(Note to self: I should name all my posts about friends with titles like “Friends”.)

So, Saturday I went to my pal Bev’s house and helped her cull the monster wardrobe. She moving into another friends place temporarily and as a result she has too much stuff. But then she has too much stuff for most houses.

Her culling the wardrobe is a good thing. All her working wear was being donated to a charity that gives working clothes to underprivileged women who are referred from various other community help and outreach organizations.

I was asked to be the sole judge and jury for her closet, aka “fashion show”. She’s a bit of a clothes horse, and her mother keeps giving her tons more and teamed with a pat rack instinct it made for a dubiously large amount to go through.

It went something like this:

Me: No, it doesn’t fit across the hips (bust, arms).
Her: But I can tuck it in!
Me: No. You want clothes that fit. And you don’t tuck in shirts like that anyway.
Her: But-!”
Me: No! To the ladies!

(We started calling the pile to go to the working charity “the ladies”

Me: Oh god no!
Her: That bad?
Me: Take it off before I burn you in it.

Me. No, we talked about this, you only get to keep two black blazers. One fitted straight line and the double breasted. Those both fit you awesome. You don’t need more than that.
Her: But I like this one!
Me: It doesn’t fit as good as the keepers on the rack over there. No.
Her: But-”
Me: To the ladies!

Me: (Give it to) Goodwill.
Her: But it’s pretty! I want to look like a girl!
Me: Okay, okay. I know I dress like a giant lesbian, but I’m telling you that is too tight across the boobs. And No. You get no veto on this one.
Her: (sighs) Okay.

All in all the stack to go to the charity was over 4 foot high, and there was a VERY large garbage bag of clothes for Goodwill. And that was just her closet, we never even got to her dresser. I even managed to make her a couple very girly office outfits (Hot pink! Flowers! Skirt!) out of stuff she didn’t know she had, or wasn’t going to keep at all. So that’s cool.

During the whole thing off and on I was imitating Kelly from “The Office” by clapping and chanting “Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch!”. She doesn’t watch the show so it was lost on her.

But it was therapeutic I think for her to get rid of so much stuff that she really didn’t need and help so many in the process. And really help someone who really needs it to make a new life, not just give it to Goodwill to sell. I encourage everyone to grab your bluntest friend and do the same.