here in my little space. But Papa doesn't want to give them away. I have already given out some clothes that I haven't used for a while when I moved in but it seems like there's always more when I look at my closet.

Tylertopia | Friday, November 09, 2007 10:07:00 AM

Ahh yes! I love to purge the closets. :o)Feels so great to get rid of the clutter. Even if it is sad to let go of some of the clothes from 5 years ago I want to fit in again...hehe.

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