The only one who can Congratulate me is ME

I spent almost 4 hours working on my room yesterday. It's better. Two grocery bags are filled with clothes for consignment. I managed to cull down one of my hanging sweater cubbies, the one that was broken, to two instead of three...and I still have a little space left thanks to some Konmari folding. Laundry load #4 is in the wash and two loads are put away. The pajama drawers are in order and I'm working on the sock drawer. I still have a few piles of clothes but I still have a little room in drawers.

I want to call someone and get some kudos for putting so much work into this. But last time I called my mom, I got a lecture. My sisters are still being patronizing about this and siding with the Landlady and saying 'It's a Good Thing'. So I guess the only one who can congratulate myself is me. I'm incredibly proud of the work I put in even if it doesn't look like I did all that much from the outside.

I didn't have all that much time today. I had about an hour or so between get-togethers so I continued to work on my room. My drawers are almost full and I have a full laundry bag...again. Hmm. This could be an issue. I may have to go through things again, but I don't want to cull things just to cull them even if I still love them. I may be able to remove some of the zillions of pairs of black tights that I have, but I do wear them a lot in the Winter. I guess I could check and get rid of the ones that look ratty. Otherwise, I'm not entirely sure where to put things. I suppose I could move the work out clothes to the open hanging shelf that isn't really being used right now except to hold a purse or two. Actually, that's not a bad idea. Pictures to come.

But there is real progress in my room now. I'm kind of excited. I just need to find a place for everything although so far I've been able to maintain my kitchen's neatness for the last week-ish, so maybe this is actually possible! A friend came over and I proudly showed him the kitchen and his response was what I was looking for! He was all 'Whoa! This looks amazing!' and he even thought I did work in the 'dining'/music room...nope, just packed up some scores. I may keep them packed and keep the boxes there even for the Landlady's inspection. I also showed him the Konmari method of folding for t-shirts and how awesome my drawers looked and he wants to borrow the book when I'm done.

I started thinking ahead towards books and I'm not sure that I have too many that I want to get rid of as I've culled every time I've moved. I really don't have TOO many books for someone who loves to read. I've been trying to stay with getting things from the Library. I do wonder though, if going through my notebooks with sheet music counts as 'books' or as 'paper'? I think I'll ask online in one of the groups.