Clothing evaluation: Part 1

upon finding that my jeans don't fit anymore, i realize i've been spending a lot more time with some "(once)-too-large always had a crush on and wished they just fit" brown corduroys in the last couple of weeks.

i remember this "happening to me" one time before, when i had a roommate who let me wear her mavi size 8 jeans one night to a club. after that, i was in love with the jeans. they were too small for her and she let me keep them. i started wearing them more and more, and they started fitting better and better. over time, i grew into them.

When you're a kid and you're actually supposed to be growing, you take what you get as hand-me-downs or what your parents buy you. But in your adult life, don't buy or keep hand-me-down clothes that you love but are too large, unless it is your goal to get to that size. and maybe that was my goal subconsciously. don't buy anything too small either, of course. it will only taunt you.

so i'm now going through my entire wardrobe to see exactly what still fits. it's a good idea to do this every 6 months or so. you've seen the statistics: "we wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time."

try the 80% on that you don't wear that often. sort. some stuff you just know needs to go to goodwill.

when you've found out what really really fits, put that stuff on your shelf and put the stuff that doesn't in a box for later thought.


More to come...

(These are not the pants in question. these are some i "eyeballed" in a mirror and bought at a discount store for $10 without actually trying them on. that's $10 out the window.)