The banishment of the "later" pants.

I took the weekend off to spend some quality time with my hubby and spend a little time organizing my closet. The quality time with the hubby was great (sushi and movies make for a fantastic date) and the organizing of my closet went pretty well too.

What prompted the whole thing? Well, the quality time with the husband is pretty self explanatory. If you've met my husband, you'd know why I like spending time with him. The organizing my closet part, came about last Friday...

Friday morning, I got dressed in a hurry and ran out the door. It wasn't until I reached work, that I realized I had on very poorly fitting jeans. Now, before anyone gets too excited, this isn't a "Biggest Loser" moment where I can fit a whole extra leg's worth of space in one side of my pants. However, the waist had a little bit more give than I'd prefer, the legs were baggy and the rear end was a disaster. It wasn't pretty.

I made it through the work day, disaster jeans and all, and ran home to change before we went out for the night. As I was going through my closet to pick out something new- I realized I had hung the saggy, baggy disaster pants back in my closet, to save for "later". Later? When was there going to be a later to wear these suckers? The goal of this lifestyle change is to not to look or feel the way I have in the past. I knew what I had to do...

Saturday morning I tore through my closet. I was amazed at how many items I had saved for "later". They were just as pathetic looking as the excuses I had packed up with them - "Maybe I should keep this one in case I gain a few pounds..." or "Maybe I could alter these jeans..." and my personal favorite "I could use this for maternity clothes someday, right?" So faster than you can say "cupcake", I packed up the items for consignment, and gave them the boot.

I've made the decision to officially banish the "later" pants and any other nonsense items from my closet. I don't need a pile of ill-fitting clothes second-guessing my success. It's out with the old and in with the new. Losing weight and gaining closet.