24 Good Deeds, Day 1

My 24th birthday is 9 days away, so yesterday I started my 10 day quest to do 24 good deeds in honor of it.

I've lost a lot of weight. It started when I became a vegan, and picked up two years ago when the family I was a nanny for got an elliptical trainer. I would use it while the kids napped- when I started I felt like 15 minutes would kill me. When you lose that much weight, well, your clothes don't fit. I've been getting rid of things slowly, packing up a load for Goodwill each time I hit a new size. But there have been some things that are really hard to part with. I had amassed an impressive collection of vintage dresses, mostly a-lines in colorful prints. Oh, I love them! Still, they don't fit, trying to make it look like they fit by belting them isn't working, and it's time to say goodbye. So, my first good deed was a simple one.

1. Donate clothes. I packed up everything I can't wear anymore and invited my friend Lily over to dig through it. She and I have a similar style and I knew she would like the dresses as much as I do. I told her to take what she wanted and anything that was left would go to Goodwill. She ended up taking almost everything. I'm glad that now she has a ton of new clothes and my beautiful dresses will get to be worn and appreciated.