Some one may have already posted this hint since it is getting popular. The women in a few congregations call one another and announce a swap. We all go through our closets and homes for things that either no longer fit, or just aren’t serving us any longer. Like, you meant to use that rice cooker you got at a yard sale, but just never did, or don’t anymore. Nothing is off limits except underthings. One friend once brought canned deer stew that they wouldn’t be using that year.
Once the date and place is set we womenfolk bring our things and sort them out. Skirts in one room, knick knacks in another, coats aside from the dresses, pants in another room with tops nearby.
The marvelous thing about a swap is that you get together with your friends and start putting outfits together. The reason you never wore that skirt is because it just didn’t go with what you had; but at the swap someone will put it with the jacket they never wore for the same reason and TADA-OUTFIT. Then you just have to decide who gets to keep the peices. In extreme cases we draw lots (numbers from a hat).
What is really fun is that we will see our stuff worn by someone at a conference and just wink and say “swap”. The best outfits I ever got were at a “swap”. I also have towels, lamps, games, pictures and frames, all from swaps.
The things that no one can use are packed up and sent to charity shops, so we don’t bring the extras back into our house.
This post was submitted by Michelle Chamberlin.
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