Wash and Wear

Yesterday I spent over 250 bucks to ship my books back to the states–and those weren’t even all of them. Today I put down 175 to send back random knickknacks, ranging from USB cords to half-finished scarves to paper fans from Kyoto. They should arrive in mid-January.
After much deliberation, I’m giving most of my cardigans [...]

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Damn you, washer. Damn you to hell!

The washer tore the beading off my favorite shirt.
I should have expected this, since it was only 5,000 won (around five American dollars), and this happened to another cute shirt a few months ago. But oh oh oh. So sad.
The fake stones on the front reminded me of the stones my parents would buy us [...]

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These Old Green Heels

It’s time to throw these heels away.

They are so old, right?
We’ve been through a lot in the past nine months–barhopping, catching trains, bookstores, reaching the top shelves of supermarkets, just barely scraping myself off the “little person” list–but my entire wardrobe has revolved around these shoes. Sweaters, shirts, blazers, jewelry, whatever–suddenly I’m in this sea [...]

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