Give up clothes for good!

My wardrobe has desperately needed sorting out but funnily enough it hasn’t been high on my list of priorities, I’ve been slightly too busy juggling children and boring household chores. However, last weekend I couldn’t take it any more. I realised I was wearing the same few items which were just being washed and put back on and I needed to declutter.

My wardrobe and drawers were full, just not with clothes I wore anymore. I grabbed a bin bag and took a closer look – old work clothes (too small!) and lots of maternity clothes. Some items I greeted as if old friends. ‘Ah yes, remember when…?’ others reminded me of my first pregnancy, when I needed to look smart at work, a bit like a uniform without really being qualified for the job.

I wasn’t sure what to do with them. The pile of clothes I no longer needed grew bigger as my wardrobe got emptier. The unwanted pile represented so much, cost so much but were part of the old me. I didn’t go back to the job and I am getting my body back (very, very slowly).  Anyway, I decided I didn’t need to keep any of the pile. I don’t know if I’ll ever be pregnant again. Life is beyond hectic with two and our little house is bursting at the seams. We’ll be moving house before we can even think about squeezing another person into our lives.

I’ve found just the place for my unwanted clothes. TK Maxx and Cancer Research UK are in the fifth year of their annual Give up Clothes for Good campaign, the UK’s biggest charity clothing collection, which raises valuable funds for research into beating kids’ cancer. Give Up Clothes for Good has already raised a staggering £10 million worth of donations and aims to raise a further £2.5 million for ground-breaking research by the end of 2012. Did you know that by clearing out your wardrobe this Spring, and passing on some unwanted, quality clothing, you could help the fight against children’s cancer?

Give Up Clothes for Good asks everyone in the UK to take their quality, unwanted items to their local TK Maxx store in April. Donated items are tagged and sorted before being sold through Cancer Research UK stores around the country. Every penny raised from these items will be used in the fight against kids’ cancer. I’ll be taking my unwanted clothes to my local TK Maxx – please help if you can.