Cleaning My Messy Closet

Every spring I go in my bedroom and take on the dreadful task of cleaning my walk-in-closet. I start in the morning after I've had two rather large cups of coffee; I do this to give myself a jump start.

First, I take all the clothes off the hangers and lay them on my bed.; Then I gather all the clothes on the shelves and add them to the pile. I pull out all the shoes and lay them on the floor beside the bed. Believe me, you may think that this is no big deal, but you have never seen my shoe collection.
Next, I get a chair out of the dining room and climb up and start removing all the gifts for family and friends that I have purchased over the months, off the top shelf. As I move towards the back of the closet I run across the left-over wrapping paper and ribbon from Christmas that didn't get stored in the garage like I thought, oops! The last step to prepping is dragging out the vacuum and cleaning the floor.

Now comes the really fun part. I get to start sorting everything on the bed. I begin by deciding if it still fits or not. If I try it on and it isn't comfortable to wear, it goes in the pile to donate to the women's shelter. You are probably asking yourself, "Why not keep them in case you lose the weight you gained?" I know there is no-way I am ever going to get around to taking off the extra pounds I gained over winter. I didn't like exercising when I was young and I'm not about to start now.

Once that is completed I start the task of putting it back. Funny,, I have extra hangers left over. You know what that means, "Shopping Trip." I have found that using baby hangers to hang slacks and jeans on take up less room and the hangers won't sag under the weight. Once everything is hung back up and put on the shelves, I match up the shoes and place them under the clothes.

The final step is putting the gifts and things back up on top shelf for safe keeping until it's time to wrap them for someone special. When it is all done I have the satisfaction knowing I have accomplished this dreadful task again for another year.