Less is More

Good Morning Friends,

I hope this finds everyone doing well having lived through Christmas and the New Year celebrations. It seems when the new year rolls around people begin to focus on all the stuff they have. The retail stores help that along when just as soon as Christmas is over they bring out the storage totes and organization stuff. If you will notice at the check out there are plenty of "how to" storage and get organized" magazines calling to us.

Maybe it's because we got a lot of presents, new clothes and do dads so we have to find a place to put them. Here we go like a Mom who begins to sort through the kids old toys to make room for the new ones. Well, you may need to do some deep purging if you had to get a rolling rack to hang all your extra clothes on or other folks at your house complain about not having any room for their stuff. LOL.

Here's another thought about gifts you receive. A friend of mine set up a gift closet. She gave me a preview of all the things she had been given but either didn't like, already had one of them or didn't need. Wow! What a wonderful idea. She was always prepared for an emergency gift. Now some people think this is awful but when someone gives us something it's their thoughtfulness we appreciate. Regifting could be called the gift that keeps on giving. LOL.

No matter whether you start a gift closet, pass it along to a friend or relative or donate it to a charity less is always more. If you have a lot of things you have to wash, dust or keep moving them around all the time. Who wants to do any of that if they don't have to. Besides the things you need or continue to have to look for could be hiding in your extra stuff.

Happy New Year to everyone and remember to stay "Thrifty this year."