PUT SOME CLOTHES ON PROBATION

Life in my new state has taken on a personality of its own. I see now you have to experience all the seasons in a new place to know what you need.  Nobody dreamed TX would have ice melting off the little twigs outside my window in the middle of the afternoon. 

The cold made me drag out clothes, shoes, and socks I'd  forgotten I brought.  I still need a good car coat.  (The one I bought yesterday is going back asap.)  And some winter pants, and, and, and. 

Luckily, the weather made me assemble one outfit I'd put off thinking about.

For the rest, I've invented the probation system:  For instance: One new top was bought for sizzling weather at the end of summer, so I'll give it a year's probation  and if it still hangs unused, I may toss it in the donate bag. 

Planning to give stuff a year, more or less, may avoid waking up in two or more years with a pile of clothes I don't wear and can't fix.  


Important:  If you don't have a full-length mirror, find a way to get one.  Or try on things at your sister's or someplace.  That denim skirt that added a visual 15 pounds is finally in the donate bag.

And by the way, I'll be using timed drying on the dryer, now that I've shrunk my jeans after paying to have them taken in.  

So I guess I'll have to put my desserts and my waist on probation, too, until further notice.