Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I looked in my closet yesterday and realized...

When I moved to Budapest
I owned 3 sweaters
And a lot of ratty summer clothes
Washed by hand
And dried in the African sun too many times.

When I looked in my closet this week
I saw 11 sweaters
And a few ratty summer clothes
Washed by hand
And dried in the African sun too many times.

Last year at this time
I was wearing a sun dress and sandals to work.

Now it's -7 degrees F
And I'm wearing long underwear,
Trousers (leggings don't cut it!),
2 pairs of wool socks,
2 shirts,
1 sweater,
1 scarf,
1 hat,
1 amazingly warm coat,
And ugly old winter boots from years ago
To work each day.

I looked in my closet yesterday and realized...
It used to take me 2 minutes to get dressed in the morning.
Now it's a full 15 minutes with all those layers.
I'm ready for spring.
And it looks very far away...!

7 comments:

  1. Someone really needs to invent affordble telaporting. Then you could come to my house and enjoy a few hours of relentless heat and I coule go to your house and wear wool and throw snowballs!

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  2. Oh and speaking of ratty, hand washed, sun dried, threadbare clothing in the closet...Let me just say that I will be in NEED of a few serious shopping trips with you this summer!

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  3. What a difference! I can't imagine having to do that... I love being able to slip on a dress and sandals in the morning. Then again, a change in wardrobe would be nice! Stay warm!

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  5. Mar and Jenny, I do enjoy the change in wardrobe, but I'd like to be in your neck of the woods right now! :)

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  6. cute clothes! have you started wearing colored tights yet? :)

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  7. Bekah, I've donned black, brown, and grey. Nothing too outrageous. But I have worn tights. They are pretty cute. I could see a bit more color coming into my tights collection in the spring. I'm working on catching up to the times... :)

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