# I just dropped six bags of clothes off at Goodwill! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939 "2009-09-13T18:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/21 "2009-09-15T12:39:24Z")
So this hoarder’s show has also lit a fire in me, I finally took on the task of shoveling out the kids’ rooms. All the tiny dollhouse/ lego/ playmobil/ arts/crafts/books/ bits and pieces have been re united and reorganized into bins. Most of it will go to Goodwill. I have about six bags of stuffed animals I would take to Goodwill but they throw all stuffies out, no matter if it’s BOyds Bears or vintage Snoopy. I’m in a quandry on what to do. I cannot put them in dump! And because of that show, I blew my chance to pick up some nifty tiki masks at a garage sale. I wanted those masks for my outdoor patio area, but I was loathe to start a new stockpile of ancient crap. I hemmed and hawed, I wanted the whole load but I resisted their call. In the end I told myself I just avoided some obscure West African Tiki curse. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/22 "2009-09-15T13:22:53Z")
Do you have a local Children’s Exchange or similar, **chela**? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/23 "2009-09-15T15:16:50Z")
I’ve got a bag of mostly clothes I’ve been meaning to take to the local charity thrift store for the past year. Since I don’t drive, I’d have to do this by bus, which is just enough of a hassle that I keep putting it off. They also only accept donations Wednesday through Saturday from (I think) 3 til 6 which complicates things further. And I really should go through my closets and pull more clothes that I hardly ever wear. I’m also thinking that with a bit more effort I could probably get rid of enough stuff that I could swap my large dresser and chest of drawers for something smaller, which would give me room in my bedroom for more bookcases. Of course, I also need to cull my library… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/24 "2009-09-15T18:05:14Z")
> [@chela](#): > > So this hoarder’s show has also lit a fire in me The episode with the woman cleaning out her fridge got me to throw out some stuff from in there too, even stuff that wasn’t really too old. I should mention that in the thread about throwing up from something you saw…I didn’t go that far but I definitely felt a little faint. The people helping her had to leave the house for fresh air but she didn’t seem fazed by what must have been a horrific smell. :eek:☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/25 "2009-09-15T18:37:12Z")
I had the morning off to deal with my window replacements, so I had some time to work on the consignment thing - I took fully half my closet out and put it on crappy wire hangers (they can’t have my nice ones!) and got it ready to go. I was merciless, too - I didn’t let sentiment sway me, mostly, except for one or two things I bought in Hawaii and the skirt I wore on my first date with Himself. And that one got moved back and forth a few times before I decided to keep it. I haven’t even LOOKED at the drawers yet (but I’ll have to, as there is an enormous pile of clean laundry in the living room that the cats have claimed as a bed, and there’s nowhere to put it!) ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939/26 "2009-09-15T18:56:20Z")
The past two weekends I’ve spent fixing up and maintaining stuff I own. I’m about ready to junk a ton of stuff because it’s really true that the more you own the more it owns you. Enjoy, Steven [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dropped-six-bags-of-clothes-off-at-goodwill/509939.md?page=1)