This is the season to be jolly. A lot a catalogs are coming my way that I used to receive on a regular basis. Since I used to buy a lot of stuff from them. Getting catalogs get me to want something. In your mind you create a need. When in reality you do not need it and maybe already have it.
In the day that I had to dress nice I had twenty or more suits. At least that many sport coats. At least one hundred and fifty ties. Fifty plus pairs of shoes. Conservatively fifty dress shirts. Argyle socks to match the suits, ties or shirts. Over one hundred polo shirts.
The bulk of which I have given away to individuals, Goodwill, Amvets and the Salvation Army. When I moved to Florida I took a pickup truck full of clothes to the Salvation Army. I gave away a lot of winter clothes. Shoes and boots.
I am in a wardrobe rut now. In Florida it is shorts and tee shirt or tank most of the time I am off. At work it is the same uniform. So I guess I look shabby most of the time. With the advent of my father in the hospital I did not want to go there looking like a hobo. With all the nervous energy stress creates I decided to go through the closet. I have forty sweaters packed away. Still had thirty dress shirts left. After purging it four years ago. all kinds of trousers and pants. At least thirty pairs of shoes.
So I went through the dress shirts first. Knowing that I didn't need thirty on hand. I washed them all. Picked out about ten favorites and ironed them. Went through the trousers and jeans. Picked out a few and washed and pressed the khakis. I also purged the polo shirts and tee shirts. Some of those ninety's polo shirts are dated. The Harley shirts and Millersburg Madness shirts only confuse people now. So I only kept the polo shirts that never go out of style. Tee shirts without writing on them.
How about jeans? I only wear Levi jeans. I have about eight pairs. I still fit in jeans that I have had since 1978. So I guess I am jean tight.
There are a certain amount of things that you are going to wear out. Underwear, work clothes, work shoes. etc. Man or women. I think that if you go through your closet you will find that you have more than enough clothes then you need.
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