Dealing With Pack Rat Tendencies
Both my fiancé and I are pack rats, although in very different ways. For me, it’s craft supplies I hoard – I just cannot seem to let go of those balls of yarn I’ve had for six years, or the Rubicoil I used three times and have left sitting to gather dust.
In The Monkey’s case, it’s clothes. Most men would say they’re not clothes horses, and The Monkey is no exception to that rule. He doesn’t buy himself new clothing very often, and when he does it’s pretty versatile stuff. So what could be the problem?
In our case, we both have issues letting go of stuff once it’s made it into the house. Rather than tackle my craft room, I’ve decided that this weekend I’m going to tackle the closet space. I decided this when I ran out of hangers and we still had three loads of laundry to do. We just might have too many clothes for two people.
So this weekend I’m going to clear out the closet clutter. I’ve got a pretty straight-forward approach, too. I’m going to weed out anything with holes or stains in it. All those items, if they’re usable, will be sewn into napkins. Anything not usable for that purpose (think holey socks here) will be tossed. Anything that doesn’t fit will be packed into a bin and stored away. In six months, if it still doesn’t fit or we don’t want it anymore, it’ll get donated.
I’ve got some before pictures up on my personal blog, and I’ll be documenting the “during” and “after” shots there as well.
And just what does this have to do with marriage? I’ll come back here on Monday and discuss that!
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 am
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