is something I should do with my diet. Cookies, Dove chocolate, M&M peanuts, Cheetos, chocolate covered pretzels, Rotel dip with Tostitos, Breyers Carb Smart ice cream with peanuts, and right now …. scalloped potatoes with smoked pork chops. Because of all this, my entry closet purge is painful. These pea coats that I never wore have me wondering how long ago it was that I was that thin. So I have a choice. Donate these wool lovelies that were never worn (along with several others) or try to accommodate them to my new normal. I always purchased at seasonal clearance and by the time that season rolled around again, they no longer fit. So I kept them thinking I would lose. And every year that passed they became tighter.
This is how they were meant to be.
This is how they must be in order to fit.
And this is how I may correct that large discrepancy.
The gray Calvin Klein is not tall sized and I love the charcoal gray, the brown is a little longer. The pockets are spaced properly when turning it into a single breasted big girl which surprised me. Do I want to bother? I altered the photos for a preview, they are still double breasted. Not sure what I will do, but right now, as the scalloped potatoes fill my bucket, I think I will not bother.
I am ridding myself of fabrics too. I rarely use this homespun and certainly don't need this amount to back a few smalls. I tried the method of draping over hanging file dividers but I would need too many bins. Decided to just roll and store in totes, yards of other items have no where to go. I'm sending to the church, maybe someone sews. I'm sure the Amish do not want an off white wool blend!!
In case you're wondering about the parlor turned inventory room, here's the second floor inventory room.
Such a lovely mess. I plan to pack in totes and haul to the attic. This large tote holds pewter and the top is covered with a few framed but mostly unframed samplers. Yes I know some of you just gasped but they can be pressed!
My stomach hurts from the potatoes. I just planned to test them for doneness and ended up eating too many. Story of my rear end.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the visit!
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I have a couple of clothing items that have never been worn also. I don't know why I hold on to them although I am losing weight at the current time so that I look good for my daughter's wedding. I do like how those coats would look when altered. I hang unframed samplers with skirt hangers in the closet. I think it takes up less room.
Moving the buttons sounds like it would work .... Hmmm, I must try that.
It is the time of year to downsize the "stuff". Much easier than downsizing myself.
Ha ha....I am still chuckling about Jacqueline’s comment...I’ll have to remember that. (You am I kidding??). I love the pea coats and would make the alterations... they are just staples if you ask me (I mean closet staples...). I still have tons of clothes to purge from my “high end” lawyering days....so hard to do, but no way I want to put those things on again even if I could. Some wonderful “inventory” you have there...I especially love that little cupboard and the chair.... I have a serious chair issue....
Those coats are really nice, I bet it's something you can alter to make them fit, it would be sad to see them gone ! I have a whole bunch of old table linen (and bed linen as well) but for the rest I very few clothes, all my closet can fit in a suitcase, I've been giving away things to homeless people, and traded some for food. I no more store because between my health issues and my budget troubles my weight has been going up and down so much that nothing really fits me for long.
The fabrics are gorgeous, I spotted some marvelous baskets...I just wish I could live in a house like yours, everything is so beautiful and good quality I am always amazed, it's like an eldorado to me !
And Jacqueline comment made my day hahaha
Arcadia
https://pretendingthatiamdoingwell.blogspot.com/
Sooo sorry you don't have a consignment shop close by. You have a "gold mine" in your rooms. You have so many great pieces.
I have stopped baking because the three of us don't need the sweets. Jim being type 2 surely doesn't need them.
I think every tooth in my mouth is a sweet tooth so I don't need that stuff either.
Your coats are beautiful and look like they'd be so nice an warm. I have several coats in my wardrobe but stick to wearing one fleece one that I bought at Target years and years ago. I wish I had bought one in every color.
Love you homespun fabric. Used so much of it when I was sewing dolls in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Thinking of you !
Hugs,
Charlotte in Va.
Purging. I so need to do that. There are lots of consignment shops in NYC, but from the sound of it, they are very picky about what they take. And I'm in perpetual procrastination when it comes to purging. lol!
Between side effects of cancer drugs and just wanting to live my life without obsessing about food and my weight, my waistline has increased over the past few years. It does bother me, but I try not to think about ME not fitting my clothes, but that my clothes no longer fit ME. Does that make sense? Buy things that you love, that fit you, and love yourself for who you are. Life is truly too precious and short! Give those coats to someone who needs them, or alter them to fit yourself if you will still love them. But don’t hold on to things that make you feel bad. If you were to lose the weight you want to lose, you would want to reward yourself with new things, anyway.
Marly: I love your diet I am such a chocolate freak, and Cheetos, I have to stay away from them I cannot eat just a few I need the biggest bag available.
I like the coats, they are back in style, I would keep them and alter them myself if it were me.
Catherine
Purging is still not on the horizon for me. I'd love to come shop your inventory room 😬
Good for you for purging. I really need to do that while it is cold and we are stuck pretty much indoors!
I forgot to say that I really need to get rid of my "teacher" clothing since I have been retired for 15 years!!
Good for you Marly. When we moved to this apartment over a year ago, we had to downsize majorly. You realize you really don't NEED a LOT of things in life!!!
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