Random Thoughts for September, 2012
Robert A. Hall
Because of my LT evaluation (no word as I write), I went on a diet on March 31. I’m down about 50 lbs. No expensive diet food, no programs like weight watchers, just incentive and Marine discipline. The down side is I discovered that only about three sport coats and one suit fit (and I just bought that one for $17 at a consignment shop, with one of the sport coats for $13). So I took the too-large items to Goodwill. And shopped there for “new.” One weekend I picked up eight sport coats and a suit, between four charity shops. Cost me under $70 for the lot, so I’m good again. I was green before green was cool.
If you go to Goodwill and other charity shops, you can very often get good condition jeans, shorts, sport coats and casual slacks and shirts. Sometimes good dress shirts and suits, but not as often. A lot of stuff is there because it is stained or worn, but much because of weight changes like mine. There are usually a few good ties, but I didn’t outgrow my collection. The downside is Bonnie finds more dishes—we may have to build an annex to store them.
