Mine go to vetsOriginally Posted by NFATrustGuy
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Mine go to vets
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"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
Fortunately I can live simple on clothes. Work only requires jeans and a collar shirt. Polo or dress shirt. Everyone else must dress business casual or better.
Wranglers, shirts and t-shirts get me by for the most part. I splurge a bit on socks, and other items to make my pain as bearable as possible. (medical issues) New batteries for the mobility scooter appear to be my expense.
A couple of suits for the job interviews or required look for the company holiday party.
But yes, I do need to purge though and get rid of some older items - especially after a few clothing christmas gifts.
Sometimes people trip and fall down stairs.
Sometimes assholes push people down stairs.
That doesn't mean "stairs are bad" nor does it make someone who pushes someone down the stairs any less of an asshole.
I feel your pain. I need to thin out my clothing for sure. I don't know what or how it happened but I have become a clothes whore. My closet is overflowing. Hate to say it but even buying high end stuff didn't stop me from buying more.
Part of my issue was weight gain/loss over the past 10 years. Kept having to buy different sizes then didn't want to get rid of what I had. Then I travel a lot so I would buy clothes appropriate for that climate/county etc.
I donate a lot of it but still have way to much. I feel I just need to clean house and start over again.
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Last edited by mtnrider; 12-26-2016 at 23:32.
Yes! I just reassessed my closet and put a bunch of stuff I hadn't won in a year in the donate bag, and I also went through items needing to be mended or have buttons re-sewn, etc.
I could truly pare down even more. I tend to shop at the thrift stores because I may find high-quality stuff, but much of what I have is lightweight, cheaply-made crap. :/
There are a couple of trends right now: The "Capsule" wardrobe, which pares your wardrobe down to 37 items, and the KonMari method, which has you consider each piece of clothing to see if you REALLY need it.
The Capsule method means each piece must work with each other, so neutral colors, styles, etc. are best. This doesn't take into account specific uses for clothes, such as hunting/fishing, construction, seasonal clothes and so on, but the basic principles could still apply.
The KonMari method takes much more time, but forces you to assess each item in your wardrobe to see if it "brings joy" and proves as useful as you'd hoped. If it doesn't, it goes to be donated.
"There is nothing in the world so permanent as a temporary emergency." - Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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The capsule is more what I have been doing. Earth tones and blacks, grays and whites that can be paired with nearly anything so you can wear the same pieces two days in a row but different combination
Funny timing. I was going through my closet and the coat closet filing bags with stuff I haven't worn in at least a year. Now that I don't work in an office, I Hanne a bunch of office casual stuff that just sits. I LIKE to wear nice clothes, but I so very rarely do these days that when I go to try something on, I relent why I never wear it. I've already purged the closet a few times, but I think I'll do a serious pair down later this week. I find that I have more clothes sitting to the side that I use for working under the car or remodeling my house than I do regular clothes, but even those I could get away with one or two pants and shirts instead of five.
There is a bigger issue with this discussion as far as freeing yourself from the burden of possessions, but that's for another topic.
I don't have any of the triple aught ones, but i love my Ibex merino base layers. Light, warm, and don't stink like capilene. I can't imagine wearing any sort of poly-pro ever again
Clothes that aren't for work are easy to maintain a small, but useful set.
Clothes for work are expensive (FR, so companies like Carhartt hook us for $90/pr of pants, and $80-120/shirt) and I have a LOT of them. Due to this, I keep a small collection in the closet, but 90% of them hang in the garage.
Kinda mean sending the vets orphaned socks.
Wranglers and t-shirts. I buy two pair of jeans per year for dress up occasions and the t-shirts are usually free from brand manufacturers and vendors. I do buy briefs and socks every year. Tennis shoes every two years and work boots every four years as needed. Dress shirts I rarely wear and some of them I have had for twenty years are still in style (?). Since I have been going to the gym and have lost weight (322 down to 275) my Dockers and suits (ugh) now fit again.
The issue is my wife. She complains that there is not enough room in the closet (safe lives there) for what she has, says I need to get ride of some of my old clothes to make room for hers. In all fairness I do take up half of the available closet space but she has three dressers to my one. I have a wallet and she has three purses that vary on where we go.
What I need is a better paying job so I can get a bigger home and give her a room for a closet. Then I can get another safe for the bedroom closet and not have to hear about it.
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