Today is the last day to join in with the Give Up Your Clothes For Good campaign for Cancer Research UK by TK Maxx. All through April they have been collecting donations of clothes, accessories, shoes, cds, books and home goods.

I have kept meaning to sort out my wardrobe which is bursting at the seams.

I have a quite shocking amount of clothes, and in particular, dresses. I hardly ever throw anything out and still had the dress I wore to collect my GCSE certificate! I also used to have an office based job so have amassed an almighty amount of wrap dresses, shift dresses as well as party dresses, summer dresses and maxi dresses. I also have 4 bridesmaids dresses stuffed in there which need room for the beautiful material to breathe!

I counted them all and had 10 maxi dresses, 19 cocktail dresses, 34 "work" dresses, 22 summer dresses, 14 jumper dresses and a few too many evening dresses for someone who never goes out anymore! Outrageous!

So I was ruthless, for almost the first time ever and got rid! Out with anything I haven't been able to fit into in over 3 years (basically all pre baby) and anything that is too short for a 30 year old mother of two.

Hooray, my good deed for the day. A good few bags for the TK Maxx campaign and some room in the wardrobe! (Room to buy a couple of new ones?!)

You still have time to drop off a bag tonight!

We are off to a little pals birthday party later, (such a shame about the windy and wet weather as the bouncy castle is cancelled) and Sammy has been asking all morning is it time to go yet?! I found a couple of things for her present, hopefully that won't get duplicated!

It's always tricky to find something new that either they haven't got or that someone else won't buy as often we all shop in the same supermarkets or kiddy shops!

I saw this lovely, hard back book made from recycled paper, by Ladybird and thought it was perfect for the inquisitive little 3 year old! It features lots of flaps and slides with all sorts of facts about animals. It has a lovely texture to the pages and not too girly so would suit a boy or girl. I bought it in a children's shop in Christchurch, Dorset but you can find it at a bargain price here.

I also found in the same shop a BigJigs wooden draughts game. The birthday girl has a younger sister so although this is something she will have to play with a grown up, I thought it would be nice in a way, to have something that she didn't have to share for a while!

Big boy then lovingly helped wrap them and stuck a load of tissue paper on! He had lots of fun and it distracted him from wanting to open the presents himself!