I recently cleared out my clothes and threw away anything that I hadn’t worn in the last year, anything that didn’t quite fit and anything that looked like it went out of fashion in the 90s (I can’t help it if I still think I’m a spice girl!). The reason for this massive clear out was not because of my love of cleaning (although a good scrub of the bathroom usually does it for me when I’ve had a stressful day or if I’m trying to avoid writing an essay...), it was because I had nowhere to put my lovely new clothes that I got for Christmas.
The suitcase of Christmas pressies had never been unpacked because there quite simply was no room for them. Back when I lived with my parents I had the luxury of a three-door sliding mirror wardrobe as well as a built in closet. One end of the wardrobe had a chest of drawers in, and they all had hanging rails and room on the floor for shoes, and the big built in cupboard, which was assigned to all my dance gear had a hanging rail and storage boxes on the floor. All in all I was quite spoilt for storage space.
When I first moved out it was a shock to have less space for my clothes but I developed a sneaky system where I had two seasonal wardrobes. Whatever was suitable for the current climate would be with me in my wardrobe and the rest stayed at mums. Then when I came home for the holidays I would bring two large suitcases and swap them over. Sorted!
The problem I have now is that I am permanently in London so it’s not so convenient to leave clothes at home. The other problem is that I no longer have a bedroom to myself, which means I don’t have a wardrobe to myself...I have to share the space. This means for all my clothes I have two drawers and half of the small wardrobe! Although I will confess to taking up more like three quarters of that wardrobe through some sneaky rearranging of my fiancé’s clothes when wasn’t there. The dance clothes have be relegated to a storage box on the floor, and shoes have had to be put in a hangable shoe rack on the wall as there is simply no space for them, since I am not willing to part with any of them no matter how old, battered, worn down, scuffed or smelly they may be!
When we do eventually move to somewhere bigger, storage space will be the only thing on my mind when checking out the size of the bedroom, or better yet a walk-in wardrobe would mean no more clear outs (and I really am a hoarder at heart!).
Man may be a hunter/gatherer but woman is definitely a clothes shopper, and two drawers and half a wardrobe is definitely not enough!! xxx
Point taken, ill see what I can do ;)
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