Why can't I throw things away?

[LittleBrownFrog]

I've just cleared a full bin bag full of stuff from my three year old's drawers ... how did he end up with 15 pairs of 'school' socks when he doesn't go to school?

[newto]

I´m teerrible for hoarding stuff.there´ll always be some useful way to use it.......... just dont dsem to getaround to it though!.......

But socks.......... what a nightmare......
when we left the Uk i threw out a massive conatibner of odd socks( large laundruy basket type) within about a year, I had about he same quantity here of odd socks!

where do they go????

Some I know have been washed seperately and no longer match...
some I have thrown pout 1 sock, as full of holes, because, a sthey are usually bought in packs of 3 or 5, then when another gets holes, well it still leaves at least 1 pair.or thats the theory at least !

i swear there´s some supernatural force at work, whichever house I live in that makes the socks disappear...and then when I do come across the missing one...I cant find the original one that was saved!

Does anyone else suffer from a sock monster cum ghost.that hides half the socks, but never pairs?

[bethanyyann]

you should just buy all the same socks so it doesnt matter if they're odd :D

[Sejjie70]

I'm a terrible hoarder, still have all of my son's clothes since birth "just in case I have another boy oneday"!

I still have most of the stuff from when my eldest was a baby - he turns 15 in Nov . Saying that though most of the stuff I've kept are the babygros, vests, cardies, socks & similar & as they're all unisex they've been worn by all the other children too (as well as being lent out to various friends for their babies in between). Simon thinks I'm being tight (& perhaps I am) but I think it's just plain daft to spend a small fortune on new baby stuff for each baby (especially the 1st & 2nd size stuff that they're not in for v long).

Sadly we don't have much attic space (the upstairs bedrooms take up most of the attic space & the flue/chimney takes up a good chunk of what's left) so we can only keep stuff that we know we're going to use again (mind you that doesn't stop me trying to keep a bit more just in case).

Wrt socks we end up with loads of odd ones. I thought I'd cracked it by just getting white for the girls & black for the boys & it did work for a while until I bought a few patterned pairs here & there. I really must try to keep to plain ones otherwise we'll end up with another odd sock Everest