Got them old weevils in the triticale flakes blues......

Lordy. Jespah!

I never would/could/would want to be so organized!

But I am in awe....

Matched pieces? I think I might have two.... But stuff goes together and all.

The thing is, I have culled and culled....and my wardrobes are still full, and I never have anything to wear!!!!

But this pantry cleanout out has certainly let me know what I have.....now I am eyeing the cat damaged remnants of my once lovely teapot collection....can I do it....yes, out they go.

Damned hell fiend cats.

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The cats were merely helping you rid yourself of bric-a-brac that was cluttering up your life, but that you would never have had the strength to get rid of on your own.

My kitties do that kind of thoughtful favor for me all the time. Just the other day they helped me with a brand new candle lamp that I thought I really liked and wanted, but that they knew was just more clutter weighing me down.

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Yep, tax. Here we can get a deduction (if you itemize) by donating old clothes to charity.

If you have nothing to wear, but your closets are full, then you're bored with your clothes. Look at what you have. Really, really look. If you haven't worn it in a year, unless it's something really special, such as formalwear, which many people don't wear in a year's time, plus it's expensive so replacement is tough, anyway, if it's just every day stuff and you don't wear it, give it to charity.

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Wow..tax donations from donating CLOTHES to charity?

Do they require a receipt valuing them? Or do they trust you?

We can get a deduction from donating money to charities which are "registered"....which costs the charity money, so the sort of thing I tend to give money to often does not qualify....but certainly not for goods donated. Wow,

Yeah, I have done the "worn it for a year" thing....thing is, I am fitting back into clothes I didn't for a while, and I might have thrown out for that reason. Now I am so glad I didn't!

But...the pantry is done...and the top of one wardrobe.....onwards and upward...but, it is parties time today, so I am on furlough from the purification campaign!

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Yep, and they're even okay without a receipt so long as it's below a certain amount for the year -- $400 I believe. With a receipt, I don't think it matters but I could be wrong. Goodwill Industries accepts clothes (but they are somewhat picky) and will give a receipt. I believe the American Red Cross will as well.

I was kinda surprised, too. I knew that I could donate items (a car, for example), and if I got a receipt it would be fine, but I checked through Turbo Tax and could have probably gotten a deduction but I did not keep good records for last year. This year, though, I am keeping much better records and will only donate to an accepted charity, as opposed to just tossing the clothes in a donation center.

I also have things that didn't fit but are starting too again, but they're far enough out of style that I'm okay with scrapping most of 'em.

PS Good for you! Smile

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Picturing Jespah and I shopping together....

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Jello!

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JELLY!!!!

jespah wrote:

I also have things that didn't fit but are starting too again, but they're far enough out of style that I'm okay with scrapping most of 'em.

Good for you, too!

I don't know...I think I have my own sort of style. I seem to be able to adapt stuff as fashions come and go, with some influence from whatever is happening....

My dilemma right now is clothes that survive a long, sweaty, walk to and from work...without looking awful...and stuff that I can crawl around on the floor with kids in, and then go to damned senior management of other organizations meetings in (you know those very stylish women executive types, and men in pricey suits...and senior doctors and suchlike) and look credible in their terms.

Frankly, it is a challenge.

I am thinking I might take some jackets and stuff into work on days I have to drive, and hang them up there.. (my bookcase is in an old wardrobe..we inhabit old nurses' quarters) so that I can add something that makes boring managerial type people take notice. Sometimes I am advocating for things they don't want to think about, and the more "professional" I look, the better. Makes me barf, cos anybody SHOULD remember these are real kids we are talking about, and that real kids cover you in paint, and Milo, and glitter, and clay and plasticine and such, but anybody who actually touches a client during their working day is a peasant in the mentality of some of these folk.

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Of course you could appear in full technicolor glitter and glory at the next board meeting and ask for a shower to be installed in the executive washroom.

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Don't forget the "Executive Closet" people--the name will vary according to area--who specialize in providing job-seeking women with professional clothing for interviews and the first weeks of work.

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You're on, osso! Smile

Re the clothes thing, deb, can you hang a garment bag in the office? It could contain a standard suit jacket in some sort of neutral, go-with-anything color, such as a medium grey, tan, black or navy. That way, it would be well-protected and you would not have to continually transport clothes back and forth. You'd take it home every week or two, depending on how often you used it and how dirty it got, etc., for cleaning, and you'd switch to summer and winter weights as needed. This is sort of similar to how I used to do a load of traveling. I had suits that were neutrals and could go with lots of different things and with each other, so I'd pack away a navy or black suit for winter and a royal blue or tan suit for summer and keep it packed for about a month. I still had to lug it around, plus I had to wash blouses and undergarments, but it was a lot less of going into "what shall I wear?" mode all the time.

PS Thank you. It's a process, and not a fast one, but these things are never quick if they're going to actually last at all. Embarrassed

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Noddy24 wrote:

Don't forget the "Executive Closet" people--the name will vary according to area--who specialize in providing job-seeking women with professional clothing for interviews and the first weeks of work.

Lol!!!! Oh my!! You're kidding me?

I am not nor never will be anything ever so faintly resembling an executive!

When I first was looking for professional work I could have used such a service, though!

After nine years of uni, when I had not had a night time job for a year, I had ONE outfit that could barely pass muster for interviews...(and which I had had to have on lay by for a time, thus preventing my job search) and ONE pair of shoes. Then the dog ate the shoes!

I had literally to go to my cleaning jobs barefoot on the bus for a couple of weeks before I could afford to buy a cheap pair of shoes.

One night, I was out in my interview outfit (which was dumb of me) and a waiter spilt a carafe of red wine on it.

The horror of waiting to see if the stain would come out...oy veh.

Actually, I think I have too many clothes because of years and years of having almost none..

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I relate to that...

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jespah wrote:

You're on, osso!

Re the clothes thing, deb, can you hang a garment bag in the office? It could contain a standard suit jacket in some sort of neutral, go-with-anything color, such as a medium grey, tan, black or navy. That way, it would be well-protected and you would not have to continually transport clothes back and forth. You'd take it home every week or two, depending on how often you used it and how dirty it got, etc., for cleaning, and you'd switch to summer and winter weights as needed. This is sort of similar to how I used to do a load of traveling. I had suits that were neutrals and could go with lots of different things and with each other, so I'd pack away a navy or black suit for winter and a royal blue or tan suit for summer and keep it packed for about a month. I still had to lug it around, plus I had to wash blouses and undergarments, but it was a lot less of going into "what shall I wear?" mode all the time.

PS Thank you. It's a process, and not a fast one, but these things are never quick if they're going to actually last at all.

Yeah...I am not a suit person...though I do have a lovely man type suit that I love.

I am also not a neutrals goil...although I DO wear a lot of black.

I more have a few basic pants and skirts, usually black...and a variety of tops.

But I think I will import a couple of jackets into work....especially now it is getting colder.

Ideally, I would also wear "sweats" for the walk into work, and change there. But I just can't really carry clothes when I am walking and have 'em arrive ok to wear.

But, I enjoy having a variety of stuff to wear, and some of it being quite dramatic, so I do not want to go the neutrals/low thought way.

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ossobuco wrote:

I relate to that...

Study?

Not much money around as a kid?

Mean parents?

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But have you washed the curtains yet, Deb? Bet you missed them!
... & checked all nooks & crannies for spiderwebs & other such things ....
A girl can never do enough, ya know! :wink:

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I don't know...I think I have my own sort of style. I seem to be able to adapt stuff as fashions come and go, with some influence from whatever is happening....

Not hard to do in Adelaide!

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msolga wrote:

But have you washed the curtains yet, Deb? Bet you missed them!
... & checked all nooks & crannies for spiderwebs & other such things ....
A girl can never do enough, ya know! :wink:

Fortunately, I don't HAVE curtains!

And I am not doing nook and cranny stuff, I am doing big stuff....culling, surrendering clutter, furniture decisions stuff.

Heehee...but I may not do a lot today...I rented Wolf Creek, and I gather that is a film to view in broad daylight, if you are alone....

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I think you may well be right about Wolf Creek, Deb. But then, I'm a scaredy cat .... (Seeing the last half of Goodbye Lenin later on.)

But I just hate it when that driven compulsion to clean overcomes one! You've almost finished one job & you notice at least 2 more that need urgent attention! It is like some form of self-imposed masochism. Where does that come from, I wonder? Confused

Thank heaven it doesn't happen all that often, that's all I can say!

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dadpad wrote:

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I don't know...I think I have my own sort of style. I seem to be able to adapt stuff as fashions come and go, with some influence from whatever is happening....

Not hard to do in Adelaide!

Says a hillbilly ******* albino marsupial brain.

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