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I had decided not to buy any more pants until I was the proper size. However, the fewer pants you have, the quicker they wear out. I was down to five pair including jeans that really were getting slightly too worn for work. And I tend to err in the direction of thinking everything still looks new and fabulous, so it might have been pretty bad. And then LLBean, who sells pants that actually fit me, had a sale.
So I gave up on holding out, and I even gave up on getting to my proper size in the next 4.5 years before I retire. I'm not really totally giving up on the latter; my behavior has stayed quite similar. But I'm no longer going to be disappointed all the time that I'm not making any progress.
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Remember a while back I started a series on making stuff last and I was going to go through my whole book and look things up and be all very thorough? Well, I don't seem to be doing that. I would see the book sitting there and get that I-have-to-do-a-book-report feeling. Did you ever notice that having to write a book report can make reading the book less fun? You can't just experience it, you have to remember important things to mention later. Bleh.
So I gave up on that and decided to just read the book, writing down possible things to try on a giant post-it note that I have stuck to the inside of the front cover. If I actually do any of these things, then I will report on that for you.
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In other news, I cut out quite a few more squares for a quilt today. I've been wanting to replace (or re-cover) Robin's aging store-bought bedspread with one made out of old clothes and I've been saving up old clothes. (Um, not just pants.) It's one of those big projects that sounds good but is, well, big.
I was going to make a patchwork of shirts for the front and one of pants for the back. Or maybe I'll mix it all up for the front and just have a linen back, sort of like this four-generations quilt. Is it really okay to patch such different fabrics together like she has (great grandpa's ties, grandpa's shirts, dad's khakis, and baby's onesies)? Doing that sure looks good when it's new!
I cut out a bunch of squares on New Year's Day (at a crafting party) and I cut out some more squares today. Maybe I gave up on not working on the quilt. Part of it is that I have more floor space these days (as I'm slowly cutting back on my stuff). Part of it is that I want even more floor space and the old clothes are filling up a box that won't fit anywhere.
Today I got rid of one pair of boxers and one shirt. The box is still overflowingly full, but the things I have on top of the box are not teetering as much.
So I gave up on holding out, and I even gave up on getting to my proper size in the next 4.5 years before I retire. I'm not really totally giving up on the latter; my behavior has stayed quite similar. But I'm no longer going to be disappointed all the time that I'm not making any progress.
**
Remember a while back I started a series on making stuff last and I was going to go through my whole book and look things up and be all very thorough? Well, I don't seem to be doing that. I would see the book sitting there and get that I-have-to-do-a-book-report feeling. Did you ever notice that having to write a book report can make reading the book less fun? You can't just experience it, you have to remember important things to mention later. Bleh.
So I gave up on that and decided to just read the book, writing down possible things to try on a giant post-it note that I have stuck to the inside of the front cover. If I actually do any of these things, then I will report on that for you.
**
In other news, I cut out quite a few more squares for a quilt today. I've been wanting to replace (or re-cover) Robin's aging store-bought bedspread with one made out of old clothes and I've been saving up old clothes. (Um, not just pants.) It's one of those big projects that sounds good but is, well, big.
I was going to make a patchwork of shirts for the front and one of pants for the back. Or maybe I'll mix it all up for the front and just have a linen back, sort of like this four-generations quilt. Is it really okay to patch such different fabrics together like she has (great grandpa's ties, grandpa's shirts, dad's khakis, and baby's onesies)? Doing that sure looks good when it's new!
I cut out a bunch of squares on New Year's Day (at a crafting party) and I cut out some more squares today. Maybe I gave up on not working on the quilt. Part of it is that I have more floor space these days (as I'm slowly cutting back on my stuff). Part of it is that I want even more floor space and the old clothes are filling up a box that won't fit anywhere.
Today I got rid of one pair of boxers and one shirt. The box is still overflowingly full, but the things I have on top of the box are not teetering as much.