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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I don't mind making clothes though - shopping for fabric is far more fun that clothes shopping (honestly, only dealing with spiders and dusting are less fun than clothes shopping), plus I get to play with making stuff and I end up with something in a fabric I like that actually fits me.

i like to make my own clothes too, that way i'm not wearing the same dress as every other girl in the city ! i like to be unique. but i only do it when i'm in the mood, and although i've made complicated things in the past, now i'm better off making something i can finish in the day, otherwise i get distracted or don't have time to go back to it (or i'm not in the mood any longer...) and i never finish it. also i only make something for the current season ; if i can't wear it the second i finish it, i'm not interested.

I did however buy 4 pairs of jeans the other day (I don't think I've ever had 4 pairs at the same time before) - they more-or-less fit properly (which sounds bad, but as my waist and hips are two different dress sizes is actually very good and rather surprising!), they're a decent colour and shape, the denim's not too thin and best thing is they were just over a fiver a pair.

i don't like wearing jeans much so for a long time i had none at all, then i had one pair that a friend gave me (and they were from the gap, so i later discovered *very* expensive ; it's a bit shocking how much they sell those things for !). it turns out cat hair doesn't stick to jeans, so i started to wear them quite often at home, until i wore them out completely. then i bought some more but i refuse to pay very much for them so i got the ones which were on sale. still, i think they were more than 5£ !!! that's only about 5€ !!! unbelievably cheap. the ones i got were around 15€, and that is a good price for them, apparently. there's no way i'm going to spend 60€ (or more !) on jeans, as far as i'm concerned they're not even "real" trousers !

Originally Posted by Verencat

Here you're not allowed to throw away small bags, it has to be the big green ones otherwise they just wont pick it up, and the apartment building doesn't have a common big bin, so I have to buy the big ones :grumble:

ha, here there's always a common bin for the buildings, and you have to put everything in there, but apart from sorting for recycling i don't think it matters what bag you use, practically everybody i know uses shopping bags.

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

There's been times I wish we had that rule. I have nothing against people using carrier bags for rubbish, but for ages the procession of next door neighbours would put their rubbish out in carrier bags, but not tie the top. Which meant that half their rubbish ended up on the street, in gardens and so on. The current chap does know how to tie a knot in bags, so the problem has dramatically decreased over the last few months.

i am seriously wondering if one of my neighbors doesn't just toss their garbage into the courtyard from their windows, since frequently there are papers and bits of packaging strewn around there. bunch of savages.