Make over
We are redoing our bedroom and instead of awful cupboards, we are getting us a built-in solution for our clothes. Yesterday was day X. The day we were building the backend, the interior of the closet and of course sorting out everything we haven't worn for a year or two or ever. As I have been veeery pregnant and still am big, my span is a bit longer. My husband started removing his side and when he came out I was not super enthusiastic to start on my side. I know I have far to many garments and most of it belongs to a life I no longer have. I don't need 10 evening gowns or 5 suits anymore.
I need fleece jackets, tshirts and easy slip in stuff.
Instead of jumping right at it, we started talking and my husband made me an offer. Keep 5 garments (excluding outdoor wear, shoes and underwear and my wedding dress), toss the rest and he'd give me an amount of money for Christmas for me to buy new clothes for. So tempting!!! I fought for half an hour with my bad conscience towards throwing clothes away (well giving it to the Red Cross, but for me it would be throwing away things that basically would work on me) and the feeling of being able to get a fresh start. In the end we decided I clean out most of it and only keep stuff which is sensible and quite recent. I will still get an amount for Christmas. But honestly? After cleaning out 1 ikea bag and 5 huge shopping bags with clothes, I still have a full closet. I can survive both winter and summer a few years forward. Thing is, because I don't feel great in my body, I thought I needed clothes to cover up certain parts and buying satisfied a need for self esteem. I am happy I cleaned out my old life and focussing on what is to come. I could still use a professional make-over though. So if anyone feels the need to redo me, give me a hand.
