Hoarding - Springing Ahead

silvasava

You're up with the lark today GQ! Im sure the blouse will be fine handwashed. Doesn't it really annoy you when items are labelled dry clean only when the composition is usually some kind of polyester/acryllic/nylon & will wash absolutely fine.

GreyQueen

Morning silvasava, up yes, but still in my jammies, have been doing some housekeeping in my 'other' email account, the online one I use once in a blue moon. Such a lot of carp. One acquaintance has obviously been hijacked by one of those fraudsters who do the sob-story-I'm-on-holiday-abroad-and-was-robbed-please-send-me-money-so-I-can-get-home shenanigans.

Trouble is, not being the real person they've left some howlers of errors in there. Does anyone fall for this BS? Happened to another pal's email; she was a mile up the road in this city at the same time she was supposed to be stranded in the Far East with no money. I emailed her on a clean email but she was already aware of it.

I've always handwashed silk with no problems. This is a nice mandarin-collared covered-button number, bit fancy for t'office but just right for dressing up. A pal is threatening to take me to a nice restaurant, so better have a few half-decent threads to wear. Think the place has a Michy-wotsit star or summat..........?

Ach well, suppose I better hit the bathroom then get dressed. I'm sure Miss Manners would have an opinion on the etiquette of typing with strangers whilst improperly attired (gingham check jammies).

silvasava

No probs with Jammies GQ - I was in my nightshirt & dressing gown! Fridays is an early day for me as I have to take some tablets with a lot of water & remain upright for at least 30 mins! So while DH is still in the land of nod I'm on here
the blouse sounds really nice - I do like clothes that are well finished - one of my pet bugbears is stripes that are not matched on the side seams - just lazy!!

GreyQueen

Yeah, the blouse is a Monsoon one, lovely deep bottle green, very nice and now dripping dry on a plastic hanger from my shower rail. Will damp iron it, double-check that all those darling covered buttons are on securely and all will be well.

Have just emerged from a sewing frenzy and have done the wee bits of mending for the donated items, nothing shocking required but might have been enough to see otherwise good garments hit the ragging bin, which we don't want. Have also pimped a cast-off lambswool sweater which was a bit damaged around the neckline; I've removed the damaged welt and sewn on a ribbon binding from my orphan ribbon stash. It's only to be used for gardening but I don't like to look raggedly whatever I am up to.

Hokay, heading up the road with another donation bag. Gotta keep the stuff on the move, otherwise it's just churning, and we've all done our share of that, I expect *hangs own head in shame*.

It ain't over until the fat lady sings or, in our case, the stuff has left the premises (premises being extended to one's car and outbuildings, natch).

Have a good day, lovely peeps. GQ xx

skeeter93

GreyQueen wrote: »

(premises being extended to one's car and outbuildings, natch).

:eek::eek::eek:

thriftwizard

Don't mention the car!

Today mine's full to the gunwales with stuff for a pop-market, but I had to evict rather a lot of kipple to make room for it. That is now sat in the garage, awaiting some time to deal with it. I've made a pact with myself; nothing in need of repair, or that I don't currently have room on the stalls for, can come in until the stuff that's already here has been dealt with. No matter how good/how much of an earner it'll be when it's done... No one person can rescue it all; I have to leave some for other traders to find. After all, that's how I started out, so it's only fair.

I'm already seeing the results with the fabric; now I can see what I've actually got, and put my hands on it straight away, the stash is sinking at a very respectable rate. And I have some lovely things to sell today - hopefully! It all looks far nicer folded tidily in a cupboard, than in random open boxes scattered all over the house, and doesn't need half-an-hour's ironing before I can use it.

jk0

Someone above mentioned keeping stuff that no longer fits as you might get back in to it. I must say this struck a chord with me, as due to regular exercise I now weigh similar to what I did 20 years ago.

Sadly, with the exception of my funeral suit, all the clothes of that period were donated/recycled about ten years ago. Don't over do this de-cluttering lark guys.

GreyQueen

Ooops!

As a non-car owner, I have clearly hit a sore spot mentioning clutter in them. Apologies for any wincing going on, skeeter and thriftwizard.

jk0 valid points about getting rid of clothes but you fellers have it easier than us ladyfolk, in that men's fashions don't change as much as women's styles. A garment 20+ years old in a woman's wardrobe is likely to be comedically behind the times and possibly age-appropriate to a much younger female. I wouldn't wear at 50 what I wore at 20, even if I could get into those sizes. Hell, I used to live in mini-skirts, not going there again.

Then there's the trauma which was 1980s fashions........batwing jumpers anyone?:rotfl:

But there should be room for classic clothes, as long as it's a realistic aspiration to get back into them and you'd actually wear them if you could fit into them.

Occasionally, I see women about my own age who dressing like Desperately Seeking Susan-era Madonna or early Bananrama. As in always dressing, not going to an Eighties night. This probably looked very cute in the early 1980s when they were fresh-faced young girlies in their late teens or early twenties. It doesn't look cute on them now, even when they're as slim as they probably were back then. They look absolutely terrible.

Just because it fits you, doesn't mean you should wear it, especially if you're a woman.

BigMummaF

GreyQueen wrote: »

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jk0 valid points about getting rid of clothes but you fellers have it easier than us ladyfolk, in that men's fashions don't change as much as women's styles. A garment 20+ years old in a woman's wardrobe is likely to be comedically behind the times and possibly age-appropriate to a much younger female. I wouldn't wear at 50 what I wore at 20, even if I could get into those sizes. Hell, I used to live in mini-skirts, not going there again.

Then there's the trauma which was 1980s fashions........batwing jumpers anyone?:rotfl:

But there should be room for classic clothes, as long as it's a realistic aspiration to get back into them and you'd actually wear them if you could fit into them....

Just because it fits you, doesn't mean you should wear it, especially if you're a woman.

It appears the most annoying style design is once again, rearing its irksome head..how are you supposed to wear a coat, when you've got all that extra fabric rucked up in ya armpits :mad:
And often I wonder, as I partake in people-watching, (more vehemently pursued by Me Muvva, fully paid-up lifetime member of The [Less]Honourable Net of Twitchers ) if some people do not own a mirror :shocked: --Oh the sights I've seen when I haven't got me camera :rotfl: --whilst firmly crossing fingers et al in hopes I don't fall into that category myself

I do try to live by your mantra, GQ, of fitting & wearing, unless it's for indoors or scruffy tasks...but then, you still run the risk of the unannounced door-beller :eek:

GreyQueen

Friend and neighbour SuperGran called on me at 5pm a few days ago and caught me just cleaning the bath after exiting it. I don't normally answer the door wearing a towel, but then, I only answer the door after having established who's out there, anyway.

This a rough neigbourhood. If I don't know who a caller is, or they decline to identify themselves verbally, I won't open the door. I talk to them through the window, which is prudent, in these circumstances.

I wear up my old clothes on the allotment. They are washed at the end of the weekend, but are usually rather shabby and might have some prominent mends, which means anyone seeing me on the weekend, going to and fro the allotment, probably thinks I'm a right scruffy ha'porth. Still, I scrub up well for the workweek/ social calls.

Re clothing or other things, I enjoy mending things, so the chance to darn or patch something isn't a hardship, just a technical challenge. I'm still using the Vilene (fusible interfacing) I bought in the 1980s. Hasn't lost its stickiness when melted with the iron, either. Great stuff for patching.

Tell Muvva I have a net curtain and have been known to twitch it, too. I don't enjoy the style of nets, but it's the best solution for one of my very public windows. The other one on that side just has its curtains drawn 365 days per year. It's my batcave bedroom, and I get tired of climbing over the bed to draw and open the curtains, so they just stay closed. Saves a bit of aggravation.