de cluttering by a natural born hoarder
I'm not sure if you can actually be born a hoarder, I'm sure you cant but I was certainly brought up by parents who really don't like to throw anything away. And my mum really loves to shop. She has a particular penchant for M&S knitwear and must have a round neck jumper in every colour they have ever made. In triplicate. She wont mind me telling you she's a life long member of Weight Watchers, so she also stocks a wide range of sizes too. Come to think of it, if you were ever brave enough to open the highest wardrobe doors you could probably clothe many a pensioner, of all sizes, shapes and complexions with the contents. Luckily my dad is far more of a buy quality and make it last kind of guy, though he does have rather a large cotton handkerchief collection (not helped by my annual unimaginative Christmas gifting) . But that's just clothes. They also have 'stuff' and lots of it. To give you an idea of the scale we're talking of, my dad used