<p>So by now most of you have ha<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/05/reallife-style-or-here-this-is-what-i-look-like-on-video.html">d the pleasure of seeing me on video</a>. Wasn&#39;t that fun? Taping that couldn&#39;t have come at a better time, since it is time for spring cleaning after all PLUS I&#39;m in the midst of de-pregnifying myself. I know that&#39;s just the most awful made up word, and I apologize, but I think I&#39;ve gone through enough birthing three babies and all so I think I&#39;ve earned the right to leave that word up there. I also can&#39;t come up with a better way to explain this...stage..that I&#39;m at. I don&#39;t fit in my maternity clothes, and I&#39;ve already hit up Old Navy for my in-between stage clothes, but the season has changed and I&#39;m not quite un-pregnant looking&#0160; yet and I&#39;m not about to go on another shopping spree just for some temporary clothing. I&#39;m too cheap to spend money on disposable clothes.</p>

<p>So I&#39;ve focused my energies in clearing the clutter from my closet instead. I mean, just take a look at Mount Clothesmore right here:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">
</div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee510fb9970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0266" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee510fb9970b " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0133ee510fb9970b-500pi.jpg" title="DSC_0266" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I&#39;m one of those strange creatures that really enjoys getting rid of stuff. I find a closet full of stuff I don&#39;t like incredibly depressing. It just makes me think of all the wasted potential, you know? I like the freedom that comes with having less useless stuff.&#0160; </p><p style="text-align: left;">Anyways! I find that the easiest way to clean out the closet is to take everything out. EVERYTHING. I dump it in the most inconvenient place I can think of, because if I put it in a corner somewhere I&#39;ll be tempted to leave the piles of clothes festering for days. So I put it on top of my favorite place in the whole world, my bed, and I tell myself that when I&#39;m done with the project I&#39;ll be able to lie down for a nice nap as a reward for all my hard work. </p><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180ce32970c-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0259" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180ce32970c " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180ce32970c-320wi.jpg" /></a> <br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"> After everything is laid out on the bed, I put it back -- and I force myself to do it one item at a time. If I have to think too hard about why I need those jean shorts circa 1992 or what the hell a particular stain is, the clothes don&#39;t go back. This is one of the few instances where my inherent laziness is an asset. If I can&#39;t be bothered to hang it up, off it goes to a donation box! I don&#39;t even have to fold it which pretty much tips the scales towards getting rid of most of it. Sneaky!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Eventually, the work is done and I&#39;m left with a lot of empty hangers and shelves:</p><p style="text-align: left;">
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d224970c-pi.jpg" style="float: left;"><img alt="DSC_0263" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d224970c " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d224970c-pi.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 5px 5px 0pt; width: 270px;" title="DSC_0263" /></a> <br />
<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d313970c-pi.jpg" style="float: right;"><img alt="DSC_0260" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d313970c " src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348180d313970c-320wi.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">&#0160;<br /> </p></div><p><br /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That&#39;s when the real fun begins! I&#39;m now down to the bare basics -- what still fits and is relatively decent after six years of childbearing and raising isn&#39;t much to sing about, I&#39;m afraid -- so I need to restock my closet. </p><p>I&#39;ve mentioned my distaste for buying for buying&#39;s sake in the past, so I&#39;ve decided that the best way to ensure that I buy things thoughtfully is to blog it. From now on I&#39;ll be blogging every item of clothing I purchase. It&#39;ll force me to think about what direction my style is headed, and I hope (I can only hope!) it&#39;ll make me think twice before I spend money on something regrettable -- like those shorts circa 1992.</p><p>Of course, I&#39;m a real person with a real budget, so I&#39;m not saying I&#39;ll be blogging about this every day -- I neither need nor have the funds to entertain you with a new outfit everyday -- but I&#39;ll be blogging my shopping strategies for the next year, and if I put the cash down for something clothing-wise it I&#39;ll be blogging it here.&#0160;</p><p>This should be interesting.</p>
