i have purged three garbage bags of clothes so far today

[fizzgig]

the nice stuff goes to the safe house as i'm sure they can use interview clothes, the regular stuff goes to the thrift store and the ratty shit will be dropped off for recycling.

i am boggled by how much clothing i have accumulated.

[TexasTowelie]

1. I did the same thing in April.

I donated about three bags of clothing to the Red Cross--mostly long sleeve shirts that can be used by someone for a professional job. I probably have another bag or two that I can clear out though. I held onto one group of shirts though in case I return back to the job market.

[fizzgig]

6. there's some nice stuff in the one bag

but considering i haven't worn that stuff in five or more years, it was time to part with it.

[pinboy3niner]

2. In my case I wouldn't know what I'd do with it

The ratty shit is my whole wardrobe. No one has ever accused me of being a fashion plate.

[fizzgig]

7. i often look like i got dressed in the dark

but the recycle stuff was just unwearably ratty. i can't wear jeans blown out in the crotch.

[Brigid]

13. Oh, come on.

You could start a new fashion trend.

[pipi_k]

19. Trying. To. Resist.

the urge to ask "how?"

[Manifestor_of_Light]

26. That's what codpieces are for, silly!!

[Throd]

3. I think it's time for me to admit that I'll never get into those size 32 pants again.

[fizzgig]

8. i admitted that my size 8 days are likely over

i like to think of myself as jolly.

[mrmpa]

17. Last year I admitted that my size 18W & 20W days..........

were likely over and my size 12 days were finally here. Last Labor Day weekend, I cleared out my closet of all the clothing I had that ranged from 18W to 22W. I think that I somehow felt that I might return to those sizes agains. But after one year where I had settled into the smaller sizes (weight loss of 100 lbs.) I began to believe in myself and that I would not return to those larger sizes.

I donated it all to my local St. Vincent de Paul thrift store. It was all great brands, LL Bean and Macy's clothing, both professional and leisure attire. I hope that it helped someone in need.

[fizzgig]

20. way to go!

[rurallib]

4. We are scheduled to do that next week

Mrs. lib is a real packrat so it could be a fight.

[fizzgig]

9. i had to fight with the husband when we cleared out our papers earlier this year

no, my love, you don't need the paperwork from an aflec policy that expired eight years ago

[graywarrior]

5. I did the same thing today!

[fizzgig]

10. i still have so much clothes

it's absurd.

[graywarrior]

11. I can't even remember what I got rid of.

[fizzgig]

12. the only thing i'm really going to miss is the green day shirt

but i am far to rotund for it.

[graywarrior]

14. I have more to get rid of tomorrow.

[davidpdx]

15. I did a similar thing in July before I went to the US

I hadn't cleaned out my closet since we moved into the house we are in 3 1/2. By the time I was finished I had filled a Costco bag. Then I went and bought my new clothes.

[fizzgig]

23. i still have plenty to wear

my sister cleaned out her clothes, too, and found a few pairs of pants that fit me.

[davidpdx]

24. I wish that had been the case for me

Many of my clothes were worn out or didn't fit. I found one shirt that I never wore to give away to a co-worker who is big and tall like I am. Finding clothes here in Korea is difficult so when I go home, I bring everything back with me. Usually I go every two years, but it had been three years since my last trip.

BTW I like your sig line. I grew up in Oregon and as I mentioned just visited there. I was in Astoria about four weeks ago. Didn't go by the Goonies house, but stopped at the maritime museum and had dinner at a place on the Columbia River.

[fizzgig]

25. astoria is a neat little town

we went by the goonies house and had lunch on cannon beach last time i visited. there's a picture of me in front of haystack rock somewhere.

[Sweet Freedom]

16. My family does this every six months

We purge the whole house once in the summer and again right before Christmas. The rule is, if you don't love it and you haven't worn or used it in the past year, it goes to charity (with reasonable exceptions). I'm always amazed at how much stuff we accumulate.

[fizzgig]

22. i'll purge "stuff" next

i hadn't done my wardrobe in years.

[marzipanni]

18. Recycling cloth stuff- where do you take it?

I used to think Goodwill sorted out and sent unsaleable stuff to a recycle place which chopped up clothing and other cloth stuff for use as insulation, car trunk lining pads, etc. Then a long time ago someone on DU said she worked at a Goodwill, or a similar place where people donate stuff, and said, "Please don't donate worn out stuff with holes, etc." I know some people buy new jeans with worn spots and rips, but I feel bad donating ratty stuff as if someone would buy it.

When I look at clothes in stores sometimes I find things that have come back in style after twenty or thirty years, and I still have the original .

[fizzgig]

21. the city recycling center has a bin for it

and we need to make a run there anyway.