Life of Wry

Purgedays continue, I’m happy to report. A bit gimmicky, perhaps, but it’s working for me. Once a week on Thursdays (rhymes with Purgedays), I’m filling one of those large black trashbags to take to Goodwill (actually this week, and probably from now on, it was All Things Right and Relevant). A bag a week is all we ask. I’m starting to get to the end of what I can give away clothes-wise.. and when I do, I’ll start on other things. I can’t see this lasting forever; we just don’t have that much excess, but so far, so excellent!

Today’s haul comprised work clothes I’ll never wear again. Even if I did still work, I’d never fit into these things. Somewhere back in the early 90s, I must have lost a bunch of weight and then ran out and bought a bunch of clothes. Probably as an incentive to keep the weight off. Lots of silk and lots of linen.. pencil skirts and boyfriend blazers. This was overkill when it came to working in our little nonprofit office in Davis, but when I was on the national board for the Alliance for Community Media and traveled a lot.. well, linen pencil skits and boyfriend blazers were just the thing. Ms. Fancy Pants.

I was probably a size 6 for about five minutes. But it was a very fun five minutes!

Evidence:

And the heels to go with them. My my goodness.