10 STEP PROGRAM

"Hi - My name is Susan and I am addicted to thrift store shopping."
This is particularly Serious since I volunteer at one 4-5 days a week...and get Half-Off as a reward for my service. If I bring a few things home each time I work - no big deal - right? Wrong! I am in the dreaded process right now of doing the seasonal clothing switch. Down to the garage go the summer clothes and up come the winter stuff. My sense of shame is palpable as I survey the piles. I have gone thru everything and have reduced it by half. Now my job is to cull once again and try to get everything into two roll-about trash cans. Down in the garage there are already containers with clothes of all sizes..."I can't throw THIS away since NEXT summer I might have lost 100 pounds and will fit into this size 6". Yeah. Right. So this job will require many hours and a fierce determination to rid the house of lots of stuff that hopefully someone else can use. Because I sure can't! And my promise to myself -wear blinders as I work in the store - and NOT come home with any more!