Have you ever thrown something away that you regretted getting rid of?

jaye said:
I go in fits and starts, when I decide to purge I usually do a fairly decent job. I am guilty of shoving things in a closet/drawer and forgetting about it. My issue is getting rid of clothes, I always think 'I will wear it again'. In some cases, I have, especially this year.

I have way more clothes than I need and am thinking of turning the spare bedroom into a walk-in closet/dressing room. I'm kind of worried this may make me worse, lol but I also think if I see what I have I will buy less as it is there in my face.

There is a pile waiting to be taken to Goodwill but I want to go through my drawers again to add a few more shirts that I know I won't wear.
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I purge clothes all the time. Sometimes with the tags still on them because I do a lot of shopping on line and hate returning things. If I put it on and it doesn't suit me, into the purge closet it goes.

I think I would feel bad about it, but I have family and friends that come to my house, go through the closet and take home stuff they love. Since my love language is doing and giving, I really enjoy their happiness and excitement as they look through the closet, try things on and find something that suits them.
 
LJSDesigns said:
I purge clothes all the time. Sometimes with the tags still on them because I do a lot of shopping on line and hate returning things. If I put it on and it doesn't suit me, into the purge closet it goes.

I think I would feel bad about it, but I have family and friends that come to my house, go through the closet and take home stuff they love. Since my love language is doing and giving, I really enjoy their happiness and excitement as they look through the closet, try things on and find something that suits them.
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Oh, this is funny! I HATE to take things back! I have a few things with the tags still on them, too. On the other hand, my dd just gave me 4 pairs of jeans, a really cool long (think tunic) turtleneck black sweater and some cool knee length pants. They were all too small for her so I scored! We "trade" clothes all the time. LOL
 
I am a keeper of alllll the things... well, not really all but lots and lots....as a crafter, preschool teacher... I'm always thinking "what can we make with it?" or "what if I need that for that lesson?"

I've gotten much better at getting rid of stuff now... except the sentimental things. My attics are stuffed with kid stuff and daycare/preschool things for me to rotate through.

I do need to get rid of clothes .....as I've gone from a size 16/18 to a 6 in the last 18 months... I need to get rid of the 4 buckets of clothing that no longer fit... but I have this worry that as soon as I do, I will start gaining and need them again....
 
StacyLynn said:
I am a keeper of alllll the things... well, not really all but lots and lots....as a crafter, preschool teacher... I'm always thinking "what can we make with it?" or "what if I need that for that lesson?"

I've gotten much better at getting rid of stuff now... except the sentimental things. My attics are stuffed with kid stuff and daycare/preschool things for me to rotate through.

I do need to get rid of clothes .....as I've gone from a size 16/18 to a 6 in the last 18 months... I need to get rid of the 4 buckets of clothing that no longer fit... but I have this worry that as soon as I do, I will start gaining and need them again....
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You REALLY never know when you'll need something again - I agree with that. LOL That's MY problem, too. The minute I do get rid of something - boom -I NEED it!!!

I can relate to the clothes things, too.
 
Ahhhh... happy update! During our move this time around, I found two external HDDs and ALLLL of the photos I thought I lost were on them! I was so relieved, I actually have all of my youngest's baby photos again, so he doesn't feel abandoned in the memory keeping department anymore :D
 
Oh this is awesome! So happy you got them!! I used to save my stuff on a CD...yes a CD and I found it cracked with my older son's photos. I cried...Hubby was able to save some using a program at work but we lost some too.

Robin Carlton said:
Ahhhh... happy update! During our move this time around, I found two external HDDs and ALLLL of the photos I thought I lost were on them! I was so relieved, I actually have all of my youngest's baby photos again, so he doesn't feel abandoned in the memory keeping department anymore :D
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Robin Carlton said:
Ahhhh... happy update! During our move this time around, I found two external HDDs and ALLLL of the photos I thought I lost were on them! I was so relieved, I actually have all of my youngest's baby photos again, so he doesn't feel abandoned in the memory keeping department anymore :D
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yay! what a nice surprise :)
 
after my mom passed away a few years ago, I had to go through her house and decide what I was keeping, donating, tossing or selling. I just the other day realized that I never did come across an X-ray that my mom had when she was pregnant with me in 1984. i asked her best friend (who helped me with everything after my mom died) and she said she never saw it. we figure the clean up crew didn't realize what it was a tossed it. I wish I still had it, it shows me in the frank breech position :)
 
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