yesterday's shopping

so here's some things going on with me. before yesterday, i had all these clothes i wanted to get rid of, because i've finally come to terms with the fact that i've got large womanly hips and none of my old clothes will ever, ever fit me ever again. plus, with the move coming up, i decided to get rid of a bunch of things i don't wear anymore. so over several weeks, i had accumulated four brown bags' worth of clothes. a few weeks ago i culled the best stuff and took it to Plato's Closet, a used store for funky teen girl clothes, in the hopes that they'd buy a few things. they didn't take any of it. so i still had four brown bags of clothes sitting around my apartment. yesterday, i thought i'd take it all over to the Clothesline and see if they wanted to buy any of it, and if not i'd just go directly to the goodwill and drop it all off. i was thinking that maybe the woman there would give me $10 total for a few of the things; i was hoping for $20.

i got $40. she ended up taking about half the stuff, including almost all the short sleeved things and tank tops and a few of the sweaters, which i didn't think she'd want at this time of year. i was so incredibly psyched. $40 is a lot of money when, like me, you've got about $200 to your name. now i have money to pay for my weekend at home. but more on that in a sec.

i still have two (not even full) brown bags of clothes, one of which i will drop off at goodwill when i get back from the weekend. the other bag has a few pairs of pants that i loved too much to be able to just dump, so i'm going to see if angie wants them--she's the only person i can think of who'd be thin enough to wear them. hmm. maybe janel would want them. we're talking a pair of vintage dark-green velvet bell bottoms, size (um...) 8, and a pair of black pants with pockets, also bell bottoms, around a seize 8 as well, purchased (for way too much money) in ireland (taking the poor advice of a lover who thought i should get the tighter ones). i haven't been able to wear either pair in years, but i just couldn't bear to get rid of them. janel would be thin enough, but she's awfully short. i'll try angie first.

in other news. yesterday i also stopped by the walmart, where i ran into Amy W. Amy W. is basically my favorite student that i've ever advised. i feel like i've mentioned her before, but i just looked back over old entries and couldn't find anything. anyway, she's awesome--she's a freshman with a bunch of AP credits (almost a semester's worth) who wants to double-major in psychology and philosophy pre-law, AND she wants to do the honors program, AND she wants a minor in political science, AND she wants to study abroad, and the best part about advising her was telling her that probably she can accomplish all this, due to the fact of her AP credits (which filled useful gen ed requirements) and her willingness and even joy about taking summer classes. she's this little bubble of enthusiasm, and i just love her to death, and she seems to like me too--she requested me especially when she made her appointment for advising this semester. so i ran into her at walmart last night, and after the obligatory "how are classes going" thing we had a really good conversation about southern accents and stuff, and she asked if i'm still going to be at CASA next year, and at the end of the conversation, we were both kind of like, "bye, and well, have a nice life", because we'll probably never see each other again. and i really like this girl--she kind of reminds me of the younger me--and i think we totally would've been friends had we been closer in age, and i'm kind of sad because i'll never know how things turn out for her, if she gets to do all the things she wants to do. sigh.

and my easter weekend plans

so this weekend i'm going to visit my family in PA. this is important because my poor mom just had foot surgery last week, and she's all laid up and can't get around too well, so i can be there to help out. although my poor dad is trying his best to make her comfortable, it's difficult ("here, i'll move your pills so you can have somewhere to put your sandwich." "don't move my pills! i can't reach them!!!" and from there it escalates, leading to an eventual 20 minute conversation between she and i about how mean people are when they move a cripple's pills away from her--things like that). so it'll be good for me to help them both out a bit, and i can spend some time with her (and check out the new zelda game!! my mom's been adventuring). i'm really excited to get home for a visit; i'm just not that excited about the 10-hour drive i have today.

the other thing going on this weekend is my five-year class reunion (although technically, it's really my six-year class reunion because we were slackers and didn't get things together in time to have the reunion at thanksgiving the way most people do). and because it was organized in kind of a slap-dash way (although i give MAD PROPS to adriana for putting it together; it's not something i could have done nearly as well), it's going to be held at a bar instead of a hall or something. lauren thinks she's been there before and it's a nice bar, but it's still a bar, and what do you wear to a class reunion held in a bar? if it was a normal class reunion, i'd wear a dress; if i was just going to a bar, i'd wear jeans and a tank top. either of those options is out of the question, because i don't want to be too dressy or too casual. i was thinking cute skirt with a cute top and either the clnuky brown shoes or the sexy black boots, but i also don't want to be too sexy (ie, trampy). i really wanted a new outfit, and i found a possibility at target last night, but i don't want to spend $30 on an outfit if i don't have to and if it's not the absolute bestest outfit ever. so i'm bringing home a whole bunch of things, and coll and laur and i are going to get ready together and help each other decide what to wear. sigh. and i really feel the need to look good for this event. i've grown up a lot since the last time i saw these people, and i want my greater coolness to be reflected. there's so many people i wish i could've known better in high school, and i'll get to see them again. not like i need to prove anything, but still.

and i need to remember to bring my little black jacket too, because it's like 10-20 degrees chillier in PA than it is here in sunny NC. where it was like 89 yesterday, everyone--be jealous, go ahead.

but on a side note, the reunion is going to cost $20, but i can afford it since i sold a bunch of clothes for $40!! yay for having extra money!