Thursday, February 27

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Lovely weather, and snow is starting to melt.

I had a big pile of clothes ready to take to a consignment store, but that particular store was only accepting new items for a short window of time. I found a different store; I called them and talked about coming in with my clothes. I tossed them into the dryer to freshen them up (they were clean, but had been sitting in my storage room all winter), folded them and bagged them, and drove the half hour into town. The store was closed at 4:30, even though it was supposed to be open until 5. I was furious. This woman didn't say anything about closing early, and I let her know I was coming, and I had made that trip more or less trying to lessen the pile of clothes I don't wear.

I suppose I could just donate these items, but part of me feels that these are pretty much new clothes. This pile was the nicer things that I still feel like I should recoup at least something for their value.

As my husband pointed out, at least by having everything organised and in bags, I can be in a better place to try again. That doesn't make me much happier.

For all that, I am grateful for having the means to have such abundance, to know that I have "extra". I am grateful that the reason why I am wanting to part with these clothes is that I don't need them, and that I lost weight so they don't fit.

So, I still got groceries and made some use of being in town. I also caught two mistakes on my receipt, and got thirty dollars back from customer service. THIRTY DOLLARS. I wonder how often no one catches these mistakes?

For my animals. This last month with my husband away has been challenging, but having these sweet creatures as company makes it more bearable.