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January 15, 2007
Wow, no wonder I'm so unorganized!
So, I'm following the FlyLady's directions, and I'm doing pretty well. So I figure I'll go look at the lady she links to for clothing assistance - what do I wear with this - um - kinda fat body.
So this lady suggests that you go through your closet, take everything out (which I had just done anyway because of my new closet hardware) and then anything that has not been worn in a year - give away. If you have two of something - give away the oldest one.
You would think that would decrease the amount of excess clothing I have, eh?
So, this nice lady says to arrange your clothes by type (pants, skirts, dresses, shirts, etc.) and then by color.
Holy cow. Fully 7/8ths of my wardrobe is black. In fact, I have 8 black skirts. 3 styles, 8 skirts. I have not even counted the black shirts I have. How depressing!!!
Yes, I'm kinda fat these days, and I'm slowly, ever so slowly, losing it (I did have a bit of a relapse over the holidays to my never-ending shame!). But you know, I'm not any less fat when I wear black. Heck, I'm not in mourning!
So, I need to continue to go through the clothes - give more and more away, whittle them down to a manageable mess. No wonder I never get all the laundry done! We have enough clothes for probably 10 people!
Someday, not in the near future, I need John to do the exact same thing. He has way too many shirts, and some are identical to each other. I do try to at least get rid of the ones that are falling apart when I do laundry, but I betcha that John has 30 or 40 polo shirts. No. Lie. I know because I wash them.
Oh, and I am working on the bedroom, thank you BostonMaggie, Anne and Harvey! I found some fossils under our bed.
Who knows, they might be worth something!!
Well, time to go back to my housekeeping.
Posted by Beth at January 15, 2007 4:44 PM
Comments
Dude, she's coming for your clothes. Hide the sentimental stuff while you can!
Posted by: ry at January 15, 2007 10:30 PM
Will you toss my salad?
Posted by: Dimmy at January 16, 2007 1:56 AM
Don't worry about your weight over the holidays (unless you get really excessive) - after all, that's what a 'holiday' is all about.
Just figure any major holiday into your weight loss plans as 'no effect' days at best with a high probability of 'negative effects'.
And don't be too quick to toss clothing - its lifespan is measured in wearings (washings, really) so the more often you wear something the sooner you have to replace it. Doesn't mean you have to put off doing laundry until everything's dirty though.
Posted by: KCSteve at January 16, 2007 2:48 PM
C'mere, Dimmy. I'll happily toss ya!
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at January 16, 2007 9:17 PM
I've developed quite the black fetish myself these days and I believe my closet could give yours a run for its' money. You'll feel so much better when you're done and it'll be worth it.
Posted by: Stacy at January 17, 2007 1:20 PM
I found about the same thing with my closet when I tried organizing it, except my stuff was white (can you believe that??) Well, that and blue jeans,,,
Posted by: Michele at January 18, 2007 5:38 PM
It's OK, black looks good with red hair.
Posted by: Maggie at January 18, 2007 10:32 PM