Good grief, it's been so long since I've played the Friday Five that I can hear the hinges on my Blogger account creaking.The lovely Sally has given us a fun play this week:
1. Are you a hoarder, or are you good at sorting and clearing?
I am a merciless sorter and clearer. Or I thought I was, but I realized this morning that I have underpants that I bought 15 years ago.
2. What is the oddest garment you possess and why?
There are two, and they're both wonderful. One is a men's grey cardigan from... well, roughly the mid-seventies. It was my uncle's, but then it got handed down to my mom. There's a picture of her wearing it the week after I was born, and I love to wear it around the house.
The other garment came from a wonderful woman named Karen, who was my mom's best friend in the second grade. Karen moved with her family from Tennessee to Nebraska, and she and my mom lost touch for several years. They reconnected when I was in college, and Karen mailed me a lovely, full, calf-length black velvet skirt that had been her mother's when she heard I was swing dancing.
3. Do you have a favourite look/ colour?
I love wearing dresses and skirts with sweaters. Knee length, full skirts are my favorite.
4. Thrift/ Charity shops, love them or hate them?
I'm fussy about them. There's a wonderful consignment shop near me, and a good one is a gem, but there are some really crappy ones out there, and I don't always have the patience to comb through them.
5. Money is no object, what one item would you buy?
A beautifully cut, long, wool winter coat.
do you still swing dance? looks like it would be much fun.
ReplyDelete*sigh* Not really. Mr. M and I took lessons for a while, but that didn't go very well...
ReplyDeleteI love the picture. How cool to have that piece of clothing.
ReplyDeleteLOL @ the undergarment