Day 54: Clothes Aren't What They Use To Be

Did you know that clothing lies? I'm not talking about the clothing industry, which keeps changing its sizes to help overweight American to feel better about their waistlines, but the clothing itself.

In another spurt of house cleaning, I decided to clean out my closet and start putting away my clothing that has now gotten way too big, like my size 36 pants. Luckily I still kept some of my old size 32 and size 34 items. They were one of those things that I kept "just in case" hoping that one day I would I return to those sizes again. For the longest time it always seemed to be a pipe dream that would never happen, so it put a smile on my face to see the actual realization of that day!

That was when I discovered that clothing lies.

I was grabbing a pair of my favorite cargo jeans, wistfully sighing that they had to go away because they were now way too big. Before putting them into the "going away" pile, I took one last look at the tag which listed it's size. It was a 34. I paused. Wait a moment, I thought to myself, I still fit a size 34. 34's may be a little baggy, but not as bad as a size 36. What is going on here?

I had bought the cargo jeans when I was a size 34 and wore them all the time even as my waist increased in size. Who knew that jeans could stretch? Denim is suppose to extremely rugged stuff and able to survive some of the roughest conditions, and yet my waistline had stretched them out. Amazing!

Well, the clothing has been sorted and soon the stuff that's too big will be going away. No, I am not going to pack it up and store it. I do not want to keep that clothing "just in case" because I do not even want to contemplate the "just in case". I am working too hard on my body, mind, and habits to even leave room for "just in case".

So for now I have a set of clothing that I can fit for the interim. The holidays and my birthday will be coming up in just a couple of months. I think I already know what I want to put on my wish list. I'm gonna be stylin'!