The other day I was out on a walk and I spotted a sweater alongside the busy road. Well, technically it was sitting on a rock alongside the busy road.
How the sweater got on the side of the road is anyone’s guess but as I walked by I gave it a quick glance and didn’t really give it too much thought other than, it looked like it was {once?} a nice sweater.
A few days passed and I found myself walking by the same area again and the sweater was still there. Unclaimed. Lonely. And begging for me to take it home.
And so I did.
The HH couldn’t believe I brought home a sweater I found on the street and was going to:
- Bring it in the house
- Wash it
- Possibly wear it
But look! It’s cashmere! I told him.
Yada yada yada…
I tossed it in the wash and while it may be a teeny bit too big for me… It’s a free cashmere sweater!
Standards. We all have them. Sometimes I think I have really high standards. And other times I think they’re pretty low.
The End.
~Mavis
P.S. What have YOU found alongside the road lately? Curious minds want to know.
Jeanine says
Sleeping bag, money, tools, bungee cords, keys, a wallet, too much to mention. The Sleeping bag, I washed, tools, I give to my husband, keys, I put on a fence hoping someone would find them, the wallet with all the credit cards was an adventure. No address in the wallet, but there was a check written to a person. I looked up that person in the phone book, called them and they gave me the phone number of the person the wallet belonged to. That gal had left her wallet on her car and drove off. It was about 3 miles from her home when it fell off. She bought me flowers and thanked me for calling her. Now that was cool.
Tracey says
Commendable!! and what a find! (a perfect fit, if you ask me),
I do this too – rescue, wash and donate mostly- because we all know that sweater is not going to break down to compost any time soon.
Tracey says
Let me also thank you for the suggested posts at the bottom of the page. No sooner had I posted a reply then I saw a mitten tutorial that is so timely! Thank you!!
Lesley says
I love these too … they take me back down Mavis Memory Lane.
Mavis Butterfield says
I like them too. A lot has happened in the last 16 years of blogging.
Mavis Butterfield says
Maybe in a year or two I’ll be making cashmere mittens!! 🙂
Dawn says
What a great find!
Mostly, I find furniture by the side of the road. Most of which I have used to furnish my home. I live in a very urban area so I don’t see much else out there.
Margo says
Well, if you are low standard then you’re on the higher end of it! Because it’s free cashmere and I think it looks fabulous on you. Keep up the good work!