My name is Miss Bethie, and I have a problem...

I am a pack-rat. I seriously have more clothes than I know what to do with, and here I am, shopping online! (But, dude! Land's End has a bootcut jean in my length! That is HUGE!)

I have run out of closet space--even with my various organizers and bins.

As I look for apartments to possibly move in this winter, after I check the price and location, I am looking to see how much closet space it has. It is a genuine concern.

And it isn't just clothes! It took me a full week to get all of my stuff in my classroom packed up for the move to the new building. I through a ton of stuff away, but it still won't all fit in my much tinier classroom. And I won't even mention all of the books and materials that I left at the elementary school where I once taught. (Which reminds me...I need to get a lot of those books for my niece. I need to run over there and do that!)

Shoes--too many. But my theory there is that while my pants size may fluctuate, my shoe size stays relatively the same. Besides--I have cute little feet I take very good care of.

I am genuinely trying to streamline. I have thrown out a ton of trash and have 2 garbage bags full of stuff to go to the Salvation Army. And even after finding that they recycle most of the clothes they receive--which kills me--I have some very cute, nice things that are just too big now (Go me!!!), I have left them in the bag. But I hate the idea of it being chopped up and made into something new. (Even though I am all about recycling and saving the earth!)

Anyway, I am trying, really trying, to get a handle on this sickness. Anyone have any suggestions? (And for the record, I ditched all of my larger clothes. I was keeping one size larger, "just in case", but have since decided that gives me a reason to cheat, so I just threw them in the aforementioned garbage bags.)