i'm enjoying all the closet talk! a couple or 3 years ago, before the great illness, i had lost 40 lbs on ww and had all new clothes. so i gave away anything and everything, except one blouse(silk and very beautiful), that was too big! and of course, i had been buying all new stuff. i am a clothes horse, have i mentioned? i do everything 200% or don't bother. anyway, the stress of a home flood, job down sizing, and my husband's pancreatic cancer was enough to pack the lbs back on and invite their friends. so, the thing is-- i have all the clothes from my short foray into thinnerness and now i go 'shopping in my closet' and it's cheap- as in, already paid for. so, go ahead and give 'em away! new is fun! so is thinner!