The Spice Girls, Odd People, and junk...

Since we are moving and I have already discussed my "spring cleaning" and purging in great detail, we are all familiar with the fact that I had LOTS of stuff to get rid of. So being back on my Altace and not feeling like death warmed over, we set out for the flea market to rid ourselves of these lovely items that have been gathering dust for ages.

I have lots of lovely clothes from Gap, Old Navy, The Limited, Ann Taylor, Ralph Lauren, DKNY, and others as well. Sunglasses from Kenneth Cole, Ralph Lauren, Nine West, Calvin Klein, etc. I also have some other nice stuff as well. I figure this stuff will be what goes first and I will be stuck with all the junk. Imagine my shock when everyone starts buying the tacky crap that mom dragged home from some yard sale somewhere!!

"Oooh! Look!! A shadow box for my bathroom!!"

"Ooh! Beat up Adidas sneakers!" (I feel bad that someone probably needed them that badly)

This one pair of shoes that I thought for sure I would have to throw out...sold for ten cents! The Adidas sneakers went for fifty cents.

On Friday this British guy came through and bought a bunch of VHS tapes I had. He didn't have his glasses, so I had to read the back of the box of some of them to him. The awesome Spice Girls movie, Spice World, was in the mix of these fifty tapes or so (yes...please keep your "what the heck are you doing with the Spice Girls movie" to yourself), so we had a discussion of the Spice Girls and each of them separately as well. This guy was at least in his fifties. It was very strange.

Some Indian guy came and bought all of my perfume and Bath and Body Works stuff...I hope it was for a girl friend or wife...

At the end of the day, I started giving away the stuff I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO TAKE HOME! Then I gave a bunch of it to another vendor that I have known for years!

It was an interesting weekend and I made about $200, so not too shabby for getting rid of junk.

I now have aprons to make and lunch to go to.

Top reasons to clean out your closet regularly...

I am trying to get rid of stuff and clean out stuff I don't need, wear, doesn't fit, etc... During this process, I have come up with some reasons why you should do this regularly. Please feel free to add your own to the list.

In no particular order...

1. No one is going to want your crazy clothes from the 1990's (or 1980's)!! You start thinking...Man...what was I thinking??!! I actually wore that!

2. You are more acutely aware of the difference in the size of your clothes...the newer ones aren't that small...man...I think they shrink when they hang in the closet...I'm telling you...those buggers just hang there on that hanger and shrink up!!!

3. You start seriously questioning your ability to pick out your own clothing! Sequined/glittered sweaters??!! Flowered knee length gauzy skirts?? Blossom hats!!

4. It's not a month long process if you do it more than once a decade!!!


Ok...that's enough...it's too depressing!! Haha I seriously had clothes in my closet that I wore as far back as 9th grade...and no...I'm not going to tell you what year that was!! I seriously do not remember some of those clothes being that small!! I don't remember ever being small enough to fit in some of that...it had to have shrunk...that has to be it. How could I ever wear some of that stuff??!! Sadly, I find that some of it is coming back in style...I saw similar stuff to some of it in the most recent issue of InStyle magazine. I'm sorry, but I wore it once and I don't want to go back!! I'll stick with my jeans and black shirts thank you very much!!

I already gave away about 10 garbage bags of clothes and I still have about six boxes worth. Teresa and I are thinking of getting a booth at the flea market...she really wants me to get rid of more than I am...I don't dare let her in here or she'll get rid of EVERYTHING!! At this rate, I think I'm going to need two booths. I still have so much to go through and I already have the front room full of stuff!! I went through and put price stickers (I got pre-printed ones...they rock) on about half of the stuff...and of course the cat wanted to help!! He'll ignore me all day when I'm watching TV, but as soon as I start actually doing something he starts meowing and hugging all over me...he's male...that probably explains it. :-P

So...I've learned that it's less depressing to get rid of things in more of the Teresa fashion...about every other month. Haha

I guess I should attempt to sleep now since it's almost 2AM...