Thursday, December 2, 2010

At clothing capacity?

This past weekend, something happened for the first time since October.

I finally got to the bottom of the laundry hamper.

I do laundry every weekend.  I start with two to three loads of NA's laundry, then one for Puppy's bedding, one for towels, and one for sheets.  By the time I get to my laundry, I usually stop after two loads.  There are the random clothes at the bottom of the hamper that can't quite make a full load.  Will I need those flannel PJ bottoms before the next weekend?  Am I going to wear that handwashable item this week?   The answer (until yesterday) was no.

And so at the bottom of the hamper, the random clothes remained.

But this past weekend, I finally made the time to do that last half-load of laundry.  As I hung up the (finally) washed clothes in my closet, I made a startling discovery: I'd unknowingly bought two of the same navy blue, long sleeved shirts in the last three months.

If my overflowing hamper wasn't telling me, I suppose now it is confirmed: it's time to stop buying clothes.