donations

I tried to clean my room again today and resulted in filling up two more trashbags full of my old clothes, stuffed animals, bags, and miscellaneous items to donate to Goodwill. I'm a pretty sentimental person and parting with anything I have is usually a difficult task for me. I usually like to keep anything that has been given to me by someone or things that remind me of events. Today I was finally able to let go many different stuffed animal gifts from people and memorable clothes, because I realized that although I may still treasure them, there are many others that would appreciate these items more than I would. There is no use for them if they're just compiling dust in my room. So in the trashbag finally went my polar bear bath & body works gift set given to me by my friend Brian during freshman year of hs, my old Looney Tunes sweater given to me by my grandma when i was about 7 years old, my first purse/bag, my 6th grade binder, and many clothing items that dated back to grade school but i wasn't able to give away until today. By now I must have donated at least 8 full trashbags to the Goodwill over the past two years. How is it possible that my closet is still full?? When i went to the Goodwill and donated the bags, i couldn't help but go inside and browse again (yes, shame on me). I actually saw some items that i donated a few days ago on the shelves for sale. That was amusing. I think i arrived at a good time where they had just restocked, because i found wonderful items today! I saw this lovely plum colored coat by the American Girl brand and fell in love with it, because it was so reminiscent of the 40s and that it fit me perfectly (it was a girls size 12). I looked it up online and it's called the Sugarplum wool coat that was made in 2001 and retired in 2002. It was originally $90, and was recently sold on Ebay for $75 in a size 12, which made me wonder if that ebay coat was the exact one i just bought for $5.99? who knows. next, i saw this cocktail dress that looked really nice and had a  1950s style to it. I checked the tag and it said it was made by Chloe and Reese and that it was 100% silk. The dress was about a size too big for me, but i quickly checked on my phone for the brand and apparently it's a pretty expensive brand from NY and is sold at Saks 5th Avenue. Most of the cocktail dresses i saw online by that brand costed $400 and upwards. I decided that I needed to purchase this too, because it was such an awesome find for $5.99. If i didn't like it, then I could try selling it on ebay i guess. Next, I finally found a mirrored vanity tray that i've been looking for. It's rectangular and long in shape. it's not exactly what i pictured in my head of wanting initially, because i wanted something with more of an antique lace trim and this one was quite simple, but for $3.99 for the size and quality of it, it was a steal. all in all, it was a good donation and shopping day. i'll update later with pics of my purchases.

total = $16