A couple of weeks ago I got inspired to clean out my closet (we live in a small house, so my “closet” is actually a teeny closet, 2 armoires, and a small chest) after reading Married With Luggage. The blog is all about how they’re decluttering, budgeting, and preparing for their trip around the world.
We’re not taking a trip around the world (at least not anytime soon!), but joining The Compact is turning out to be a life-changing event for me. All of a sudden I don’t want anything around that I don’t absolutely LOVE and NEED. Also, it was time for spring cleaning and changing things out for the season.
Which brings me to these RYKA running shoes. I found these in my stack of shoe boxes, which always house my “out of season” shoes. There isn’t room in my teeny closet to have them all out at once (lest you think I’m Imelda Marcos the 2nd, I only have about 20 pairs of shoes total, which I don’t think is too bad for a girl).
Those of you who have been reading my blog since the beginning know that running shoes were one of the things I was worried about not being able to buy new. A few months ago I put them on my “exceptions” list, because it wouldn’t be safe or healthy to skimp in that area. But I didn’t need to worry, because there was this pair which had obviously never been worn right in my closet.
The funny thing is that my last three pairs of athletic shoes have been Merrells, which are usually some shade of tan or gray. All of a sudden I hated that bright white look so I switched brands. Which means that these shoes are at least 2 years old!
So this is either funny or embarrassing, depending on how you look at it. Something similar happened when I was looking into getting a digital camera to take photos for this blog and my husband remembered he ALREADY HAD ONE that he didn’t use anymore. You can read about that incident here.
Have you ever found something you’d forgotten about in your own home? Do you ever go “shopping” in your closet? Please share your closet and decluttering stories in the Comments section.
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