The life cycle of blue jeans

I knew this day was coming. I had two dresser drawers with jeans in them and I knew there would come a day to try them on. Today was that day as we are packing for our upcoming trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Apparently Clare & Jenny talked about this recently, how jeans get "demoted" over time: You buy a new pair, wear them a while and you realize you need a "better-looking" pair. The older ones aren't "bad enough" to be thrown out (or demoted) quite yet, so they stay. And before you know it — or before I know it — I have 10 pairs in my dresser.

So today was try-them-on.
» Three stayed.
» Two are old enough to be of a vintage when I weighed 30 pounds more and don't fit now.
» Two are now garage- or lawn-mowing — that is, "Saturday jeans."
» And three just shouldn't even be taking up space here anymore.

A similar hierarchy applies to shoes, too, especially sneakers.

This reminds me of an episode of "Home Improvement" many, many years ago. Jill Taylor had a hierarchy for sponges. S2 E11, http://www.hiarchive.co.uk/index.php?content=script&s=2&e=11 »

[Tim starts to wipe the counter with a sponge]
Jill: Tim, honey. Don't use the blue sponge on the counter.
Tim: [Grunts questioningly]
Jill: The blue sponge is for the dishes. The green sponge is for the counter.
Tim: What's the difference?
Jill: Well, you're not supposed to use the same sponge on the counter as the dishes.
Tim: So the blue sponge is just for the sink?
Jill: No, not always. When the blue sponge gets dirty, it gets demoted from the dishes to the counter. The green sponge gets demoted from the counter to the floor. [Tim tries to follow her. She takes a new sponge from under the sink] Then I pull a new one out from here. It might be blue, it might be yellow.
Tim: [Gives up and grunts] Argh, argh, Argh, ARGH!

1 year ago (“Night-Blooming Jasmine”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-10-15
2 years ago (“Searching”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-10-15
3 years ago (“A new one: ‘Bent-Line Dart’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-15
4 years ago (“Burst of red”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-15

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[Rick Schies]

Yes, we do have a way of allowing things to accumulate. Not only clothing but when you go into the attic you only find out how much "stuff" has been hanging around

[Jane Anderson]

A nice image of a unique topic everyone can relate to!