I went in to take a picture of my closet and decided against it...ha!

We moved a couple of months ago and downsized our closet, but not our wardrobes.  Let's just say, it's a mess.

When I started this chapter, and as I read it, I didn't think this was a big issue for me.  It's obviously not as big of an issue as food is (ahem)!

I'm just not into clothes...



I just recently started expressing interest in shopping for clothes (once or twice a year!).  I was once the child sprawled out in the department store, complaining of "tired legs", and whining about when we were going to go home!

I buy clothes twice a year; my birthday and Christmas.  Fortunately, my birthday is in July.  I can afford to buy clothes twice a year; once for summer, once for winter.

I still have clothes from high school, my daily wardrobe is a t-shirt and jeans.  I dress up for church, but have only worn a dress twice in the last five years...both times were for weddings I was in.  I have two pairs of dress shoes; one brown, one black.  I don't wear jewelry.  I only wear my wedding and engagement ring.

My husband is a youth pastor.  I should probably dress more "appropriately" for a pastor's wife, but I don't want to make a scene!  Ya know, the one where you walk into church and everybody notices something's different?  No thanks!  Our youth probably think I'm the most unfashionable woman alive and they always notice when I have a new outfit.  It's that bad!

I'm just not into clothes...


But, I still have a closet full of clothes I don't wear.  I'm still more fortunate than the majority of this world and like Jen, I've probably spent thousands of dollars on my wardrobe.  Why?  Is it to keep up with the rest of America, to impress friends, to have the latest and greatest?

Our church travels to Honduras each year with a medical missions team.  They are there as I write this post. Each year we have a contest between the first and second hour Sunday school classes to see who can bring the most flip flops to send to Honduras.

A couple of years ago there was a story of a woman that received a pair of these flip flops when she came to receive medical care from the team.  The next day, they saw the woman again as she held her flip flops in her hand and walked in her bare feet.