Before I went to bed last night I scanned our house and tried to figure out how in the world I considered the weekend to be a productive one, which I had. It seriously looked like a tornado had gone through the house, however, somehow I still felt like I had got a lot accomplished over the weekend.
As much as I enjoy cleaning, which I really strangely do, my weekend involved very little of it. The weekend was filled with a two hour trip to Wegman’s, shopping trip to Kohl’s, sunshine, stroller walks outside, a 3 mile run, NCAA basketball, yummy food, margaritas and old vine Zin! Life really does not get much better as far as I am concerned! Sometimes an accomplishment is not anything you can physically measure; rather it is mental feeling – the ones we too often forget about.
My one physical accomplishment of the weekend was purging. I asked my husband, “Do you want to do something fun?” He immediately hesitated and quickly assumed I had a not so fun chore planned for him. So, when I said, “do you want to go through our clothes and get rid of things we don’t want anymore?” he was thrilled (really he was).
My goal is going through my closets at least twice a year and getting rid of things that I do not wear anymore. Generally, my rules are if I have not worn something in more than two years I do not need it, if it does not fit anymore to get rid of it, and if I am waiting for something to go back into style – it will not – so get rid of it. Another reason I like to shuffle through my clothes is because I will often find something that was lost in the mess of stained shirts, pants from high school, and bras with wires poking out that I had completely forgotten about.
The question is, when you drop off your bags of clothes at the donation center how to claim the donation on your taxes. Money Blue Book is a great reference as it explains where to donate, how to claim the donation on your taxes, IRS documents you need, and some other very helpful guidelines. Making the correct documentation right away will make it easier come April 15th when you are brainstorming any deductions you had the previous year and guessing the value of your donations.
With springtime officially here, I know everyone is going through their closets, packing away the wool sweaters and getting out the shorts. While doing it, you may as well fill a bag to take to Good Will. Like everything in life, getting rid of the clutter will make you focus on the more important things. You may as well apply the same philosophy to your closet, and while doing it you may as well reap the benefits from Uncle Sam!
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