Inspired Clothing Exchange
December 15, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
My friend Jen from Jlogged had this totally awesome and inspired idea.
“Let’s trade clothes!” her evite says.
If you’re keeping it, but it doesn’t fit you right – give it to someone who is likely to love it.
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So I go through my closet and drawers with this running dialogue in my head.
Love these shoes – never wear ‘em.
This jacket is great – it’s too big now.
These slacks are one size too small. Every time I look at them they make me feel I’m making no progress. It’s been a year. I’ll buy new pants when I actually get there.
I never wear these shoes.
I wore these shorts all year, they never fit me right, they make me look like I’m carrying a load in my crotch and if I don’t ditch them now I’ll wear them for a whole other year, maybe 2.
These shirts are too short waisted for me.
I paid real money for these two Gap shirts, but I don’t like them anymore.
And thus, half my wardrobe – the half I don’t wear and don’t like – ended up in a black plastic bag. Off to Jen’s house on a Saturday night, where I was meeting Mrs. Blogaway and another friend for dinner and a fresh new wardrobe.
It was a great evening and an inspired idea.
Photo Source: Empowering Girls: So Sioux Me.















That’s funny — we just did the same thing yesterday with my third grade daughter’s class and books. Each girl brought an armload of books she’d already read and they all traded; the remainder went to charity. It was like a mini-book club for a while, as they all talked up the merits of what they’d brought. Everyone went home with a bag full of “new” books.
thats a dang good idea – especially for my bookclub.