Packrat.

[porphyrin]

This morning, among other things, I dropped off a bunch of clothes, books, and miscellaneous stuff (including three thermometers, although they didn't want the fourth) at Youthlink.

I got out my summer clothes and put them in the closet.  I put away my winter clothes.

I went through every box in the goddamn closet.

There are 2 boxes of Size 12 Nice Clothes, and I mean *nice* clothes, waiting for me to lose weight.

There is an *entire suitcase* of Size 10 niceness. 

I couldn't afford, now, to buy anything half as nice as these clothes.

I haven't been able to fit into the Size 12 for the last 3 years.

I don't know that I ever will.

I'm really torn between selling the damn things (out of my house!  out!  you take up space!) and keeping them In The Event of Cachexia.

My war with my packrat instincts (and my husband's EVERYTHING MUST GO SINCE WE ARE MOVING commandment) and my knowledge of the budget (IF I lose weight, I can never afford to replace these) are going head to head.

Advice? 

Comments

[palinade.livejournal.com]

I'm with those who suggest keeping your faves and donating the rest. If you haven't needed them in the last year, you probably won't urgently need them in the next. A basic all season gabardine suit is not very expensive and you probably already own a nice shirt/sweater/camisole/tank to go underneath the jacket. That kind of suit is suitable for just about any occassion save for clubbing or girly tea parties (although I'm sure if you dressed it up with a floppy hat, silk scarf and jewelry, you could still use it for that). :-)