Spring Cleaning!

Now that the semester is over, I've been doing something that I've been neglecting all year: cleaning. Specifically, cleaning out my closet. It's hard, I know to throw out clothes that you love from long ago, but really, when your closet is filled with unwearable clothes, stuff has got to go. And while you may be leery of throwing out clothes in our economy, taking inventory of what you've got now will help you decide what you really need in your closet, what you don't need, and what you want.

So here are some tips to help you get started!

1. Give away anything that no longer fits you.
Keeping a pair of jeans or a dress that fit you a couple of months ago is okay, but keeping an entire wardrobe full of jeans you wore five years ago is not. Dress for the body size you are, not the body size you want to be.

2. Give away or throw out anything you don't like
I know! This one seems like a no-brainer, but I'm guilty of keeping things I've impulse bought simply because I bought it, and I don't want to give it away. You keep telling yourself you might wear it one day...

3. Throw out anything that has stains or rips in it
Your favorite shirt got stained, but you're secretly convinced no one will see that tiny brown spot? I'm kind of guilty of this one too, but really, people do see it, and it really does make for sloppy presentation.

4. Give away or throw out anything that is age-inappropriate
I'm a 20 year old woman. I should not be wearing baby tees with monkeys all over them and Aeropostale, Hollister, or Abercrombie strewn across the front. Your style evolves, so your closet should evolve with it. When you keep clothes like this in your closet, you'll only be tempted to keep reaching for it and wearing it.

Happy spring cleaning, ladies!