Last Saturday morning I woke up with the sudden knowledge that I bought a nice black jacket last year. How, I don't know, but I'd forgotten it. We had a busy, hectic, not to say traumatic spring this year, and well, I forgot. Not in the bedroom closet, nor in the guest room closet, but hanging there in the cedar closet, in a dry cleaner's bag with my favorite skirt that I had also forgotten. Wore both to the MFA to the Alex Katz show, feeling very elegant.
Normally, it would have been in the guest closet, because neither of the fabrics were wool, hence they didn't need to be in the cedar closet. This morning, I woke up trying too remember when my grandmother had died. 1963. How could I forget? A stressed mind plays tricks on you. I'm unstressing and hence, remembering stuff.
In the days of yore, I kept an inventory by season of summer and winter clothes, with the age and condition of each garment. When I stopped working, I no longer kept the inventory. Now I'm thinking maybe it should be revived. The nice thing about this is that you can cast you eye over what you have and the age and condition, and make some fill-in purchases. No doing what I did this year and buying a new top for really old pants.
There are many ways to be frugal, and clothes come right behind groceries. Recently I have discovered The Sports Authority which has name brands of sportswear at good prices. The chain had always flown under my radar. Ocean State Job Lot always has good "lounge pants" at $ 5 - $6. Add a Walmart Faded Glory T-shirt for $5 and you have yourself a great set of pajamas for $10.00.
Frugally yours,
the Cheeseparer
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