swingchickie

doing 1 load of laundry this morning turned into a complete winter wardrobe switchover. i was going to do it next weekend, but hanging up a few things in the closet led to taking out my summer work clothes, which then led to me pulling all my storage bins out of the other closet and bringing out all the turtlenecks and sweaters. i'm glad it's done early, but wow am i tired after 2 hours of that!

as part of the switchover, i was completely ruthless in putting aside clothes to give to goodwill. i keep my off-season clothes in giant plastic storage bins, and when all was said and done i'd gone from 3 bins of clothes to 2. i have an enormous pile on my bed now that needs to be bagged up and added to the spring clothes i still haven't brought over.

going through all those clothes was kind of sad for me. each piece of clothing has memories behind it... either memories of things i did when i wore them, or the ideas i had for where i'd wear some pieces. (unfortunately many of the items i'm giving away still have the tags on... i bought them thinking "ooh, i'll wear these pants out swing dancing once i lose 10 more pounds", or "this dress is cute, once i'm smaller i'll wear it out to dinner".) weeding out the clothes i'll no longer wear was admitting that too much time has passed for them to fit me, even if i lost the weight they're completely out of style now.

the one good thing is that, if/when i am able to drop a few pounds, i'll have an excuse to go out and get a whole bunch of new outfits. :) but it's still a bummer for now.