Organizing Clothing aka "The Purge"

This is your chance ladies! Time to empty out that closet :) You're going to start seeing what you wear the most. If you wouldn't wear it in the next 6 months, why do you still have it? (Excluding out of season items.)

Steps to concise closet:

1. Try on EVERYTHING! 
          This is going to take an entire afternoon. Be devoted and excited before beginning. Try on every tank top, every bra, and every pair of jeans.

Here are two pairs of jeans that did not fit me. They were too long. I pinned a post it with the amount I should have tailored. If I don't have them fixed before I leave, then they didn't mean that much to me, and I'm selling them or giving them away ASAP. 

2. Sort out Everything 

          Here are your categories: Goodwill, Consignment, Fix and Keep

              Goodwill- Give Away

              Consignment- Sell to a consignment store or host a yard sale 

              Fix- Have tailored or sew them yourself 

              Keep- Duh :P 

This is a picture of my two bags. One is for Goodwill and the other is for Plato's Closet, a local consignment store. Remember, if you aren't sure about what you want to do, just keep them in the bags and store them in your closet until you arrive. I've recently come to the conclusion that I want to keep the bags so that if (hopefully) lose any weight during the internship I can go back and try these on. :) 

3. Divide and Conquer! 

         Divide your closet into two. On one side, put everything you love and adore and plan to take with you. And on the other side, put everything you aren't sure about. For the next month, try very very very very hard to only take things from the 2nd side. If you don't wear it, don't take it. But you loved it enough to keep it this long, so maybe leave it hanging until you come back. There are different reasons for keeping different articles of clothing. Don't let me be the dictator here. They're your clothes! 

I was able to get my "adore and love" section down to 2 feet!! You may be sharing your closet with up to 3 other people. You need to consider how much space you can demand. This 2 foot section is just what I absolute want to take and want to be hung up. Of course I have sweats and jeans and such that will need drawers. But now I can get a cheep plastic set of drawers to put under my clothes and not have to worry about space. This 2 foot section includes: Spaghetti straps, Tanks, T-shirts, 3/4 sleeves, long sleeves, dresses and formal dress clothing for our classes and outings. 

Good Luck Everyone! 

Laundry Land

I don't know about all of you, but I HATE when others touch my laundry. Where did all of those socks go? Is that my shirt she just walked out in? No! I've been doing my own laundry since I was about 9 or 10. I'm always astonished by people sometimes older than me who do not know how to use the strange white washing machines in that spare room. 

These are my solutions to making sure your laundry stays your laundry! 

1. Pick a day!

I always do my laundry on Sundays. But schedules will change with school and work down in LA. So maybe after a solid week of work, sit down and pick a day with your roommates. You won't always get this day off or have the energy to do it, so be make sure to be nice when you ask your fellow roommate if you can use the washer after them. Be patient. You missed your day, that isn't their fault and shouldn't have to feel rushed!

2. Pick a basket!

Now whether you label your basket with a name like this:

Or pick a cute color like this: 

You will need to have a designated basket or bag to call your own. I'd probably do a combination of the two, just to make it cute. ^.^ 

3. Pick a system! (ie Pick a soap)

Not everyone uses the same detergent, bleach, etc. So if you don't want to pool your money for laundry goods, then you will need to also label and store your own. Some of the laundry rooms are quite large and have plenty of room for a make shift folding table, and ironing board, and even all of the baskets. 

But some others are practically pantries. So make sure to save room in your closet for your basket/soap if yours happens to be a bit smaller. 

It's going to take a bit of getting use to. Especially if you're not accustomed to doing your own laundry! But once you get into the swing of things, keeping your clothes both clean and Yours, will be very easy :)

HAVE A MAGICAL DAY!