Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!

Spare wardrobe tackled on weekend with the help of mc_shamo. HUUUUGE packing box taken to op shop, almost as huge pile again of stuff divided between recyclable and non-recyclables and placed in the correct outside bins. The wardrobe took about two hours with two of us, pretty insane.

Now the only things hanging in there are our wedding clothes, an old coat of my mother's I can't bear to throw away (and really will have to get mended soon) and my old dark blue cloak and green velvet dress (if anyone remembers, it is the dress impostinator used to call the "not fair" dress) I plan to offer this dress and cloak to my young cousin, though I'm not sure she is still into fantasy stuff- think she's gone sideways into anime. Would anyone else be interested? The dress is beautiful, and cost about $300 new. It's one of a kind made by someone in NZ from memory. The cloak was made by a crafty ex's mum, it's blue velveteen and has slits near the shoulders so you can wear a backpack with it. Free to good home, I'd like to know they were getting worn again.

Today I cleared out the bathroom. It's amazing how many toiletries and hair products two people can accumulate, not to mention out of date medicine. I managed to fill half a small box with op-shoppable stuff and four garbage bags to be binned. Our garbos won't know what hit them this week. Also, it was disturbing how far from white our shower tiles had got. Ick.

At this point I'd like to thank Agatha Christie, and also the BBC, were it not for a laptop I could drag round the house as well as radio plays and you-tubed television programs based upon the late Dame's work I'm pretty darn sure this household organisation mission would have run out of motivation by now.

This is the story of how I got a $140 jacket for $20.

I went inot ISKA yesterday, the highpoint store. I went to Highpoint as I have noticed that the Highpoint store often has mach better sales and much better items in their sales than the Carlton store- probably not too surprising considering the different socio-economic factors. Also I needed teaspoons and there is a Big W in Highpoint, there is not a Big W on Lygon St.

My original idea was to purchase a long winter skirt, alas these appear not to exist this season (mid calf my arse, I want the hem to brush the toes of my docs!) I then saw this really lovely high collared black jacket, handmade and fitted. More to the point, fitted for someone like me with broad shoulders and a small waist. It was marked down from $140 to $50, and I had the $30 gift voucher vivienne_aster had very kindly gifted me. There for i paid $20 for a very lovely jacket that I'm sure I will practically live in this winter.

And for those of you not at all interested in clothes or bargains, here is a kitten: