We have a brand new Little River holiday sock shipment, and now we officially have TONS of foot love in the store. I'm an enormous fan of the Little River company, which is family owned and operated out of Fort Payne, Alabama. They are big into organic fibers, and low impact dyes....in other words they care about the world, plus everything is made right there in Alabama. Their socks just feel amazing. I think they might have been the first brand I ever wore that constituted "well made/quality" socks. Before that I was buying Target or Gap socks super cheap because I truly had no idea HOW much better good socks could be. Now I'm hooked, and I LOVE my sock drawer.
Along with Little River we have a sea of comfy lounging socks from PJ Salvage, and a new boxed set of socks from People Tree which I personally haven't worn yet, but they look adorable and were made with love (like everything from People Tree) The gift box makes it a no-brainer, I can't wait to throw a ribbon on it and gift these to friends. Who doesn't love socks? They are perfect gift!
Other random stuff....Romeo asked me today why we didn't have a Milo stocking (our dog), and after that he said, "it wouldn't cost us anything for Milo to get some stuff." I'm guessing that's because Santa would be paying for it. I'm hoping he doesn't mention it again, but I fear that like most ideas involving our dog, he'll latch on to it and not let go which means I'll have to stuff a 5th stocking.
Today's call to action is to find something you don't need, or aren't using, and give it away. A couple of weeks ago John was cleaning out his closet and he asked me with some seriousness if he was, "allowed to just get rid of something he was sick of seeing." Something that was still in great shape, something he liked a lot at one time, but was now just tired of looking at it. I told him YES of course, and he pulled out a lot for the donation pile. Unfortunately it wasn't the sleeping tee-shirt with 3 holes, and instead it was a pile filled with shirts I'd spent some coin on. Regardless, I'm really glad he did it and didn't keep those things in his closet because they'd become "last resort clothes." Only to be worn when the washing machine was broken for a month or dry cleaners everywhere shut down. In other words, he never wore them, and wouldn't go to grab them short of an emergency.
It ties in to my conversation today with my wallpaper decorator, who when listening to my ideas about what drapes to pair with the paper I had picked, offered up some drapes she wasn't using that she thought would look perfect. She said, "I'm really trying not to hoard as much, and I'm not using them, have no use for them in the foreseeable future, so you should have them." I thought that was fantastic, and I love that she used the word "hoarding" because the negative connotation really motivates me to get ride of stuff I'm not using and simply "saving" (the word saving sounds better) for some indefinite point in the future that might arise. Or, like John, hanging on to clothing because it was perfectly good (even if you are super sick of it.) In this month of giving, it's really a great time to give yourself a nudge and look at all the stuff hidden away in boxes, and bags at the back of the closet, frame it as "hoarding", and part with some of it. It's SO much better to let it out into the word to be used again, plus it frees up your space and energy to bring something new and enjoyable into your life.
Lastly, it's Friday, and I'm so grateful because, well, the obvious first... it's a three day weekend. Second, it's sunny here. Cold, but sunny. Third, we're having a super fun 18th birthday weekend at Melange and it's just an overall blast. Fourth, I'm meeting two girlfriends for coffee tomorrow morning and I adore them so I'm excited for that too. Clearly so much joy I might burst.
Have a great weekend everyone, hope your heart is bursting with gratitude!
Signed, ME {lv}
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