Yes and Yes
Prior to transitioning full time (especially when I thoughT I was a cross dresser , I probably purged a couple of times. Then when I transitioned into a full time female role, two cis girlfriends purged all my male clothes, even having a dinner where they shredded my last set of male pair of trousers one night with a pair of scissors. I seemed to remember the three of us got quite tipsy that night. I remember Aison saying that for next six months I only want to see you in a dress or skirt - not women's pants or jeans. I was very good and 6 months later Alison & Maggie celebrated again by going shopping with me and buying me some tight skinny jeans and womens denim shorts as well as my first bikini!
When I was forced to de-transition two years later , due to financial and family pressures, I always knew that one day the dysphoria would bit again (and of course it did), so I took out one of those storage spaces and locked everything up, vowing to always think twice or three times before I was mentally tempted or forced back by a resurgence of my dysphoria. Over the years yes it cost me a bit, but when compared to constantly buying clothes, make up, shoes etc , purging then buying again over and over , it was a lot cheaper and the best way forward. Also because it took a real effort to unpack stuff and get access this in itself was a sort of control. In the end of course I am now back into a slow transition again, but now HRT has taken much more of a hold and I am almost at that threshold of Male fails and more often being seen almost 100% as female. So these days I dress about 80% of my time as a woman and pretty much pass 100%. Mind you the extensive Lasaser and Electrolysis has helped plus having No Adams Apple, Small hands and small feet plus sloping shoulders has helped a lot.
