Mammamel
05-20-2007, 08:23 PM
I think my beloved created a monster!
My beloved MJ has always encouraged me (read that as push, dragged and on occasion prodded) to buy new clothes. One part of my childhood lingers with me.
The wear it out part. I can not stand to replace things until I can no longer use them for anything. Clothes are my worst part. Next I suppose would be shoes.
However a couple weeks ago I took some of my pay and decided to go looking for dresses suitable to wear to town, for work or to church. I did not go looking at retail stores. Their offerings while perhaps moderate in price were still well above my budget. I had planned to go to goodwill. I ended up in town long before they opened so I sought out some yard sales. I found 2, and between them I supplied myself for probably 2 years in new to me dresses and skirt set and jumpers! All for the princely sum of $18!
Then, last week in honor of Mothers day my Beloved took me thrifting. I am in search of an Amplified Bible and an English Standard Bible. The thrifts yielded neither. (Though at 1 I did score a Christy, and Beloved found a cable he needed) We moved on to the next, there are three from one organization; they have much better prices than goodwill or salvation army. We were looking for a shirt for him. However I still needed a denim skirt to finish my wardrobe. Beloved said “no you need more than just that” and so I ended up with a denim skirt AND a jumper in plaid.
Then there was this weekend, in honor of my birthday I was allotted more yard sale cash. (Normally we do not spend so rampantly!) Yesterday I spent .35c of that, on a small ceramic box for me and some pebbles (counters the boys called them) for my sons buddy. Today we decided to go again, on the spur of the moment. At one I found a good selection of cook books and a book that looks like a fun read by… Barbara Johnson. A Christian lady, also known as the “Geranium lady” I think I heard her once on Focus on the Family. Then, I found not 1 but 2 denim skirt sets, for $7 total! These will work nicely for the $15 in Tees I got at the Christian book store (which had neither the ESV or the Amplified Bibles, but lots of touchy feely feel good books instead… ick)
So yes I am now fully outfitted for the next 2 years, the clothes can be taken in as I lose weight, which is high on my list now that my energy is returning. I can go nearly 3 weeks with mixing and matching!
Next week if I go I promise to focus on clothes for Beloved, he now needs more than I do!
My beloved MJ has always encouraged me (read that as push, dragged and on occasion prodded) to buy new clothes. One part of my childhood lingers with me.
The wear it out part. I can not stand to replace things until I can no longer use them for anything. Clothes are my worst part. Next I suppose would be shoes.
However a couple weeks ago I took some of my pay and decided to go looking for dresses suitable to wear to town, for work or to church. I did not go looking at retail stores. Their offerings while perhaps moderate in price were still well above my budget. I had planned to go to goodwill. I ended up in town long before they opened so I sought out some yard sales. I found 2, and between them I supplied myself for probably 2 years in new to me dresses and skirt set and jumpers! All for the princely sum of $18!
Then, last week in honor of Mothers day my Beloved took me thrifting. I am in search of an Amplified Bible and an English Standard Bible. The thrifts yielded neither. (Though at 1 I did score a Christy, and Beloved found a cable he needed) We moved on to the next, there are three from one organization; they have much better prices than goodwill or salvation army. We were looking for a shirt for him. However I still needed a denim skirt to finish my wardrobe. Beloved said “no you need more than just that” and so I ended up with a denim skirt AND a jumper in plaid.
Then there was this weekend, in honor of my birthday I was allotted more yard sale cash. (Normally we do not spend so rampantly!) Yesterday I spent .35c of that, on a small ceramic box for me and some pebbles (counters the boys called them) for my sons buddy. Today we decided to go again, on the spur of the moment. At one I found a good selection of cook books and a book that looks like a fun read by… Barbara Johnson. A Christian lady, also known as the “Geranium lady” I think I heard her once on Focus on the Family. Then, I found not 1 but 2 denim skirt sets, for $7 total! These will work nicely for the $15 in Tees I got at the Christian book store (which had neither the ESV or the Amplified Bibles, but lots of touchy feely feel good books instead… ick)
So yes I am now fully outfitted for the next 2 years, the clothes can be taken in as I lose weight, which is high on my list now that my energy is returning. I can go nearly 3 weeks with mixing and matching!
Next week if I go I promise to focus on clothes for Beloved, he now needs more than I do!