Where to begin.
I’m one of those millenials. I’m doomed, basically, if I don’t do something and fast. We are known to be a lazy breed, and I have, thus far, fed right into that stereotype. I hate washing dishes, I hate folding my clothes, and I hate basically anything that doesn’t revolve around technology.
Example…
My sink is overflowing with dirty dishes (because I love to cook, ironically enough)…
yet…
“Oh hey, yeah, I should probably pinterest how to wash dishes faster and more efficiently.”
…4 hours later I’m in a Netflix induced coma. And the dishes are still dirty. Great.
Today I started a cleaning endeavor that I was not prepared for.
I walked into the bedroom of my tiny apartment, and found no floor. None at all. Where did it go?! Shit, oh that’s right, I’m too lazy to put my laundry away…
Wait a minute, how did it get on the floor?
Well, in my mind a good way to motivate me to put all these clothes away (remember, I’m a 23 year old lady with a shopping addiction-also, great…) I pile them onto my bed. Can’t sleep when there are 6 loads of laundry setting there, right? Wrong. Kick them onto the floor and live from a pile of wrinkly clothes until every laundry basket you have is full, apparently.
I really know how to push my own buttons!
Bitch.
Well, I am halfway done now, and I find myself more intrigued by what I did find, than the mess itself.
Please, somebody, call Stacy and Clinton. I need some style help.
I’ve been reading all these blogs about these women, really fashionable and hip women, shopping at thrift stores. I’ve always loved thrifting, however finding items I actually will wear more than for Halloween is a rare occasion for me.
Then today, I realized, I have zero fashion sense. None at all. I think I am a female born without that characteristic…and it makes me so sad!
Well, a person can always put in a good effort to change right?
And that is exactly where I’m headed…hopefully.
Pillaging through a mountain of clothes, I found, not only a few remnants left from my last boyfriend, but also an abundance of clothes that I bought in HIGH SCHOOL. Why the hell are these things still laying around?! For one, I haven’t been that size…since will High School-thanks freshman 15, sophomore 15, and a boyfriend addicted to ice cream and McDonalds.
I also found an overabundance of T-shirts. No classy lady ever is seen running around in a T-shirt on a regular basis, again this is where I go wrong. I’m an engineering tech. I can wear whatever I want to work. I choose T-shirts and Jeans. Every day. It’s getting old.
So today….I grabbed some force flex bags, and I began a mission that should have been done 4 years ago. I threw away a ton of clothes. Most of them were stained and gross (from working on my trucks and doing manly things & from hairdye) so rather than even trying to pick out the 5 things that would be useful to others, I carried them out to the dumpster. Plus, I figure if I throw them away, I won’t rediscover them in my thrifting adventures that are to come. Do you know how devastating it would be to fall in love with something you trashed a week before?! Man oh man.
I’m serious though. I have very few things in my closet that anyone would wear.
It’s time I step out of this whole “still relishing in my teenage years” thing.
I’m a woman. A Mother. I’m a little bit classy, a little bit country, and a whole lot of fun. However none of my wardrobe currently reflects any of that. It shows a college girl, who parties hard on weekends and noshes on pizza on a regular basis.
I’m one of those millenials. I’m doomed, basically, if I don’t do something and fast. We are known to be a lazy breed, and I have, thus far, fed right into that stereotype. I hate washing dishes, I hate folding my clothes, and I hate basically anything that doesn’t revolve around technology.
Example…
My sink is overflowing with dirty dishes (because I love to cook, ironically enough)…
yet…
“Oh hey, yeah, I should probably pinterest how to wash dishes faster and more efficiently.”
…4 hours later I’m in a Netflix induced coma. And the dishes are still dirty. Great.
Today I started a cleaning endeavor that I was not prepared for.
I walked into the bedroom of my tiny apartment, and found no floor. None at all. Where did it go?! Shit, oh that’s right, I’m too lazy to put my laundry away…
Wait a minute, how did it get on the floor?
Well, in my mind a good way to motivate me to put all these clothes away (remember, I’m a 23 year old lady with a shopping addiction-also, great…) I pile them onto my bed. Can’t sleep when there are 6 loads of laundry setting there, right? Wrong. Kick them onto the floor and live from a pile of wrinkly clothes until every laundry basket you have is full, apparently.
I really know how to push my own buttons!
Bitch.
Well, I am halfway done now, and I find myself more intrigued by what I did find, than the mess itself.
Please, somebody, call Stacy and Clinton. I need some style help.
I’ve been reading all these blogs about these women, really fashionable and hip women, shopping at thrift stores. I’ve always loved thrifting, however finding items I actually will wear more than for Halloween is a rare occasion for me.
Then today, I realized, I have zero fashion sense. None at all. I think I am a female born without that characteristic…and it makes me so sad!
Well, a person can always put in a good effort to change right?
And that is exactly where I’m headed…hopefully.
Pillaging through a mountain of clothes, I found, not only a few remnants left from my last boyfriend, but also an abundance of clothes that I bought in HIGH SCHOOL. Why the hell are these things still laying around?! For one, I haven’t been that size…since will High School-thanks freshman 15, sophomore 15, and a boyfriend addicted to ice cream and McDonalds.
I also found an overabundance of T-shirts. No classy lady ever is seen running around in a T-shirt on a regular basis, again this is where I go wrong. I’m an engineering tech. I can wear whatever I want to work. I choose T-shirts and Jeans. Every day. It’s getting old.
So today….I grabbed some force flex bags, and I began a mission that should have been done 4 years ago. I threw away a ton of clothes. Most of them were stained and gross (from working on my trucks and doing manly things & from hairdye) so rather than even trying to pick out the 5 things that would be useful to others, I carried them out to the dumpster. Plus, I figure if I throw them away, I won’t rediscover them in my thrifting adventures that are to come. Do you know how devastating it would be to fall in love with something you trashed a week before?! Man oh man.
I’m serious though. I have very few things in my closet that anyone would wear.
It’s time I step out of this whole “still relishing in my teenage years” thing.
I’m a woman. A Mother. I’m a little bit classy, a little bit country, and a whole lot of fun. However none of my wardrobe currently reflects any of that. It shows a college girl, who parties hard on weekends and noshes on pizza on a regular basis.
The reality of it is that I rarely go out, as I have a 2
year old daughter. And We actually eat quite healthy, black bean and quinoa
tacos on homemade tortillas, anyone?
And really?! What part of t-shirts and stained wifebeaters represents that?!
None of it.
Time for change. Welcome 2014.
My first thrifting adventure (well my first official thrifting adventure-the one that won’t result in old tea pots and knick-knacks) will be next weekend. I am going with one of my best friends. She is new to thrifting entirely, and I’m leading the way. Hopefully together we can pull off some amazing outfits! I will post pictures of what I find!
Wish me luck!
-T
And really?! What part of t-shirts and stained wifebeaters represents that?!
None of it.
Time for change. Welcome 2014.
My first thrifting adventure (well my first official thrifting adventure-the one that won’t result in old tea pots and knick-knacks) will be next weekend. I am going with one of my best friends. She is new to thrifting entirely, and I’m leading the way. Hopefully together we can pull off some amazing outfits! I will post pictures of what I find!
Wish me luck!
-T
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