I'm feeling remarkably unsentimental today. Such a thing is rare for me, so it coincided well with tonight's plan for a closet purge. This was first on my to-do list upon coming home from the Bay Area for Christmas, since when I was packing clothes to go up there I became disgusted with how much clothing I have that I don't wear and/or kinda forget about. I did a purge when I moved into the studio in May but it was clearly time for another deeper purge.
So I think I created this post to say goodbye to certain items... which I guess is sentimental, but let me tell you, throwing/giving them away in these two big trash bags is a huge thing for this INFP. I just have a tendency to hang on too long to that which means a lot to me.
Farewell:
-ugly long-sleeved Page B section shirt from freshman year
-pajama boxers i got in 9th grade
-reef sandals i wore through sophomore & junior year of college
-almost all of my button-up "business" shirts...when i started working full-time after college, for awhile I though it meant you had to wear boring dress pants and button-up shirts. i never liked how those looked on me. i'm over it now and actually try to wear clothes i love and are somewhat stylish to the office. makes the workday much more enjoyable.
-tank tops from Thailand I paid to have handpainted. probably only ever wore those like twice.
-the abercrombie jeans i wore probably 2 out of every 3 days on Europe Semester. i hated them from pretty early on... but i haven't been able to throw them out. they are way too big now, thank goodness, and i think its high time they go.
-the darling little dress from the boutique in Montecito i worked at the summer before senior year of college...the owner gave me it as a parting gift, i'd been admiring it for weeks. i never wore it, it always just looked silly on me, try as i might each year to see if it changed. too bad.
-roxy cargo pants i bought in Waikiki on our high school senior graduation trip to Hawaii... i LOVE these. probably the hardest thing to get rid of.
-tennis team tank top from high school
-the t-shirt i got for completing the sprint triathlon two summers ago...i'd like to wear it as a badge of honor but i hate event shirts and never wear them, especially if they are white.
-black workout tank top with "Rinne" on the front in large rhinestones. my friends and i from suite K in Van Kampen Hall made these together sophomore year. shoot, as i'm typing this i realize i can't do it. it went back in my closet.
-a tshirt from Thailand with broken english on the front
-ribbed cute shirt from a gift shop in Ensenada, Mexico that all the girls on our construction team bought together and took a photo in. yeah, never wore that again.
-several items i bought at H&M in Europe, five years ago... haven't been able to throw them out yet, i mean hello, H&M in Europe...
-short denim jean skirt from american eagle that has not only been out of style and not my style for a few years now but also probably too young for me... that happens i guess.
Whew, I feel a lot better after that. And my closet looks great.
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This might sound silly...but my mom made tshirt blankets for my sister and brother when they graduated college. She used all their event tshirts and sewed them together. Perfect for a beach day. I'm now saving my event/running tshirts for a blanket. That way I don't have to throw them out plus they have future use! :)
RIP H&M clothes. I know how much you were loved.
I'm cracking up. I'm also realizing that as good as I am about throwing things out (I go through my closet every 3 months or so), I CANNOT bring myself to throw away my Euro Sem jeans. Just two days ago I contemplated it again but, alas, they're still in my drawer.
I love that, Lesley! Wish I could have had something done like that...since I know I'd never pull it off myself. Show me your blanket once it's made one day.
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