Little Britches

by the Provident Woman | September 7th, 2009

Do you enjoy having garage sales? Or going to them? Well I absolutely love going to them. Having them, not so much. I recently had a combined garage sale with my mother and a couple of other relatives from out of town (garage sales do better here). But I barely put anything into the sale. I kept ALL of my kid and baby stuff to sell at a consignment sale called Little Britches.

My wonderful husband brought up all of the bins of kids clothes we had in the basement. Let me just say “I HAD NO IDEA.”

This is what he brought up.

Oh, but that wasn’t all.

And look what I already had ready (you have to have everything hung on hangers).

And a few toys and shoes.

I’d say “I better make some money”. I was getting pretty emotional going through this stuff. I could picture my kids wearing a bunch of this stuff and it made me almost cry to think of getting rid of it. But my mother says “there shouldn’t be any sentimental value in clothes.”

Then I made the mistake of having my husband in the room when I was going through all of those bins. He kept saying “just get rid of it all”. I don’t think so. But I will get rid of a lot. Even through the tears and heart ache of parting with all of it. It’s just the clothes are so darn cute. I am keeping a bin for each of my children of things that were just theirs. And then I’m keeping some really good stuff for more children (if we are blessed with them).

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Katie says:

September 7, 2009 at 8:49 am

Oh, thats so hard! There are memories in those clothes! I think your wise saving an outfit or 2 for them. You know, as soon as you let go of all those baby things you will needing more!

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Melanie says:

September 7, 2009 at 11:15 am

Oh goodness, we must be related. I find it extremely hard to get rid of any of my daughter’s toys, clothes, or books. Just this morning my husband suggested I rid out her books. and I told him I highly doubt there were any to get rid of. I mean yes, one day she’ll be too old to enjoy “Cuddles the Cow” and it was only $1 from a dollar store, but I’ll never forget about how many nights we read that before bed. There are so many sweet memories tied up in things to just throw them away or donate.

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La Reina says:

September 7, 2009 at 8:24 pm

I am the same way! I keep looking at my girl bins and thinking… “it’s time to get rid of these.” Then I turn and run as fast as I can so I do not have to part with the memories. That’s really what I’m holding onto: memories.

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AthenaP says:

September 8, 2009 at 3:11 pm

I remember packing up Elena’s things when she turned One last October. We hadn’t yet begun our discussion of a Second, and I guess I assumed we’d be given a little boy next time around and I would never again see the darling little outfits I loved so much.

But your mother is right: Clothes shouldn’t hold sentimental value. And they don’t. But rather, they hold the memory of our darling ones wearing something that we enjoyed picking out, and dressing them in, and photographing. That is what I miss when I put away my most treasured outfits. Especially the few that I knit myself.

Blessed be we are having another little girl in January, so although I will get to use all the outfits one last go-round, I will also have to grieve the “putting away” all over again.

Basically, what I’m saying in (barely) 100 words or less, Mary, is this: I hear ya purrin’ kitten. I’m pickin’ up what you’re puttin’ down. I feel ya.

Cheers!
A

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