THE PURGE - Part II (results)

Well here you have it!! The results of my first PURGE PARTY on Thursday. I invited a bunch of local ladies to come and peruse my givings away and had a blast doing it.  I struggle with letting go and doing it this way really helped me. Knowing it is going to someone who will get enjoyment out of it and actually use it even for just a minute felt great. Plus I loved watching everyone rave about things and fill up their bags.  I served a delicious girly drink that was really fun to make and spent a lot of time socalizing and seeing people I have not seen in awhile! It was really a great evening and I am so happy with the results. Are you curious to know how much I got rid of? I am excited to tell you either way! Because YES I counted so here it goes: Sweaters (65 to start) - 28 gone!!!! Other Clothing (277 to start) - 148 gone!!!! Accessories (48 to start) - 29 gone!!!! Shoes (12 to start) - 8 gone!!!! Also I got rid of a bunch of books but I forgot to count them!!! NOW all this stuff heads off to my LOCAL thrift store (not goodwill, actually it will go to where I used to work) to help support my local peeps.  NOW - What I got really really excited about was seeing the ladies I invited posting themselves in their new digs on facebook. They let me upload a few photos to this post to share with you guys!  Here is heather rocking her new hat, bag, shoes and jacket all from the PURGE! Isn't she looking freaking fantastic!  And Tiffanie is wearing her new vintage dress and hat from the purge as well! In my opinion I would say the ladies were definitely satisfied as well as myself with the results of the purge. I feel lighter and like I can now really get into my closet space and start organizing. I am planning on doing more purge like things as I progress but It is a slow process for sure!!! And a special thanks to my parents for letting me take over their house for the PURGE my stuff is still sitting in the living room (in bags now) but I am heading out to hand it over and hopefully someone else will get more use out of these things!!!!

day sixtysix. Check Out My Fashion Storage and Work Spaces!

Today is going to be a bit different. I have been trying my hand at making collages in Photoshop (and learning Photoshop in general, i normally DO NOT edit my photos hardly at all, barely making lighting adjustments, i think i take decent photos the first time around) BUT i want to do cool things in photoshop. Thanks to Tieka at Selective Potential I learned (and very easily!) how to make a collage.

Here is the view from the door to my room! YES i live with my parents. NO i am not ashamed of it! Lets admit, if you know my parents they are pretty awesome anyway, PLUS having roomies makes everything cheaper. This is the room i grew up in and i have many fond memories and many BAD memories (Like slamming the door on my sister and cutting off her finger! sorry again Norms)

This is my first collage showing some of the various storage I utilize in my room. I have 2 dressers! The tall one holds all of my 'tops' and the long short one holds all of my 'bottoms' I also have a jewelry case (the purple thing, i would like to repaint/revitalize it) that stores all of my shiny gems! OH, and the thing by my bed is my dog crate for Lily and Rue and there is a storage thing that holds my hats/gloves/wraps on top of it. I am utilizing every square inch of storage in my room! Below are a few more photos of my awesome room ;)

And here is my closet! I change it around depending on the season but on the top right now i have long sleeves and the bottom short sleeves. Above the racks i store sweaters and there are shelves on the left side that use to store my bags.

And HERE is the moment you have been waiting for, where I store all of my SHOES (shoes are probably my favorite clothing item...). Ideally i would have a HUGE shelf thing in the 'sewing room/ Norma's room' but instead i use this over the door hanger and a smaller floor shoe storage. I also keep some shoes in my room especially ones i use often!

And here is my office! It is in the basement, I am lucky to have plenty of room for all of my BOOKS and space on my desk for both my laptop and desktop. You can see I am multitasking playing video games and doing work :D SO now you can imagine where I am when i am getting ready in the morning and when I am typing up my awesome blog posts i bring to you EVERYDAY! Thanks to all of my readers for staying with me. More outfit posts and HOW TO's coming at you VERY SOON. I am way overdue for some how to posts but I have been procrastinating projects like crazy so I better get on that! Have a great relaxing Sunday!