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[Luvitorleaveit1]

Over the years I have donated bags of good clothes mostly never worn with the tags still on them and yes I thought and was encourage to sell them but I just didn't want the hassle. I thought I would miss some of the clothes but honestly I can't even remember what I gave away so I guess it wasn't as heartbreaking as I thought it would be and someone out there is probably very happy wearing the items.

I saw on my local news channel this morning while getting ready for work a segment on spring cleaning tips besides the usual getting rid of clothing that you haven't worn in a year which is still a struggle for me to do; but they also mentioned going through your linen closet and getting rid of old worn towels and wash cloths, sheets and pillowcases - they mentioned that each bed in your house only needs two sets to rotate. I have about five or six for my queen size bed and just two for my other two bedrooms. I don't think I could go down to only two sets but maybe three I can handle. Magazines is another story they are like gremlins in my house but the mentioned that if you must have magazines to discard any older than two months. I won't even start on dishes and silverware.

I am in the ongoing process of major spring cleanout around the house so I really have to look at everything and see what really needs to stay put and what can go.

[geezerette]

I donate a lot of (what I consider to be) really nice stuff. And yes, I have regretted it sometimes.

Not from the dollar value standpoint--that never bothers me. Just sometimes I've got something I think I want to get rid of because I haven't used it for a long time, or it's in the way and I want the space. Then a year or two later I'm scrounging around trying to remember where I stored it, only to figure out (after looking high and lo for weeks) that I donated it. The adage is "If you haven't worn/used it for a year, get rid of it." In my case, I think I need to hang on to some things a bit longer than that.