the accumulation process can only go so far before it instills a desire to purge. so, today, having had quite enough of all this acquiring of this n'that lately, i was determined to find as many things (starting in my room) that i could to get rid of immediately. it's wonderfully therapeutic. let's begin with the things i know i'll never wear again. how about several pairs of pants that, no matter what i do, will not stay put without a belt, which only makes things worse by bunching them up around my waist. having thyroid is great, but the down side is... i lost my butt and my clothes don't seem to fit anymore. if you happen to see it, will you kindly send it on its way back home?
anyway, i found some pants to give away, some shirts to retire, and a few things that probably should just be thrown away... like the pair of pants i've been wearing since 1998 that don't really have much other than their gumption holding them together at this point. so, i was finding some good stuff... getting a fairly decent pile going when lisa came around. i told her i had some stuff she might want to take a look at before i donated it. so what does she do? first she offered me a sweater that she had shrunk, thinking it might fit me for some reason, though last i checked... there is no conceivable way of stuffing a person over the age of eight into a sweater that small. so then she tried her next move in her ploy to thwart my purging process. she pulled out a long, black wool skirt she thought might fit me, that she no longer felt the need to hang onto for herself. she'd bought it at a thrift store a few years ago. it's handmade. it fit. ooo.... pretty. ahhh!!! i give up, i'll take it.
will i ever have an occasion to wear a long black skirt? sort of doubtful, but i am now fully prepared... and slightly less than successful in paring down my excess...
Musings from Idaho land.
4 comments:
I LOVE throwing away stuff! It's my favorite part of moving - going through everything and realizing you haven't used it in 2 years, and you're probably never going to, so you can get rid of it and have more space (I wish the brain worked like that)!
lol, Barbara you're funny. :)
I love throwing stuff away too. It's a great hobby.
If I had to choose between throwing things away and blowing them up, I'd definitely go for the latter. I do have particular affection for allowing things to fulfill their purposes, though, like pants that sit in a closet suddenly getting to be worn, or floss that's collecting dust at the bottom of a sock getting to clean between someone's teeth.
Well done I say!
yeah...bobby had the same trouble just yesterday...tried to throw stuff out...and he was thwarted, and convinced himself to keep stuff. nice face.
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