Cat, I'm so glad you have such a generous neighbor! I wish I could give her Karma!!
When we put closet organizers in the our walk-in closet, I finally went though my clothes and got rid of a lot of clothes and shoes that I never wear anymore. I filled 4 large black trash bags. I would like to say that all of it was current, but some of the more dressy stuff had to have been from before Ryleigh was born.
I then went through Ryleigh's closet and filled two more large trash bags with all the clothes she's outgrown in the last year or so. When I took it to the Goodwill store and told the worker it was all clothes, he gave me the strangest look.
He must have thought I went around the neighborhood collecting old clothes. I just figured it was silly to hold on to stuff when I pretty much just wear jeans and sweaters now that I'm not working.
I used to love making clothes for Shannon when she was little but have only been sewing for the house in the past few years with the exception of a Halloween costume here and there. I've made Ryleigh a Monarch Butterfly costume where I quilted the wings and a bat costume which also had quilted wings. This year she asked if I could make her a cow costume.
When I suggested a fairy or pincess, she told me those were to "girly".
I think she's been hanging out with too many boys.