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It\u2019s National Secondhand Wardrobe Day, and I\u2019m proud to report that most of the clothes in my closet were \u201cpre-owned.\u201d I\u2019ve always loved shopping at thrift stores because I love finding bargains\u2014even though I\u2019m not a huge fan of shopping. One of my best finds was a Barbour jacket (I still have it), which Hubby found at an estate sale several years for $10, hardly worn. In the shops it would have been $150 or more. As a teenager, I coveted a pair of jeans handed down to me from big sisters as well as a very much worn button-down, long-sleeved shirt previously worn by a sister and my brother. Very fashionable and very cool, which counts for a lot when you\u2019re sixteen. These days I\u2019ve hardly worn anything in my closet for nearly two years, since I don\u2019t have occasion to much. I have, however, broken out some of the nicer dress tops for going into the office. It matters not that hardly anyone is at the office on the days I choose to go in, you know, to see my wearing my nice clothes. Before the pandemic I purged my closets of four large garbage bags of clothes, giving most of them to a friend I thought could fit into them. My closet could stand another purging.<\/p>\n
The basement insulation was finished today, and they mistakenly added soundproofing insulation under the floor of the dining room and kitchen, which sit above the soon-to-be basement family room. I didn\u2019t ask for it there, but there they left it, their mistake and too much trouble to remove. Nope, I don\u2019t even have to pay for it. Those are the types of mistakes one can live with. The drywalling starts tomorrow, so in a couple of days it will start to look more like a proper living space. The rain came down hard tonight; still no leaks showing in the basement so we\u2019re good to go for drywall\u2014and let\u2019s hope it stays dry walls. Coupled with lightening, the storm curtailed an anticipated walk this evening. However, my ankle started bothering me today for the first time in several weeks; it\u2019s slightly swollen and I\u2019m concerned about a setback. Time to make an appointment with the foot and ankle orthopedist that Hubby saw. There\u2019s too much to do to suffer from being hobbled again.<\/p>\n
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