My cup Runneth Over. And Over. And Over.

I'm pleased to report that I actually have room in my closets now. Nearly four whole empty shelves and two hanging bars that are sitting sad, bare, and desolate. I took more donations to a charity drop-off and low-and-behold, it seems I'm late for the whole donation trend. This semi below was one of two that were already packed with donations. It made me feel good that I was contributing to this huge pile that would hopefully go toward good but then it also made me kind of sick at the thought of this overwhelming evidence of needless consumerism.



I'm nearly to the three month mark since my last shop and I have just a bit more time before June 20, 2012, when I'll let myself shop again. I have to say, though, that this no shopping thing is really liberating. The irony is that now that I'm living with what I have I feel like I'm living in the kind of cheesy abundance promised by television evangelists (you will be blessed to overflowing! Overflowing, I say!). Now that my closets are closer to empty than they were a month ago I've moved onto a good kind of overflowing: the kind I can recognize and be thankful for.