Yesterday I spent more than four hours cleaning my closet.
It started out that I needed to hang my new purchases up, and figured that I would pull out some of the things that were either a) to small and not going to fit in the next month when I go back to work b) seriously not my style and what was I thinking and c) seriously worn out and I haven't worn since six months before I got pregnant.
Therefore I decided to try on every pair of pants, every skirt and every dress in my closet to decide what fit and what looked good. And I put all my blouses in color order.
Then I decided to clean the bottom of the closet, which houses all my dress shoes (43 pairs) and my slippers (3 pair) and an enormous amount of clothes that I pulled off the racks in frustration that I didn't like and all my sweaters which didn't get packed up last season because it was the winter that didn't want to end.
Then I decided to clean the top of the closet, which has my sneakers (8 pair) and flip flops (7 pair) and all my purses, as well as various crap that I didn't know what to do with.
And now: clean!! (note: this was all about my side of the closet. While my husband cannot actually hang something straight on a hanger and misses the hamper more times that he makes it, his side is relatively clean at all times.)
Also, I managed to (generally) come clean about how much I purchased and the fact that I opened a credit card without fainting from the pressure of it. It's usually not a problem - he's usually there for my purchasing (what can I say, my husband likes to shop) but I really went overboard the other day, but when I looked at it all I couldn't find anything to take back. So instead I cleaned.
His only comment? "I guess I'm glad I'm working all this overtime." Works for me!
3 comments:
Wow, you have a lot of shoes. I went through a shoe phase. Actually, I used to be one of those women who had 3 pairs of shoes and none of them were cute. And then my best friend introduced me to shoe appreciation and I went a little nuts. And now I'm somewhere in the middle. My issue now is that the bulk of my shoes have to be comfortable. Comfort and cuteness do not often go together.
I'm jealous that your husband was cool w/ the spending. I bought more than I had planned the other day (I had planned to buy 1 thing, I came home w/ 3) and one of them is still in the bag waiting for him to tell me if I have to take it back.
I didn't exactly tell him how much I spent, just that there were Columbus Day sales and I took advantage of it. I have a separate account that I use occasionally. He probably would have had a conniption about the amount. After evaluating my closet, I really think I'm done on the spending front unless I actually lose that weight and have to get new things (which honestly, I'm not sure will happen and I can probably have my current clothing altered anyhow).
Plus, he really does like to shop. When I told him about the sales (Loft had 40% off their clearance, and then I got an additional 15% off for the credit card) I could actually see his mind running to see if it was conceivable that he hit the mall ... the one thing he has a problem with me buying is purses, so even though he indulges my shoe fetish, he hems and haws if I say something about wanting a new purse even though I don't have many and I use the same one for about a year before I start thinking about a new one.
Ps - my shoe thing started when his cousin introduced me to DSW at the same time that I discovered heels and started working at a place where I had to dress nice instead of in uniform. A perfect storm, really. I realized that good shoes can be comfortable and I never looked back. :)
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