Clear Your Closets

As we transition from summer to fall, now is the perfect time to carve out a few hours one weekend to give your entire closet a thorough cleaning. They say that the Pareto Principle holds true with wardrobes: Most of us wear 20% of our clothing, 80% of the time. Why waste valuable space on the other 80% of your wardrobe that you rarely wear? 

Dump everything onto your bed and go through each item of clothing carefully. You can make a pile of giveaways, throwaways, keepers and maybes. Be sure to consider every article of clothing carefully before dumping; you may be able to repurpose a forgotten accessory to spruce up another outfit.  When you’re done going through everything, hang items back up by order of convenience, with the clothing you wear most often getting the area with the best visibility where it is also within easy reach. 

With your closet perfectly organized, picking out what to wear each morning is a cinch! As an added bonus, you’ll have a head-start on your fall and winter shopping because you’ll know exactly what you have and what you still need. And don’t forget, any gently used coats that you no longer want or need can always be donated to the annual Salvation Army Coats for Kids drive. Ideal CU collects coats and winter accessories year-round to support this great cause, so we would be happy to repurpose them for you. Simply drop them off in the blue collection barrel the next time you visit any one of our 6 branches.

Happy cleaning!