Monday, March 14, 2011

15 coats

As I was tidying the hall closet to make room for visitor coats , I decided to hang some of my winter coats into my other closet. There were not enough coat hangers  so I needed to retrieve hangers from my tertiary closet, in order to hang up my various true winter jackets .It hit me suddenly , that I seemed to have a problem , too many coats. My guess was 10 , my count revealed 15,.....15????!!!!
Apparently  I live in a country with more winter months than anything else.
The question is, should I get rid of some of those lovely coats , or keep them? Which ones should I give away?
There is my blue mohair designer coat from Montreal-absolutely no way, I'll part with that one.
My new white down coat from Vuarnet, I need it for the coldest days.
My black three quarter length down coat with leopard lining-not anytime soon.
My grey jacket with diagonal closure -far too unique to give up.
My brown and orange fake fur jacket-just right for the most dreary days during winter.
My light blue fluffy fake fur jacket-such an attention seeker, much needed when it snows and snows and snows.
My German Trachtenmantel-what am I going to wear to all the events at the Austrian Club?
My other German coat with the most beautiful fur collar -it would break  my heart.
My ski jacket-dumb question.
Dad's shear ling coat-still thinking about what I could do with it.
My new winter riding jacket-stupid, it is new!
My farm down jacket-ideal for chores with cats and horses and Italian designer to boot.
My old farm down jacket- I love it.
Mom's fur jacket- can't part with that one.
My when it is not so cold riding jacket- what else am I going to wear on those days?
It is probably easiest to make this decision when it is warmer, so let's wait a while.
But , come to think of it, my old golden farm jacket has had a good and full filled life, let's say good bye and retire it to Good Will.
But none of the others can go, I need every one of them to express my need for warmth , or to externalize my feelings .
And to think, other people collect shoes-  hard to comprehend!( I own enough of those as well and still don't seem to have the right ones available.)

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