I thought I had a lot of clothes

[wendyzski]

at the invitation of ashtlet, rose1thorn and I came over to go through the late jfc013’s belongings.

It actually wasn’t as ghoulish as I thought it might have been (despite his insistence on playing “Dead People’s Clothes” for us). I think it’s been long enough that they are just “things” now. There was some “oh I was with her when she bought that!”-ness, but in general it was “look - there really IS a metric buttload of crap here, and it can’t ALL be meaningfull. A lot of it just has to go”.

Now I can appreciate having lots of stuff so you don’t have to go laundry as often, but seriously here - besides the aforementioned 106 pairs of socks (that was after rose1thorn and I picked out a couple particularly interesting pairs) there were more than 35 turtlenecks and probably 50 pairs of pants. more than one shelf of hotel-sized toiletries, some of which had been in there long enough to go bad. (“what does it smell like?” “smells like it’s gone off”) Argh.

But everything is sorted, still that we can use or want as mementos is taken, and everything else is bagged tagged and inventoried for ease in donations and in taking tax deductions next year. And ashtalet has more than one small dresser and a single clothes bar to keep his things on!

aedifica I picked out 3 nice plain-ish pullover sweaters for you.
catbirdgirl I have 2-3 pairs of office appropriate dress slacks in your size. (black, grey, and navy I think)
Both of you e-mail or message me to let me know how to get them to you.

hsapiens, we picked out the less-girly handkershiefs for you because you are the only person we know other than her that actually USES real hankies. There is also a hat we hope might fit you.

I got a variety of things - costumey and not. It was kind of wierd taking back a blouse and skirt that she bought from me back when I did retail, or the french hood we cobbled together for her to hide her first surgery scars. I also got some winter scarves and gloves I was really hoping for and need, and another winter coat.

I still feel wierd about some of it - I mean, I was picking through a dead person’s stuff!
But it’s also good to know it’s done.
One more step along the road, I guess.

Comments

[aedifica]

Ooh, neat! Thanks, and I'm emailing you now (at the address listed on minstrosity.com, since I realized I don't have your address--let me know if that's not a current address).

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

yes that address is current - I have actually kept the same email address for almost 15 years!

[catbirdgirl.livejournal.com]

are there perchance any nice black turtlenecks? I'm sorry, I should have offered to come look stuff over.

I don't know where you live or I'd offer to come pick up.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I'm in Rogers park near the Jarvis red line station.

There were certainly lots of turtlenecks, but everything is now bagged and boxed and in the basement, so I don't think we can get to them.

Now that I see, it'd 2 pairs of sz 18 pants, 1 navy and 1 grey. You could either make arrangements to come get them or I could box and weigh them and you can paypal me for postage.

[ashtalet.livejournal.com]

Depending how detailed your bag contents were, if we'd basically be looking for a bag and then picking out something specific from it, I could probably be talked into it. Finding time is a separate issue.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine which hat that might be, but she did have quite a few.

[capi.livejournal.com]

((( hug )))

Well done, Wendy Lady! Well done.