lol, great post. I so totally agree. I have never been much of one for fashion although I tend to have alot of clothes (my mother is a shopaholic). I tend to purchase items that will last for a long time and in classic styles that aren't going to be out of fashion in 3 months. For my children, forget it though...I'd much rather have enough clothes for them to not run out than to do exactly as you said, run half-loads of laundry just because there's nothing clean to wear. If anything does need to go, it's either yard sale or give it away in a yard sale. There are so many needy families out here that recycling outgrown clothes is very easy. They are finally building a goodwill out here so soon I'll be able to donate my "outgrown" (darn that thing called having babies, I'll never be size 6 again!!) clothes as well. That's been our one problem. Aparently, NOBODY wears size 6 clothes out here. lol

I refuse to buy clothes without pockets on the basis that I despise purses. Everybody assumed that I need a purse and a real "woman's" wallet because I'm never toting one. My first Christmas out here, I received two purses and a large wallet...lol both have remained relatively untouched. Heavy purses and the like simply cause more wear than necessary on shoulders.

Heels are horrible for a woman's feet. They weaken the ankles as well contorting the toes into an unnatural shape eventually. I started wearing pointy toed heels when I was 16 years old. By the time I was 26, due to accelerated arthritis, my feet were contorted and my ankles so weak that at times, I have to brace them. Women think that their feet look pretty in such shoes but, from my own experience, just how pretty are their feet (what counts) going to look in 20-30 years of wearing such things.

Stephanie

P.S. I'm an organic gardener, too. Won't use even herbicides for weed control. Round-up is the devil!!!


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