Tuesday, March 22, 2011

On Clothes.

Jordan and I lament every time the laundry piles up. We are so ready for our own washer and dryer. We are tired of mooching off of nearby siblings and squandering our quarters. But we have discovered ONE good thing about laundromats.


Four loads of laundry washed, dried, and folded in an hour and a half.

It is also a bit of an adventure.
Sometimes we leave with more than we brought.
Jordan was getting dressed the other day
and distraughtly exclaimed,
"This is NOT my underwear!"
Alas, he is a man, and he still wore it.


So today I purged my life of a HUGE pile of clothes. I am so happy. I look at my drawers and closet and see only things that I like to wear. Nothing I wish I could still wear, nothing so old and special that I can't part with, nothing worn out or stained. I feel a burden lifted. But now... I have hardly any clothes. I have worn them so thin that I have nothing left. I have a hard time spending money on clothes for some reason. I like looking and feeling good, but I don't like putting my hard earned money toward fashion. It may be a blessing. I think if I got too comfortable with it, it would turn into an unhealthy hobby and I would buy more than I need. Point is, I am going to have to buy new clothes whether I like it or not. I must be just psyching myself out for it or something.

6 comments:

  1. Sometimes I wonder how you wash your clothes.

    Seeing as your laundry detergent is still at my house. Jordan is SO good at that ;)

    WHAT?!? You can have more than one container at a time? WHO KNEW?!?

    You can "mooch" off us anytime--'specially since it usually means a night out for us :D :D :D

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  2. Oh my goodness...Amen to everything you said in this post! HAHA. I so would like our own washer and dryer. That would be soooo nice! & I don't like buying clothes for me either...for baby on the other hand I could go crazy! haha! :)

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  3. That is one good thing to going to a laundry mat, you can get multiple loads done at once. We had our own washer and dryer, and our dryer died, so now we dry with a clothes line, which I actually kind of like.

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  4. I just read back forever on your blog and saw that your husband is going to med school! I assume that you guys graduated from BYU since you mentioned living in Provo. My husband is currently at the SLC center and is doing Pre-med as well as accounting! Any advice on premed classes?

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  5. Hahah! Oh my gosh. Jordan is a funny man.

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  6. It's the curse of the marinos women to want clothes and never buy them. We all have the illness...it's about time you accept it too....I blame mom.

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