purging clothes, shoes and accessories...

Oh, how good it feels! I made the decision before I started cleaning out our dressers and closet that I wanted items that I loved and not just stuff that I settle for when my favorites are dirty. I also started feeling very overwhelmed by the amount of clothing items I had... it really was ridiculous. I would have a pile of clothes sitting on our chair in the mornings because I would put it on and hate it and then take it off. My drawers were never organized because there was just too much stuff shoved in them. So the work began!


A couple questions that I asked my self when I wasn't sure about an item was:
1.) Does it fit? Really does it fit?
2.) When was the last time I wore it?
3.) Do I truly love it?
4.) Will I miss it if it's gone?


The Result? I have 2 extra drawers in my dresser now, 2 extra shelves in my closet that shoes sat on and I paired down two baskets of handbags and scarfs to just one basket!


I got rid of 13 dresses - this was so hard because I loved the majority of these dresses but they didn't fit anymore and I hadn't wore most of them in more the a year.

8 pairs of shoes for me and 2 pairs for the Husband!

9 handbags!

7 Scarfs (who needs that many in Houston?), 1 belt and a pair of suspenders from a Halloween costume from 2008 (yeah, I haven't used them since)

16 necklaces, 1 bracelet and 8 pairs of earrings.



And lots and lots of other items! (check out that green furniture in the background circa 1972!)

We are having a garage sale next weekend and these items will be added to the other 4-5 bags of clothing we have been storing for far too long. We are only having the garage sale for one day and everything that isn't sold will be donated to Goodwill or the Salvation Army.


This is the trash I collected during the purging... the jeans belong to the Husband... they all have holes so we are unable to sale or donate them.

The purging and spring cleaning has began in the Goodman household! What spring cleaning projects do you have?