Closet Cleaning Blessings

Yesterday I decided I HAD to clean out my closet.  Several weeks of just throwing things in there because company was at the door had caught up with me to the point that I could not even open the door anymore.  Let me tell you - it really limits your wardrobe options when your clothes are being held hostage by the closet.  So yesterday was the day.  I put on my comfy clothes (the same ones I had been wearing all week), but the baby in the bouncy seat, got the dog settled in with a new bone and got to work. 

I started with the dresser drawers.  I was matching up lonely earrings, throwing out jewelry I haven't worn since my college days, getting rid of the socks with holes in them (note to self: buy more socks), I mean I was ruthless.  Then I moved on to the bathroom cupboards.  Out with the years old moisturizer and the barrets that had been in there so long they were covered in dust.

After a brief break to feed the munchkin and load up on caffiene, it was time for the final project: the closet.  Holy crap, what a mess.  But after a couple hours it was finally done.  When I looked around I couldn't believe how much room there was.

This was not a project I was excited about, but now that it is done I am so glad I did it.  Here is my gratitude list, coming out of the closet:

1. I am amazingly blessed.  I donated more "stuff" than some people even have.  And by donating, I can hopefully be a blessing to someone else.
2. It is so nice to open a drawer, or the closet and see only things that I genuinely love and will wear.  No more shuffling through stuff I no longer like to get to the good stuff.  
3. It made me realize that our house doesn't really have a storage problem - I have a stuff problem.  Lately I had been really focused on how little storage our house has, to the point where it was making me very unhappy.  Pricing storage options made me even more unhappy. Now that I have pared down the bedroom to just the things that I actually use and enjoy I suddenly have plenty of room. What an economical solution!