ladylee70
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Pack Rat Here!! Help!
Posted: 10-26-07 17:02pm
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Help!! I need advice. When do you stop
keeping clothes. I have kept most of
Nathan's clothes (except for 3 to 9
month, which I gave away). I don't want to
give away everything because of my 3 month
old. Nathan is four year old now and I
have so many bags of clothing, my
goodness. When do you stop keeping
clothes?? We aren't the richest people in
the world but I feel so cluttered. There
are toys that I should get rid of but I am
thinking my lil one "may" use them. What
to do????
I "may" have another child but I think I
am going to just get rid of most of the
clothes my 3 month old has outgrown and
exchange (i.e., in your box of clothes).
I have a pack rat problem. Even with my
own clothes! I still have some papers from
the 6th grade that I can't throw away due
to "memories." I keep every card someone
gives me - almost every card. I have them
filed, so they are a little organized. I
actually recycled some of my old college
papers. I still have many interesting
articles that are very hard to throw away
and could be beneficial for my job. Will I
ever look at them again, probably not.
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-26-07 17:06pm
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i am the same way, i finally got rid of
baby clothes and gave them away to friends
but then im like man i shoulda kept em in
case we have another kid down the road. i
do have some stuff left but not much. I am
such a packrat i keep all kinds of stuff.
i go ta box in my basement of cords that
go to things, im not sure what they go to
but since i dont know i wont throw them
out cuz i MIGHT need them ya know lol. But
at least i finally let go of my baby
clothes! I think once the lil one grows
out of nathans stuff then u should give
some of it away, maybe just keep anything
unisex and give away all the boy stuff ya
know. my sister did that with hers, gave
me all the unisex stuff when i was
pregnant with joseph since i didnt know
what i was having.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 10-26-07 17:11pm
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| tinkinpink84
wrote: | | . i go ta box in my basement
of cords that go to things, im not sure
what they go to but since i dont know i
wont throw them out cuz i MIGHT need them
ya know lol. |
Those darn box of cords! We have a few of
those in the garage. I tried to throw them
away but my husband, being a semi-pack
rat, won't let me.
I think I will just keep the unisex
clothing. Good idea. Oh, it's just so hard
to do because of the "what ifs."
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-26-07 17:14pm
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yeah, try and zone those out, haha before
jason wanted me to keep all the baby stuff
but i saw no point cuz i already gave away
all josephs old things, but like alot of
mine well in his bunch was given to me
anyways, alot of jordynnes we bought
though but still, my friends enjoyed it
and got good use out of all the clothes,
we just sorta pass em around to eachother.
I kept handing on to mine for a while then
i finally let go of em , then i keep
saying the what ifs but theyre gone! so i
cant like go and ask for them back just
cuz i want them in case lol.
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 10-26-07 17:38pm
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Im not giving up any of amlias stuff! Im
going to have to rent a house just for her
things lol
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 10-26-07 18:07pm
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I was a huge pack rat with Kaylee's stuff
until we moved into the cabin. I didn't
want all the closets cluttered with bags
& boxes of baby clothes anymore. I
gave our infant carseat & base, &
all of the clothes I had (Except for some
of my favorite outfits that I refuse to
give up) to a girl I went to high school
with. She is 7 months pregnant &
doesn't have a lot of money or really
anything for the baby. It made me feel
really good because of how happy it made
her so that kind of got me out of my pack
rat stage 
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 10-26-07 19:20pm
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When you get sick enough of clutter you'll
give it away! I'm definitely a pack rat.
I was the same size from age 12 up until
right before I got pregnant. No need to
tell you how many clothes I had. 
But recently I started to get sick of all
the clutter and I just bagged up all the
clothes and gave them to the goodwill.
Plus I have a whole attic full of
furniture from all the times people gave
me things or I bought something new. When
I move I'm going to load it all up on the
truck and drop it all off at the goodwill
too.
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ladylee70
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Posted: 10-26-07 19:32pm
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Ha ha!! I still have a pair of shorts that
I wore during my 12th grade year. That was
16 years ago. I can't get rid of them
now. I want to see if they will last until
I am 70!! I still wear them around the
house...they are stretchy; pretty ugly but
they still fit. I am going through my
clothes right now trying SO very hard to
get rid of stuff. I can't get past the "I
may wear this again" stage. Crap!
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 10-26-07 22:14pm
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did u already weed out the clothes with
stains? or the ones you didnt really like
but someone gave you? thats really how i
started getting rid of macys stuff. it
cant get much worse that my friend joshs
parents. their garage alone is overflowing
and its three car garage. they have the
carriage from their oldest who is almost
30! and the snowmen sit out year around
cuz shes got no where else to put them!!
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Posted: 10-27-07 02:48am
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I used to keep all the kids clothes then I
gave them all away. I constantly have to
go through all the clothes and throw out
anything that's too small.
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Posted: 10-27-07 09:46am
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lol i keep my own clothes that i never
wear
there are shirts and pants in my closet
and armoire that have the tags on them
that ive never worn
and i cant get rid of them 
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tinkinpink84
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Posted: 10-27-07 09:48am
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i always take the tags off of stuff when i
buy them. but i still end up with stuff i
buy and never wear or kids stuff i bought
and they grew out of before i had the
chance to put it on them.
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mommy_2_dallas0813
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Posted: 10-27-07 09:58am
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I don't plan on getting rid of any dallas
stuff because we will have a few more one
day down the road!! And the cards things I
am the same way!!!
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 10-27-07 10:52am
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I have a thing with getting rid of things,
too.
I have cards and things that I made for my
mom when I was in preschool, I plan on
scrapbooking them and giving them to her
when I graduate
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ladylee70
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Posted: 10-27-07 12:11pm
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| HcoBrunette06
wrote: | I have a thing with getting
rid of things, too.
I have cards and things that I made for my
mom when I was in preschool, I plan on
scrapbooking them and giving them to her
when I graduate |
What a great idea!! I should do something
like that!
I am so glad to here some of you are the
same way about cards and things!
Macysmama (I briefly forgot your name,
sorry), common sense is to get rid of the
stuff with stains but I actually haven't
done that. I also have several articles of
clothing that were given to me that I
think are so ugly but I still haven't had
the heart to sell them or give them away.
I will do that this weekend. I have to. I
don't want to turn into that lady who
still has stuff in her garage from years
ago.
Kay, I am so sick of the clutter so I
think I am right about there. Yesterday I
threw a bunch of clothes in a bag to get
rid of. Some of the clothes are so cute
but I haven't worn them for at least three
years. Yet some of the ugly, yet
comfortable clothing I just can't let go
of as easily. I would probably be one of
those fashion disasters on TLC. Those
people would go through my closet and
probably get rid of everything.
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