As I ended my t-shirt phase, I moved into a phase of colorful blouses: ones that sat on my shoulders and ones with French writing, some tight and some looser. There are even a couple of strapless shirts mixed in there. But let's be honest, they were all doomed from the start. The tight were too tight, and the loose, too loose. The strapless, well, there's just so little to hold them up that wearing them feels like I might inadvertently flash someone at any moment. Considering the limited amount of time I spend indecently exposed on Bourbon Street (oh wait, that's never) or at friends' get-togethers (still never), I suppose I have two options: visit a plastic surgeon for some extra support, or give away the shirts. All other considerations aside, the latter is clearly more cost-effective. Option two, it is.When my friends and I had a recent discussion about our Lenten sacrifices, one friend told us about a woman who had given up one thing each day for all 40 days of Lent. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to do what this woman had done. This blog will document my daily purging. Sometimes it will be just one thing, other times a group of similar things. But every day, there will be one less thing sitting in my house and one more thing in the hands of someone who needs or wants it.
-'Empty Room, No Regrets,' Sloane Crosley
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Day 8: Blouses
As I ended my t-shirt phase, I moved into a phase of colorful blouses: ones that sat on my shoulders and ones with French writing, some tight and some looser. There are even a couple of strapless shirts mixed in there. But let's be honest, they were all doomed from the start. The tight were too tight, and the loose, too loose. The strapless, well, there's just so little to hold them up that wearing them feels like I might inadvertently flash someone at any moment. Considering the limited amount of time I spend indecently exposed on Bourbon Street (oh wait, that's never) or at friends' get-togethers (still never), I suppose I have two options: visit a plastic surgeon for some extra support, or give away the shirts. All other considerations aside, the latter is clearly more cost-effective. Option two, it is.
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