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A Looser Moral Code Might Really Help

April 15, 2013 By Dana White | 37 Comments

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Clothes are my nemesis.

I don’t think I’m a shopaholic.  I pretty-much never go to garage sales anymore. I wear the same few pieces of clothing almost every day. I’ve purged more in the past three years than any woman should ever have to purge in a lifetime.

But even though I finally have laundry under control . . . my master bedroom looks like this right now:

Clothing Overload

Go ahead.  Unsubscribe. Feel the shock that the woman who shared the Master Bedroom Saga for all the world to see has failed again.

And . . . there’s not even going to be an after picture in this post.  Maybe soon.

But right now, I’m in a bad mood and just want to say that sometimes I wish I wasn’t so prude.

Because I’m pretty sure I would rock being a new (putting a little extra wording here in addition to the wrong spelling to throw off the googlers) dist.

Go back. Just sound out the word before the parenthesis and the word after.  Put them together. (Seriously, dist is a word. No red-squiggly line or anything.)

That’s right.  Today is a day when I’d like to throw away ALL my clothes.

All of them.

And move to a little garden called Eden.

Not. A. Stitch.

You know the curse? I’ve never heard one sermon on how the actual punishment was that we would have to deal with CLOTHING.

OK.  I’m done.  It’s possible that Tax Day has stressed me out.

 

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  1. SusieQTpies says

    April 15, 2013 at 8:45 pm

    LOL! FYI I’m not laughing AT YOU but WITH YOU! We all can related and I’m not unsubscribing 😉

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  2. Amanda says

    April 15, 2013 at 8:53 pm

    I hear ya! and that is hilarious! I’m in the same boat!

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  3. Angela Wells says

    April 15, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    Bras are the worst!! Clothes I can handle but as soon as I hit the front door off comes the bra.

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    • Nony says

      April 16, 2013 at 9:44 am

      Oh this comment made me laugh aloud!

      Reply
    • JC says

      April 16, 2013 at 2:43 pm

      LOL….Me too. I thought I was the only one who can’t wait to get home and take that thing off! This time of year I hate anything with elastic though so that may not be the only thing to come off! Thanks for the laugh Nony! Clothing is definitely part of the curse!

      Reply
  4. Anna says

    April 15, 2013 at 10:52 pm

    It’s OKAY! Sometimes I think the only difference between neat-organized people and us is that they don’t beat themselves up when/if things get out of control.
    It could be worse. At least you’re washing laundry. (Right?) SOME people haven’t been. SOME children have worn clothes that only look clean. I’d tell you how long, but SOMEONE would get arrested.

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  5. Cheryl says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:18 am

    LOL. Thank you for the laugh….it’s late here & it took me 3 times to get it & yeah because I was including the words in the parentheses. (I tell ya, it’s LATE)
    I’ve been known to walk around the house in just my undies though, so not exactly Eve, but I justify it by saying it keeps my clothes clean.
    Yep, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it 😉

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  6. Audrey says

    April 16, 2013 at 6:42 am

    My sister wants to invent disposable clothing! Wouldn’t that be so much easier?

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    • Nony says

      April 16, 2013 at 9:43 am

      It would!!

      Reply
  7. Kate E. says

    April 16, 2013 at 9:31 am

    I had that mountain of clean clothes in my bedroom this week too! I managed to put away 3/4ths of it before getting interrupted and I haven’t gotten back to it yet. I have (jokingly) suggested before that we all should just wear underwear when we’re at home to cut down on the laundry.

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  8. Anastacia says

    April 16, 2013 at 10:16 am

    This is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, Nony. I’m not unsubscribing. I have the same problem with clothes. My bedroom is worse and I’ve been purging as well. Is there ever an end to purging?

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  9. Beth K says

    April 16, 2013 at 10:19 am

    I sure love your honesty! Yes, I have similar issues. Were it not for being absolutely mortified at the thought of no clothes, the lack of having to deal with piles of them would be delightful! But even worse, my nemesis is paperwork: bills, statements, kids school and/or cute papers to save, receipts, etc. It is embarrassing that I get so overwhelmed and have several boxes of unsorted mail & above mentioned papers waiting to be sorted, filed or tossed. Any help you can give me on this would be so appreciated!

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  10. Sara says

    April 16, 2013 at 11:12 am

    OMG! I (almost) NEVER buy new clothes and I just purged FOUR bags of stuff from my closet?!!?! How is that even possible??? I purged a business suit (I’m a SAHM now) from like 2004. What the??? Anyway, the thing is, I love you and your blog and you crack me up and make me feel normal so keep posting crazy laundry pics. We can relate!!! 😀

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  11. Sarah says

    April 16, 2013 at 11:56 am

    I gather it’s a warm day there.

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  12. Nicole says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Oh I LOVE it!! I’m right there with you. Before I moved I made sure to do all the laundry and I have really kept up on it but I have SO much still to purge and put away! I’m buried really!

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  13. Ruth S says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    I’ve been told I have a dresser top! I see all the pretty ones with perfume bottles and mirrored trays, and think to myself, that must be a show home, nobody lives there. Then you get all the marriage experts that tell us our bedrooms should be havens of rest and put us in the mood for love and I think, I’m glad my hubby hasn’t read all this crap! Got to go do a rush job on my utility room. They are delivering my new washer this afternoon, if they can get it through the door.

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  14. Janae says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this! I have donated countless bags full of clothes, and yet the piles seem to remain unchanged. If I were just a tad bit crazier I might have carried through with my threats to light a match and watch it all burn!

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  15. Brooke says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    That might work in Texas, but not in Wisconsin. With the weather we have been getting you could get frostbite in May…

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  16. Tracey says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    Laundry is my nemesis, too. I HATE it. I went through a phase where I reduced everyone to 7 outfits & 2 set of yard work clothes. It was great while it lasted, but then more stuff crept back in. Dang grandparents. Haven’t had control of it since.

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  17. Steph @ MomKaboodle says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:39 pm

    Oh boy, do I hear ya! My kiddos try to be new dists (bahahaha), but that’s after they’ve shed several outfits. On the floor. Wherever they happen to be. Usually spanning several rooms. Ugh!

    (PS – “dist” is not a word that likes to be plural. Got the red squiggly line for that one!)

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  18. Karen says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    Hey Nony,

    Not only will I not unsubscribe, this post makes me want to subscribe again!!.. I can really relate. In fact, I have an avalanche of clothing in my bedroom right now that must be dealt with so hubby can get to the walls for our room redo. I hate clothing clutter so much, I was wishing that it was regular clutter in there.
    Thanks for sharing. Hope the rest of your days this week are better.

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  19. Homeschool on the Croft says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    I am actually Laughing out Loud.

    new (blah blah blah) dist …..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Deeann says

      April 16, 2013 at 1:30 pm

      Me too! LOL Sooo funny, who wouldn’t absolutely adore this blog!!!

      Reply
  20. Carrie says

    April 16, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    Do you ever read historical books where the women only had 2 dresses to their name plus one decent pair of shoes and get jealous? No outfit choices. No sorting clothes. Minimal laundry. Different expectations. No clutter. Realistically I don’t want to live like that. And yet…..

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    • Nony says

      April 16, 2013 at 1:04 pm

      I do get jealous of that!!!

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  21. Melissa Jones says

    April 16, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    One of my fantasies is the day when the kids are all out of the house and hubs and I can close all the blinds and get a little new dist time for the express purpose of having one moment in my life when EVERY article of clothing was clean.

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  22. Deeann says

    April 16, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    You know, my son has the right idea. He has 4 pairs of pants- one suit pants, one nice jeans, one sweat pants, and one old jeans to do work in. He has 6 shirts- a couple nice to go with the suit pants and he has a dressy vest he wears over them, and 4 tee shirts. He has 1 pair of pj’s. Last he has one drawer of scouting/camping wear for winter, all synthetic one light weight set of longjohns, one heavy weight set and one full set of polar fleece. He has one dress jacket, one light weight jacket, and one full set of rain
    gear.
    It is amazing, The dressy stuff hangs in his almost empty closet and the rest fits loosely in his one dresser. It doesn’t even have to be stuffed in there!

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  23. Jenny says

    April 16, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    Oh, I can so relate. I have the same thing going on in my room right now. I walk through, avert my eyes, then feel bad for awhile. Thinking I will tackle that for 30 minutes today.

    P.s. my mom and I have both complained that running errands (leaving the house) requires putting on a bra. : )

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  24. pam says

    April 16, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  25. becca says

    April 16, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    I just got back from a three week vacation. My bedroom floor is full of clothes I washed before I left and my husband couldn’t be bothered to put away… Should I be sorting and folding and cleaning? Oh yeah. But right now I’m just pretending they don’t exist.

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  26. Debbie says

    April 16, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    I can relate. Hubby and I used to have this problem until we did a huge purge, the likes of which you wouldn’t believe! We finally came to the conclusion that we simply had too much stuff for the amount of space we had for storage and when we purged we were ruthless!

    I’m happy to say that the problem is now under control. Due to space limitations we have to do a change over from warm to cold weather clothing and we both go through and pitch what hasn’t been worn from the current seasons clothing. We realized if it wasn’t worn there was a very good reason so why keep it?

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  27. Sue says

    January 9, 2015 at 10:51 am

    You should have plastic totes…I don’t have the problem of piles of clothes. I have piles of totes ! I am now going through those and finally getting rid of anything that isn’t one size down, downright ugly, etc… Then I give those to my daughter and she give them to skinny people she knows… Hoping to get to that small skinny size I once was is just a dream (but one size down is a maybe).

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  28. Heather says

    January 9, 2015 at 11:48 am

    Ha! Our master bedroom has totally looked like that. Bought a couple of books to help me learn to dress myself which did help me purge some clothes that I just shouldn’t have had in my closet. “Wear This, Not That” and “How to Look Hot in a Minivan”. They both gave me permission to ditch some items that I was emotionally attached to or hoped that I’d be able to fit into again one day. That being said, most days jeans and a top are sufficient for my stay at home mama life.

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  29. Kate says

    June 20, 2015 at 11:13 am

    The concept of the capsule wardrobe was really helpful for me
    http://www.un-fancy.com/capsule-wardrobe-101/how-to-build-a-capsule-wardrobe/

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  30. Queen Lorine says

    April 8, 2016 at 8:22 am

    For me, it’s a “do it every day” task (I don’t call it a chore so I can’t give myself permission to bail) in our room and it does make me like my bedroom. Took a long time to get away from the “What am I going to wear to work? Not that, not that, not that, nope, nope, nope.” clothing bomb that used to be what I came home to but I can’t say enough about how peaceful the room feels at the end of the day.

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  31. Patsy says

    April 8, 2016 at 11:29 am

    Sorry about the bad mood. I live in a house full of slobs…. and sometimes, you just go over the edge. Then throw in a sick (pneumonia) husband, two kids 5, 3 whonhad been sick and now have way too much energy….the pile of laundry and well… I tell myself have you fit, have your cry … run away from home for a cupnof coffee ir tea and ….

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  32. Florence says

    October 5, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    I am still pretty sure that the curse involves housework (I always thought it was dishes, but once I got a kitchen with a sink and counter at a height for someone who was more than 5′ tall I found I could actually wash dishes and enjoy it) but the fact that all housework rolls back around needing to be done on a regular basis is what has convinced me. “Women’s work is never done” has a good bit of truth! Clothing would fit into that “never done” framework quite nicely…

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