Knee Deep in the 3 Cs

For my first "The big kids are back in school" project, I decided (quite foolishly, I might add) to tackle the re-organization of my closet. This is a project 4 years in the making. You see, shortly after we bought this house I came to the realization that my closet needed some serious help. But I kept putting it off and putting it off, until my closet became an endless abyss of clutter, confusion, and chaos. I started keeping my clothes in the laundry room so that I wouldn't have to go into my closet. How sad is that? And it was only after I started this project that I realized that perhaps I should have tackled a much smaller, less challenging project for my first week with the kids back in school. But I didn't pick another project, unfortunately. And once I got started, I had to press on.


I figured a good first step would be to take all of my clothes out of my closet. Mistake! You see, when the clothes were all in the closet, it didn't look so bad. But when the clothes started coming out of the closet, well, I honestly didn't know where on earth I was supposed to put it all. I found myself knee deep in the 3 Cs (clutter, confusion, and chaos). It was only after about my 10th trip out of my closet that I decided to give up. No... I decided to snap this picture below, out of disgust. It was at this moment that I told myself that I was disgusted, and that I regretted every single time I've ever said, "I have nothing to wear." I hope that I NEVER again utter those 5 words.

I have a habit of wearing the same few outfits over and over again until they become rags. I'm not sure why, but I do. I think it's because I'm a creature of habit, and comfort. I find a few outfits that I like, and I stick with them. See that red sweater on the top of the right pile? Beautiful wool sweater. Wool, being the word that needs to be emphasized here. Just Can't Wear Wool! So, why do I keep that beautiful wool sweater? Just in case one day there's a major freeze here and everything else in my closet is dirty and I honestly don't have anything else to wear. That's why! It's the same logic that keeps all the clothes that are too big and too small for me in my closet. I could gain or lose a lot of weight overnight, and would really have nothing to wear if I got rid of all the things that don't fit me right now at this very moment. You know what I'm saying? By the way, all of the arguments that run through my head sound much better when kept in my head and not typed out. Somehow, when they get typed out, they just seem to lose something.

Well, I'm here to tell you all that I am trying to purge my closet of some of the 3 Cs. I'm honestly trying... But it's hard for me. So far, I've taken 6 shirts and a pair of sweat pants off the hangers and put them in the charity pile. Whew! I only hope I can actually make a point to take the clothes to charity before I get nervous and hang them all back up in my closet! Joking!!! Well, maybe.

It is my sincere hope that by this time next week, I will have a picture of my newly re-organized, clean closet to share with you all. I'm going back into the closet now. If I don't come back out by this time next week, please send in a search crew for me.