Happy Friday! I'm going to take a break for the weekend and post Day 6 on Monday. That will give everyone a chance to catch up over the weekend if needed! Plus, today is a big one!

Organize your closet
Task: First, sort your clothes into the three piles - recycle, ambivalent and the love and wear it pile. Second, put the recylce pile in your car to take to Goodwill or a thrift store. I like the way the book states it "when you give up a garment that no longer feels good to wear, you let go of something that no longer enhances your life." Third, place the clothes in the ambivalent pile onto wire hangers and put them in the back of your closet or better yet in another closet. Practice living without them. Fourth, buy a set of wonderful hangers to hold the love it and wear it clothes (or if you have nice hangers, use the ones you have - I'm never a proponent of spending money unecessarily!).

The book states that this task may take more than one hour.

A few other wardrobe/ closet tips from the book:

1. Arrange your clothing inventively
- by color
- by type
- by function
2. Get your shoes off the floor
3. Confront your socks life - ponder each pair, then edit, edit, edit.
4. Use hooks for hats, belts, scarves, purses, jewelry, etc.
5. Hang a drawstring bag for dry cleaning - what a great idea - much better than my pile on the bottom of the closet floor!!!
6. Use less laundry detergent
7. Create a clothing repair center - better yet do the repair the instant you notice it.
8. Keep a clothing recylce bag in your closet.

I'm going to spend the weekend doing this one - I just received the book recommended a few weeks ago - "It's so you" by Mary Sheenan Warren, so I'm going to use that as my guideline for going through and paring down my closet. Have fun with this one - we talk about clothing again on Monday, so don't be ready to leave your closets just yet!

Report back when you are finished with your successes!

I have found that arranging my closet by color is very helpful - helps me to see the gaps in my wardrobe. I arrange all the pants together, then the shirts, then blazers, etc.

This one will be interesting. I am not that organized. I have casual clothes together and Church/work clothes together but not color coordinated. I also have a craft center in my closet. I will have to go thru that and get rid of some stuff from it as well. The perils of a small home.

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I have my closet organized and my shirts are color coded. My mom & dh use to pick on me that they were color coordinated!

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Ooh, this is a good one. I'm glad we have all weekend for it!

Maybe I'll do DDs closet too...if I have time. LOL

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Well, I am feel good. I did this when I cleaned out our closets yesterday to get clothes for garage sale / charity. So day 5..complete!

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Jenifer
Proud wife to one amazing man
Proud mom to four awesome kids

Fall is my favorite season!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

3 bags going to the mission store! Our closet is where the kids throw their clothes that don't fit any more. Can't wait to show my husband.

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"God determines who walks into your life…
it’s up to you to decide who you let walk away, who you let stay and who you refuse to let go." - Anonymous

I took the weekend to do this and went through my closet using the shape guidelines for "It's so You" - I haven't done color yet, but I took two large bags of clothing out of there, reorganized everything and have a small section that is pushed to the back to "think about" - my ambivalence center! The closet looks great!

I don't have enough to group by color but I did organize it. Thanks or the tips