Stealing Ideas

I was watching the OWN network the other night - and I hate to admit that I really liked some of the shows. I am not a fan of Oprah. I find her self righteous and she always interrupts people - that bugs me. But to each their own opinion right?

Anyway - I was watching a show called "Enough Already". It's kind of like hoarders, but scaled down quite a bit. What I took from this show was the best idea. I have been trying to purge things out of my house for a cleaner looking house. I went through my closet and threw out almost nothing. I hate to part with my clothes. The idea they had was to put ALL of your clothes on hangers in your closet and hang them backwards. Once you've worn them and they've come back from the laundry into the closet, you simply put them back up the right way. After 6 months you can see what you haven't worn and get rid of it!

Now living in Canada, we might have to make that time frame a bit longer. I am not getting rid of my summer wear just because I can only wear it for 3 weeks out of the year!

I just thought that was such a great idea. I have already done it in the kids closets, my husband's is next and then mine. I am going to try to purge just a bit more before I try this trick. I have to do, what we call, a fashion show, to see what doesn't fit and what I just don't like anymore. I've also got a few bins for the top of the closet for clothes that I don't want to get rid of, but I don't want taking up prime space. Things like painting clothes and junk clothes that you have to have when you are doing reno's and various painting projects.

So that's my tip of this week. I think it will really help me get rid of stuff!