The Great American Apparel Diet
no buying for one year

Gina

Laguna Beach, CA Recent MFA graduate of Laguna College of Art and Design and artist. I am currently cleaning out my home of clutter, nic-nacs, junk, useless items, as well as repeats and mistakes. I have found that I collect and keep. My closet is stuffed with items I have yet to wear! And that my family also collects and keeps for me. For instance, I started collecting teapots and soon I am the owner of lots and lots of teapots, some that aren't even usable. Santas, OMG, I have too many Santas! I really need to stop the consumerism! It's even passed down to my daughter, Jessica, who is also a pack-rat. I caught it from my mother... It's all her doing! My daughter and I have a storage unit that we rent at $280/month to hold stuff. It's ridiculous! So... Starting right now, I'm pledging to stop buying clothes and unnecessary items! For a year!