Today my family is going through the closets, cleaning out clothes that don't fit, handing them down, or donating them to Goodwill.
My youngest is happy about the hand-me-downs (she said "I just went shopping!" coming out of my middle girl's room with an armload of clothes) but not about getting rid of clothes that don't fit. But who likes to give up their favorite clothes?
My wife and I are doing our own closet, which has admittedly been going downhill the last year. The "walk in" part is now a "squeeze in", and the shelves are piled too high, and the hanging part is jammed way too full. My wife has vowed to get rid of a bunch of things that she doesn't wear, or are worn out, or don't fit (we're both in better shape than a few years ago, so some stuff is just too big.)
The pile of Goodwill donations in the hallways is already quite a sight, as is the row of garbage bags for worn out clothes and the vast amount of paper (old schoolwork, magazines, etc) that mysteriously seems to grow in everyone's closets.
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