The Big Crash
@Kouponkaren (5497)
United States
January 24, 2022 12:46pm CST
Yesterday afternoon, I heard a big crash when my husband Chuck was away at the gym. I thought it sounded like giant icicles crashing down outside on our front porch. So I didn't really pay much attention.
It was actually the lower clothes rack in my closet coming unhinged from the wall due to the weight, and crashing to the floor. Chuck noticed it when he came home. So you know what I will be doing all day today! I already started but took a break for lunch.
I have 4 piles going:
1 to keep
1 to donate
1 to try on, and decide which pile they go in
1 to list on eBay
It's fun to discover clothes I have forgotten about, and also will be fun to donate stuff to a thrift store and get it out of the house.
Do you go through your clothing and donate to thrift stores or Goodwill?
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 22
@Kouponkaren I found that decluttering/reorganising/whatever actually made me feel better mentally. I felt lighter too.
@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@JudyEv Yes, you are right. I came up with 2 kitchen trash bags full, and 2 older gowns I had hanging in there, and I feel lighter already. I will donate them tomorrow.
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
25 Jan 22
I donated my old clothes to the needy last year :)
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@freelancemariagrace Good for you. I do that periodically, but I also like to shop at thrift stores and often find new clothes for myself that I bring home.
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
24 Jan 22
Before the pandemic we send all our still good and reusable clothes to my aunt ( mom's cousin) to a province down Southern Philippines. Aunt is an elected local politician so she gives it to her poor constituents living in far flung mountainous areas, it's valuable and big deal for them.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@loiuevill Oh that is a very good thing to have done.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Jan 22
I keep my clothes thinned out on a regular basis.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@wolfgirl569 You are smart. I have a hard time doing that. I get too busy with other things and don't make a point to do that.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@Ronrybs It was a busy day. All the piles are sorted and now we have to figure out if the rack can be fixed or if we need to buy a new one.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@Faster16 That's good. Today I went through the clothes that are too BIG for me because I lost weght, but still held on to the bigger ones for a long time. That was dumb!
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@snowy22315 Me too, but apparently I need to do it more often!
@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jan 22
Around 2 years ago we went through all our clothes and gave away a lot. It is amazing how clothes accumulate through the years.
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@LeaPea2417 Yes, especially when one keeps buying new clothes they fall in move with (that would be me!)
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@Kouponkaren (5497)
• United States
25 Jan 22
@Kandae11 Yes, I do think that was part of the problem as I had a couple of heavy sweaters on that rack that I wore during the Christmas holidays and forgot to take down and put away.
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