Enough is enough - the great declutter

charlies_mum

pigpen wrote: »

MISSY!!! I am HORRIFIED.. you have not colour coded you wardrobe.. get up those stairs and get it all in colour order!!! Honestly... what are you? a savage??

I filled 2 carriers of rubbish from my room before I came down the stairs this morning.. and I got rid of a few small boxes by decanting their contents (christmas presents and lush) into their proper places!!

I used to work with someone who even colour coded her knicker drawer

mary43

missyg - just thought...........where do you put all your thick woolly jumpers ? ..........I've got three wicker baskets with lids on top of the wardrobe full of t-shirts,skirts, etc. for summer at the minute and normally do a straight swap........summer stuff out -winter stuff in the baskets (except there's too much of it!!) Got drawers under the bed but one's full of bedding and the other's full of I don't know what !

pigpen

charlies_mum wrote: »

I used to work with someone who even colour coded her knicker drawer

My sister does!!!

She has several drawers of bras and matching undies.. one has white.. one has black.. one has blue order palest to lightest.. then she has similarly ordered red/pinks, lemon/green, cream/peach... her wardrobes are just too organised!

I have another couple of bits sold on ebay so have flung them into wrappings for posting tomorrow... one address had me in stitches.. butts batch, wrington... ok.. small things!!

missyg_3

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Better?

What you see is all I have Mary, no thick jumpers, no secret stashes of clothes! There are 2 fleeces in there and 2 cardigans. I will have to buy a few extra bits for summer, all the previous stuff has gone (too big).

pigpen

Slightly... lol.. we all have OCD's in my family!

funkyfunkymonkey

charlies_mum wrote: »

I used to work with someone who even colour coded her knicker drawer

And your point is ........ :rotfl:

I like to 'organise' my wardrobe into types of clothes, and within types to colour code - this does include my undies

Is this not normal

Like missyg I don't have many clothes (possibly for the same reason). I have lost weight and as I 'down-sized' out went all the large clothes. I haven't the inclination or budget to fill my wardrobe with loads more, just a few nice basics.

FFM

funkyfunkymonkey

missyg wrote: »

all the previous stuff has gone (too big).

Missyg, my post crossed with yours, I guessed that was why.

FFM

pigpen

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

And your point is ........ :rotfl:

I like to 'organise' my wardrobe into types of clothes, and within types to colour code - this does include my undies

Is this not normal

erm... only if you have an OCD.

My wardrobe if colour coordinated.. everything is black..

charlies_mum

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

And your point is ........ :rotfl:

I like to 'organise' my wardrobe into types of clothes, and within types to colour code - this does include my undies

Is this not normal


FFM

Not sure whether it is normal or not, maybe it's just me who chucks everything in The though of Gok Wan going through my knicker drawer brings me out in a cold sweat :eek:

funkyfunkymonkey

pigpen wrote: »

Slightly... lol.. we all have OCD's in my family!

I've got loads myself, at least I know and can laugh at them.

The funniest (in my opinion) is the way I like the curtains to be drawn in the front room. The kids get all huffy when I go on until they have crossed the left hand one over the right hand one (my excuse is the street light shines in otherwise).

I can't sleep with the wardrobe door even slightly ajar (wardrobe monsters from childhood perhaps?).

Wardrobes organised (so that you can get what you want quickly).

Plates stacked in a certain order (otherwise they don't quite fit).

See, I have rationalised everything in my own little way. :rotfl:

I think everyone has at least one tiny OCD they just don't know it.

FFM