I went to Kmart and bought a whole bunch of bins, different sizes and colors (for my holiday needs). I got them at a great deal! $5 each! Needless to say I went straight to work! I cleaned out my closet. I filled 2 black garbage bags with clothes and shoes to donate. I organized all of my holiday decor and memory boxes. What an exhilarating feeling! I even cleaned out my memory boxes. While rummaging through I found many holiday and birthday cards from my family and friends. A few friends in particular had given me a card for every occasion imaginable. It was so cool looking back on memories, though I did purge and recycle some of them. This took me about 2 weekends to go through everything. I had piled a few things to sell. I figured I would try to make some money on things I have that are in great condition. My family and I had a garage sale and I even sold some things on ebay! I definitely suggest trying this! One person's trash is another one's treasures, One person's loss is another one's gain! After I was done at my parent's house I went back to my apartment and purged and re-organized there too! Doing this led me to a DIY project that I cannot wait to start over the Christmas break. Yes! You heard correctly! My job has been so generous as to give the company the week between the holidays off! Who knew that happened in Corporate America?!
My next organizing project is tackling my jewelry and costume jewelry. I have tons of it that I don't even wear! I will definitely be donating those I am getting rid of. For everything I am keeping I will be building a jewelry storage box. As I have said in a previous blog, I live in a small apartment. So my thinking to be a space saver and to build this unit so it can hang on the wall. I have never build anything like this and I cannot wait to begin! Stay Tuned...
