Today . . .
my clutter fought back.
My best friend came down for the day, and I informed her that we were going to purge the clothes in my closet.
That’s another post coming soon. Likely titled, “How Best Friends Can Be Helpful and Scary at the Same Time.”
Since yesterday was Laundry Day and the clothes were actually all put away, we decided that any unused wire hanger could be trashed.
And there were quite a few of them.
She had to leave when there were still piles of hangers all around the room. Tonight, I decided that in an effort to not let the closet-purging-progress turn into hanger-tripping-regression, I should finish that part of the job.
Oh. My.
Those things are evil. I knew this, but wow.
Grabbing a handful?
Physically impossible. They attach and tangle and unite and form chains and all kinds of other things that rebellious groups tend to do.
I was Kramer
Seriously.
Finally, I decided to take them one by one and arrange them in my hand in an orderly way. (You know, how I should have done in the first place.)
Finally, I got those suckers tamed and in the bag.
Then I turned around and saw these:
And walked into the living room and saw these:
I think I’m finally done now. (But I hear the ones in the closet laughing and making plans.)
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Oh I know! I hate those things! They are just crazy and evil. My closet is not even able to be walked in right now. It's just full of clothes. I desperately need new hampers.
i would have just scooped them up and threw them straight in the garbage can
Hangers are probably my most difficult thing to conquer. I can never find them when needed but trip over them any other time.
I recently discovered they fit perfectly over an empty wire dvd stand. I'm hoping that hubby doesn't want to tidy his games anytime soon.
PS – You could donate them to the consignment store or Goodwill.
*waiting for a hanger to be thrown at me. J/k. Lol
I just wanted to let you know that I have a little "Yippee!" moment any time I click on your blog and see a new post. And I know I'm not alone (right gals?).
Anonymous, that is officially one of my all-time favorite comments! THank you so much!
I refuse to own wire hangers. Could be that I was traumatized by that scene in "Mommy Dearest" LOL.
We swore off wire hangers years ago, yet still from time to time one pops up. They're like easter grass- you can never get rid of them!!
This title was so funny I had to take time to read your blog….love it!
Thanks Ruthie!
They breed faster then rabbits!
I’ve been hanging them on door knobs all over the house. I try to take them with me when I’m going past the dry cleaners because they will take them back. I usually forget to grab them.
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I know this is late, but I just started reading your wonderful blog, and books, a couple weeks ago. The way I tame those nasty wire hangers is by taking a handful lined up straight, then tie them together with twisties around the hook and 2 around the bottom. Keeps them tightly together where they can’t tangle and become hopeless. I personally saw some Goodwill employees pick up a box of tangled hangers and throw the whole box in the dumpster. Bet they’d take them if they were twistied together like this. Dana, thank you so much for your blog! It has made a huge impact on my life and home! There’s hope for us slobs!
JK, I recently took some old formal dresses, still on their wire hangers and covered with dry cleaning bags, to a Goodwill donation drop-off location. The attendant told me they don’t take hangers, but he would “this time.” I just figured they’d rather that formal clothes be kept hung up (so to speak) than crowded into a box or bag. But it seems they really don’t want them. I did sneak in some plastic hangers into future boxes (I can see the use for those as a sellable item, but they might throw those away too).
My local goodwill is very picky and rude and condescending about what they will take and won’t but my Salvation Army is very nice and helpful. They say they will take all of them and use them or sell them(maybe they sell them to the dry cleaners?). This isn’t the only thing that I have had this experience with. It is the same with scrap fabric, Knick knacks, metal, jewelry and furniture. I won’t even shop in the good wills in that town because they are so rude about it. I don’t seem to have that issue when I travel for work (constantly) in other towns good wills. Just thought y’all might like to know. You might try a different charity. I suspect each town or area is different. I know a lady that blogs in South Carolina and her goodwills actually have a specific store for damaged clothing sold to the public by the pound, I suspect mostly for the crafters?.
Ok, that was seriously funny, but it’s just cause I know what you mean…it’s also the plastic ones that flip and drop on your toes and make any person cry!!