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Friday, April 25, 2008

Spring Cleaning

Here I am in the middle of "spring cleaning" and I need to blog, I have to, I'm craving it and I need to complain. I've wanted to clean out the closets and every inch of my house for a long time now. I'm think the nesting instinct didn't go away when Kadie was born, which isn't a bad thing. You see I'm a pack rat, a terrible, terrible pack rat. I still have small collections from when I was a child. I have a hard time letting go. Maybe its because my family couldn't afford much when I was young and I savoured everything I received. I don't know. Spring cleaning is a huge ordeal for me. I start out really good, slowly but surely I go back to my old habits of what if I need this or what about the memories this item holds or I could use this in some sort of craft (which I never do get too, I have old jeans to prove it). Clothes is a hard one as well, I keep all my old clothes just in case I want to wear them again. Yeah right I will, some of them I don't fit anymore (yes its true, Celine is to big for some things now, hard to believe but true :) ), some are so not me anymore and some are definitely not in style right now. The hardest of all the clothes are the evening/formal dresses, you know grad and bridesmaid dresses. You've paid a lot more money for them and for that reason its hard to let go. Sigh, life is hard and complicated. What to do, yes I do know the answer, just grab them up and get them out. I won't miss them, I know, I will go into more classical pieces if I ever do need that item again. Now I feel like I'm just blabbering on. Anyways that's what I'm feeling and doing at this moment. Now I can get back to work. Complaining and having a pity party can sometimes do oneself good. Thanks for listening.

3 comments:

M said...

Girl, I know EXACTLY what you're talking about! I still have my grad dress and a bunch of other formal ones I'll likely never wear again. But purging stuff from the house, for me at least, can be a very cathartic experience! Good luck!!

Anonymous said...

30 years later I still have the suit I left on my honeymoon in!! Now that is the definition of "pack rat". I will never fit it again, but what if the style or colour or material come back in style?? I can say I own one, I guess. We all hang on to things and for me it is just because I wouldn't be able to face that person if I had thrown out the gift they gave me. Silly, isn't it? You go girl and purge your closets. Have fun reliving those memories, but remember they are just memories!! and saved forever in your head. DM

Shauna said...

Dah-link, I hear ya! I'm in need of some desperate spring cleaning!