This one's mostly for Liz

Hey Liz!

I thought of you a lot when I was planning this post in my head.

I got in the mood to clean tonight and get rid of stuff. (Consequently Luke will have the job of removing all these things from the house tomorrow.) But before I could let some things go I had to take pictures of them and talk about how clothing carries memories. I think most of my memories will be remembered by Liz too, so that's why I thought of her.

So...Remember this:

This first one is the first skirt I bought out of a catelog called "delias". I bought it specifically to wear the day that I graduated high school. I still love this skirt, I just haven't worn it in like six years and it doesn't fit quite the same, so it's time to go.

The next one isn't clothing, but I'm getting rid of it just the same. It's the wall -hanging I made in eighth grade home ec. I never know what to do with this thing. I'm just going to be rid of it once and for all.

Next one is a bridesmaid dress from my wedding. Not sure why I have this, but I think it's Liz's. Hope you don't want it back, Liz.

HA! Remember the next two? I loved getting new Easter dresses. These were two that I especially liked and really looked forward to wearing on Easter Sunday. However, both these dresses were worn by other people either on the same day, or soon after I wore mine. I was a little peeved when I saw Emily Smith wearing my dress on Easter morning. I got to wear the tan dress in college too. I loved this one the best! Charity Bossman/Lyon has this dress too...I wonder if she still wears it? She's got good taste.

The next picture is a picture of the coat Mom bought me for my birthday one year. I didn't wear it nearly enough, and now I have a new coat, plus this one has stuff on it.

Remember these sheets and curtains? I do. I'm getting rid of them. Sorry. Bet you still have yours, Liz, since you had an identical set for your twin bed. BTW I thought for a while that we had special beds just for twins when we were growing up. It was later that I realized that's just what they called that size of bed.

Next one is the bridesmaid dress from Liz's wedding. So pretty, I just haven't worn it since the wedding and I can't think of a time when I would need to wear such a dress again. Unless...do we sisters have any singing engagements coming up? Never mind, we usually go for a black theme.

Next one is my beautiful pink dress. Sorry Mom, I'm getting rid of it. It's gone people, let's not mourn it. I love this dress. However, I cannot foresee an occasion that would call for a pale pink prom dress, especially for a person my age. I did get to wear this once in college too, so that's good, right?

Next is my other prom dress. I'm proud to say this one was worn twice! Paige wore it too. I'm glad you liked it enough to wear it, Paige! Did you feel like you were dancing with Jesse Barnum when you wore it? Because that's who I went with. Nice.

Next one is the bridesmaid dress from Erica's wedding. Beautiful dress! I think I could probably still wear it....it's just that it's taking up space and I can't think of a time when I would need to dress up this much. Same story as the others... Anybody want a beautiful purple dress worn only once?

And now we come to a striped top I bought in college. I was at a stage when I could walk into a store, try anything on and it would look great! At least I thought it did. I wore this shirt to Tonya and Ryan Miller's wedding. Part of the reason I'm so fond of this shirt is because I have a lot of pictures from that wedding, with me in this shirt, and I like them all.

Well, there's more that I got rid of, but I think this is enough.

***Post update: I started this post a couple weeks ago, went home over Christmas and my mom convinced me to not get rid of my prom dresses. So, I'll be keeping them with the hope that someday there will be some time to wear them, or someone to play with them. Also, sorry about all the spacing issues with this post. They probably could have been fixed.