other fancy stuff
Mar 11th, 2010 by charlotte
Puff The Magic Dragon / Peter, Paul & Mary
there is a kind of limbo that happens for me whenever i know that i’m going to be moving. i start creating piles of things suddenly unwilling to find a place for everything and put everything in it’s place. what is the point of buying a shelf that would fit perfectly in that corner? when i move in a couple of months that shelf might not fit anywhere in my new home and then i’ll have to sell it or try to make it work. so i create piles. and live with messes i usually wouldn’t put up with.
Before:
Aiden didn’t have a nightstand so we had been using a TV tray from the living room.
Could I fit more crap onto my nightstand? Don’t even get me started on the expired medications I found in there.
Could I put more crap on my dresser? Or more perfume? Seriously?
this past weekend i’d really had enough of wedding planning and worrying about what i will or won’t be able to have in the new place. i dragged aiden to ikea and went nuts. but only slightly nuts. for my project i needed a nightstand and a serving platter and elbow grease – but they don’t sell that at ikea. and on sunday morning after going to the gym with hannah i set to work making my room a little less cluttered.
I am sure I will find a way to clutter it up before we move out. The next project I would like to tackle is my closet. I am fairly adept at weeding out items of clothing I no longer wear but that doesn’t keep it from being scary in there. The other day I found some white pumps for an 80s party I attended 5 years ago… I didn’t live here then. Also, I think Larry Craig is hiding out in there.
What is your secret for weeding out closets? I need serious help. I wonder if my therapist would make a house call for such an activity.
I can’t help, but hang on to anything and everything that remotely fits and even stuff that doesn’t. Yeah, I’m looking at you skinny dresses from senior year of high school…
Do you have a method? I’d love to know.