Cutting the fat :-)

A bunch of my friends have been posting on Fb about cutting back, trying to simplify over all "cutting" the fat out of their lives. And I'm going to see if I can catch up and jump up on that old bandwagon!

First up for trimming is the monsters closets! They have accumulated so much stuff, (stuffed animales, books clothes) that they are barely functional anymore! So instead of waiting till New years to tackle big overhauls like this I am going to use back to school shopping as our motivation! To encourage their own purging, I have made the girls an offer of a new shirt of their very own choice, (the only limit is that it cannot be $50 or "hoochie") for every 7 shirts they donate.

Abigail has been asked to sort through her books and pick our her faves and relocate the others to our (soon to be built) "family" library. This child and her books! There are currently 3 bookshelves in her room and about 6 stacks around her room.

Amelia and I have to oh-so painful job of sorting through the my little ponies and petshops. This is painful for me because I "invested" too much in these silly toys. But they have served their purpose and we will keep some to use for the kids I watch.

Axel doesn't really have too much fat (other than his thunder thighs!) but I will be sorting through his closet and donating all the too small clothes.

Then I have to face my closet. At some point. It really isn't so overwhelming...just boring. And a bit traumatic. I sort through my clothes about every 3 months anyhow and in my last purge session I was apparently a little hormonal and feeling pouty about the post-baby bulge around my belly that a threw out a lot of stuff that I later regretted. I also somehow ended up chunking a box of sentimental jewelry as well. Oh well. I've survived without it so it's ok.

The girls over at www.cherrycokecruising.com have also inspired me to toss/donate kitchen items and the girls at www.shanty-2-chic.com have given me the inspiration to get it done and make it look pretty!

I am looking forward to a lighter fall! :-)