Out of the Closet

  Since last fall,  I've been attempting with limited, very limited, success to clean out my closet, and indeed the areas surrounding the actual closet, since my closet is not much larger than a plus-sized filing cabinet.  So today I stayed on the channel where Katie Couric was cleaning out her closet.  I think the show may have been a repeat since her show is to be canceled, and the cleaning-out itself process seemed vaguely familiar.  And the familiarity part did not come from any comparison between her closet and mine.  Her closet contained more clothing than I have ever owned in my entire lifetime, and her closet had more square footage than does my house.  Naturally, she was not cleaning the closet herself, but observed while a closet coordinator did it for her.  Who this segment was supposed to appeal to is a mystery because I would think that only a handful of people could relate to her circumstances.  The focus seems more on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous than it does on the image of Katie as the girl next door.  Pulled out for review was a trendy little leather jacket that she'd forgotten she owned, and a likewise forgotten  red purse that was a gift from Al Roker. 
      The closet organizer told her to have all her winterwear professionally dry cleaned, and then to put all her cleaned sweaters in plastic bags before storing them for the summer in plastic containers.  Leather items, such as jackets and belts, are also to be professionally dry cleaned but to be stored not in plastic, but in cloth garment bags, so the leather can breathe.  Several  leather jackets were bequeathed to me a few years ago.  I had one of them dry cleaned, at a cost of $55 because it had to be sent to Canada for cleaning.  I donated the rest of the jackets.   I believe it took only part of a day for Katie's closet catharsis, while I'm still plodding on 9 months into the project.  I can't wait for summer to come; maybe it'll be easier then.