I was doing laundry last night and decided to do a quick re-haul of my clothes. I usually do one a few times a year to donate old junk etc... this time I got rid of stuff that I'd been holding onto in my 20s... and realized that I will never wear booty shorts or wideleg bell bottoms again... 
I'm contemplating keeping a few pairs of designer jeans, but aside from that it's all going to the salvation army! SO REFRESHING
papaya / 10343 posts
Right around the end of my first trimester this fall. I decided to pack away some non-pregnancy-friendly clothes to make room for maternity clothes, and while I was at it got rid of a ton of my other clothes. Feels so good to do a purge. 
pomegranate / 3438 posts
Ugh I really need to do this. We have a teeny tiny closet and it is packed with stuff.
pomegranate / 3401 posts
Not for a while! But this thread has inspired me...I'm going to go purge during LO's nap time!
coconut / 8681 posts
We just cleaned ours out last Sunday! It needed done badly! My husband had some shirts that he'd had since middle school... And he's 28! We have like 10 bags of clothes that we're giving away!
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
When I got married & move! It was a great opportunity to just purge.
pomegranate / 3503 posts
I was just cleaning out stuff at my parents a few months back. Yes, I still have clothes there. I was tallying up all the random stuff I bought back in the day and I could have saved a lot more money if I could have just refrained from buying clothes back in the day.
nectarine / 2134 posts
We're in the process of cleaning out our sports/camping gear to make room for the nursery. Granted most of it is being relocated to the garage, but I'm sure we'll find a few items to donate.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I purge at least 2x a year, it's great to get rid of. I jsut did it in November for the neighborhood clothing drive.
@Running Elley: I just made my DH part with his HS cross country t shirt shirt...he graduated over 16 years ago!
coconut / 8681 posts
@LuLu Mom: It's ridiculous!!! And he was even still wearing a lot of them (he's not a small man...he was just a large middle schooler hahaha)!
persimmon / 1286 posts
i do it twice a year when i refold and rehang all my clothes. always end up purging ugly work clothes i've been holding onto.
pear / 1823 posts
I did it at the beginning of the fall. I'm a different size than I was last year, so I got rid of everything that didn't fit which was about 75% of my clothes!
pomelo / 5820 posts
I go through it all the time and get rid of stuff I don't wear. I can be a clothes hoarder and my closet is too small for that!
cherry / 215 posts
I've been meaning to do this for the past few weeks. I'm going to do it tomorrow!
honeydew / 7488 posts
I did a purge right before the holidays. It felt so good and also helped me clean house for holiday house guests!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
A minor clean out before the year end, but we plan on doing a major overall on all the closets in the next couple months to make room for our next LO.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Last weekend actually! We had some snow days so we took E to daycare and cleaned the closet and basement. Huge bags of trash and clothes for donating!
pomelo / 5093 posts
Just recently, a HUGE overhaul. Got rid of 80% of my closet. Now I love every single thing in it, so I actually feel like I have more choices.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I do it regularly, as new pieces come in, something has to go to the donate pile.
persimmon / 1101 posts
Gulp...it's been a while! I need to put my maternity clothes away and figure out which work clothes I want to hang on to when I go back in two weeks. Starting last spring, I felt justified in wearing more casual, elastic-y clothes to work, so it's been a couple years since I've really evaluated what I have!
pomelo / 5720 posts
I couple of months ago but I desperately need to now that the holidays are over and there is more stuff to get rid of...
grapefruit / 4136 posts
We just moved this fall so things were pretty cleared out, I'm sure I could do more though!
@mrsjyw: the booty shorts. Ah. Siiiigh. DH has held onto one skirt in particular, he says he can't part with it. I don't think I could fit one THIGH in it!
honeydew / 7916 posts
Doing it this week! Taking all the non-maternity-friendly things off hangers so I can see my real options.
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