Clothes Organization

After a week of very funky pregnancy blues and too many loads of laundry, I decided to take control of my life. I'm tired of having laundry on the loveseat. I'm tired of having four baskets constantly overflowing with dirty clothes. 

So, this morning, the boys and I are getting all the laundry washed and we're boxing most of the clothes up.  Each boy will keep three everyday outfits, one dress-up outfit, two pjs, a hoodie (our climate is too warm for coats), socks and underwear. The rest of the clothes stored in the shed for later. This isn't permanent, but is only to give my mind and body a rest during this tiring time of early pregnancy. I had to do something to ease the pressure.

I've pared down our wardrobes before, but not to this extent. Emotionally, it is a hard thing to do. Most of the boys clothes have been bought by the grandmothers, so I feel bad for putting them away. However, this is my life and I'm the one doing laundry, so I have to do what makes it easy for me. I hate having lots of clothes, mainly because I always dress the boys in the same three outfits anyway. 

I'll post pics later. Just imagine having almost empty closets and perfectly empty drawers!

10:30 AM - Feb. 7, 2008 - post comment

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Excellent idea! You might find you like it so much that you'll never get the old clothes back out of the shed. I'm getting ready to do something like that here but I just haven't gotten to it, yet.

Robyn - 2:32 PM - Feb. 7, 2008

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That's a wonderful idea! I did something similar - except I pared it down to 6 outfits since my children are young and often need to change during the day... and we travel a lot so we needed to be able to pack for the entire time we were away. Anyway, it's a fantastic idea and I hope it frees you from the laundry moster a bit!

Sweetie - 4:03 PM - Feb. 7, 2008

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