Clothes, clothes, clothes....I love them

Sep 19, 2009

I'm back from the beach and trying to get the house in order.  My husband, niece and I had a wonderful time of enjoying the beach, pool, hot tub, good conversation and a little shopping.  Must admit shopping is much more fun than it use to be.   I'd been a little worried about winter clothes since none of mine fit......YEAH.  What a problem to have, huh?   Well I just didn't want to spend much on clothes for winter because I don't intend on being able to wear them next year.  I'd talked to my niece about this and she came to the rescue.  Her mother, my oldest sister (17 years older) died a few years ago of liver cancer.  She was not only my sister, but my very best friend in the world.  I lost a part of me when she died. 

Now you might wonder what this has to do with clothes.  Well, my niece which was my sister's only child hadn't gotten rid of her clothes.  I'd kept telling my niece she should take them to a consignment store, yard sale or something, but now I'm so thankful she didn't.  She brought 5 large trash bags of clothes with her to the beach.  Mostly casual and dress tops, sweaters, dresses, jackets, and suits.  To my surprise I can wear about 3/4's of what she brought.  The only thing I really need to buy now is pants as my sister was shorter and they wouldn't have worked.   

As I tried on my sister's clothes, I remembered her wearing so many of them.  I fell as though I have a part of her with me and know she'd be thrilled knowing I can fit into them.  From wearing 2X's and 3X's to wearing a L, XL she would be so proud.  Of course I've been spending part of the day cleaning out the closet and filling it with so many pretty clothes.  The hard part now will be trying to decide what to wear first. 

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