Purging, Round 2

I’ve done more purging. Anything I haven’t worn in the last year, or that looks like I’ve worn it every day for the last year- GONE!

Some of these items include:

• My marching band “travel uniform” pants. Size 3. (Don’t hurt yourself laughing trying to remember how long ago that really has been)
• Most of the sweaters I’ve knit for myself. Two are cropped, two are super-bulky, and the rest I just don’t like anymore.
• Three pairs of combat boots. ‘Nuff said.
• Three skirts that are too short to wear anywhere without fishnets and vinyl boots.
• A wool coat that my mother bought when she first came to the US. 30 years ago. It’s lovely, but too tight in the armholes.
• A raincoat that also is a little too tight in the armholes.
• My wedding dress. I’ve worn it twice. That’s plenty for a $10 dress, right?
• My first pair of “ugly shoes” that I bought with Christine in 1996. I’ve worn them, I’ve loved them, but I’m too old to wear them.
• Two ugly, cheap, and incredibly functional purses.
• Two sweaters that were beautiful when I bought them (ahem, four years ago), but have had the “pretty” worn out of them.
• One sweatshirt that the sleeves “aren’t right” on. (Those with OCD will understand.)

Some days, it just feels better to donate the stuff that weighs you down.