Clothing exchange Janurary 17 11am-3pm

Clothing exchange and pitch in

Janurary 17 11am- 3pm

Calvary Chapel on the Horizon 

1117 bridgeport

indianapolis, Indiana 46231

Could you tell me how the clothing exchange works?

Melissa

You bring clothes.... I take clothes....  LOL     Just kidding.  This will be my first.  She'll post more of the "rules" when we get closer, I'm sure.  Hope you can come - it would be great to meet you, plus all the others I'm dying to meet!

Thanks Christie
Now i have to clean off my computer screen,i laughed so hard i spi****er all over it..

LOL - sorry about that....  I do that kind of thing to my poor husband all the time.

Here's one of my "Chrisism's":  We were on a romantic vacation to Iowa - yes Iowa - to tour the town of Winterset and all the places featured in the book and movie "The Bridges of Madison County".  We had brought our new (less than 6 months old) camcorder.  For some reason, it would not hold a charge, and we couldn't get it to.  We tried to tape what we were seeing, but it didn't come out.

Well, we were heading home in our SUV.  It was late at night, and we stopped at a gas station in Galesburg IL to get gas and stretch our legs.  I opened the rear passenger door to get my purse, and the camcorder tumbles to the pavement in what seemed like a zillion pieces.  My husband's eyes were as big around as saucers.  Me being me, I didn't miss a beat, but simply responded "Damn thing didn't work no ways".  My husband doubled over, he was laughing so hard.  Now that phrase is a catch phrase in our house.  I think if you were to ask my husband, he would say that one ranks as #1.  Now to give you #2:

We are major movie buffs.  We probably have close to 1000 DVD's.  We love classic movies.  My husband loves the original Planet of the Apes.  I was sick with the flu one weekend, so we were curled up on the sofa and he puts in his favorite comfort movie - Planet of the Apes.  About a third of the way through there is a scene with Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Zeus walking down the middle of the street in the futuristic ape city.

I could not help myself.  I really couldn't.  I began singing the theme from the Monkees - "Here we come.... walking down the street... Get the funniest looks from... everyone we meet.  Hey Hey We're the Monkees!!"

This must have been 10 years ago.   My husband still laughs his behind off at this one.

And this last one is an absolutely true story and nearly got me killed by my dad when I was 16.  I had a test coming up in Driver's Ed.  My dad was an auto mechanic, and he was drilling me carefully on the parts of an engine.  The problem is that he was doing it in a sing song voice - the spark plugs are connected to.... the pistons are connected to.....  You get the picture.  In my youthful exuberance and extreme boredom, I began to sing "And the kneebone's connected to the shin bone, and the shin bone's connected to the ankle bone".  My mother was in the kitchen and laughed so hard she dropped the dish she was holding and broke it, then ran in to rescue me from my father's fury as he had (has) no sense of humor at all.

This is just to give you all a warning that I cannot help myself.  It is a disease.  There will be a telethon later this year.  Keep kleenex close to your monitor.

You sound like my kind of girl..
You have a comeback for everything.
My family calls me a smart alec ....I love the one about the planet of the apes..
Thanks you gave me some good laughs today..........

I'm coming to this one!!  I will have size 24's to unload I'm sure, plus that is the Saturday before I go back to work.  A nice "new" outfit will do the trick!!  I hope to be in 22's or maybe even 20's by then!!  Thanks for setting this up.

Hahaha!! I'm still laughing over Christie's 'you bring 'em, I take 'em'!!!  I can't wait to meet you girl!

We bring our gently used adult clothes (no rips, no stains). We put them on the appropriately marked tables. We say grace & we eat (weight-loss friendly foods). Then the post-ops get to start 'shopping'. 15 minutes later, the pre/no-ops can join them. We do it this way so that the post-ops (who are the ones who are being the incredible shrinking men & women) have first dibs. There are always an ample supply of clothing for everyone (pre/post/or no-ops) EXCEPT for the smaller sizes. Once that a person gets to ~a size 12, the choices can be very limited. I am at the size where I don't get much of a selection and that is fine because I definately come for the socializing!

Whatever clothes is left, we bag up & they are donated to Robin's church...who has clothing days for low/no income people to give them a little bit of help. They also have a food pantry & welcome non-perishable donations for it too.

Sherri

Christie,
5 bucks says by the you are no bigger than an 18! Bellas's birthday is the 17th so I will be there and then off to Chuck e cheese for her party afterwards!
shanna

You think?  Wow - I didn't think I would drop that fast!  But then again, I have lost exactly 20 pounds as of this morning - 1 week out.  Seriously, you think I could do that????  That's 3 dress sizes!  Ok - you are on girlfriend!  This is one bet I would love to lose!  

I kinda have a story about size 18....  Several years ago, (once upon a time....lol) I bought a beautiful pinky/peach suit.  Absolutely gorgeous.  Which is good - I am management in a professional office and need to look professional.  Well, guess what?  I outgrew size 18's before I ever got to wear it.  So - I passed it off, still wearing its original price tags to a co worker who had just had RNY - this was over 18 months ago.  The suit is too big for her, so she's going to give it back to me as an incentive!  Sisterhood of the traveling suit!