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[rimturse]

Was lazy this morning, which has had me running around like a headless chicken for the past three hours. I decided to no longer postphone the inevitable and went through my clothes, sorting out the blacks and dark blues. Observations were made:

- The majority of my clothes are black
- I am sorely going to miss some of the dark items
- I have clothes in my closet that are 15 years old
- Much of my clothes have been given to me by friends and family, some of these are hand-me-downs, which means they're probably much more than 15 years old
- While the gift-clothes are nice, they are mostly not something I would have picked for myself

I have one bag of clothes to give away to charity, some bags to put in the basement* and C now has one large, empty drawer to use as he pleases. Me? I probably need to go buy more clothes. *sigh*

It felt good sorting through the stuff. I was gripped by an unfamiliar sense of "Yeah, so what?" and in a fit of rashness decided that I will no longer wear clothes I don't like - even if they were gifts and even if there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. So there! Ha!

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*Dermatologist said that allergy might disappear again.

Comments

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

Go you! :)

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

I got rid of a bunch of clothes this summer (and I still need to go through my winter wardrobe). I, too, decided to get rid of clothes that I've had since I was 14, even though they're still serviceable. And clothes given to me by others if they're not my style.

I'm still trying to decide what my style is. Thing is, I need stuff that's extremely resistant to spit-up, so that limits my options for now. :D

I did go and buy myself two pairs of jeans that aren't quite my style, but price considerations (Gap jeans on sale!) trump style any day. :D

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, price sets a style limit for me as well, I also look at whether it's the kind of material that accumulates cat hair and whether it needs to be ironed. :)

I like old fashioned street boy style, shirts, jackets, wests, caps, but also classic and simple - oh and ethnic. Frills, beads, sequins and stripes aren't really my thing, though, neither is bright red.