Nothing to wear? Solutions, storing summer clothes, and layering - a poem by Angela Lansbury

 I haven't got a thing to wear

I've bought two wigs, and dyed my hair

The real problem's my summer clothes

My winter ones are lost in those


I can't shop wearing a swimsuit

A swim hat looks wrong buying fruit

Stained item? Cut, make patch, or rag

Lost button! Throw in the sew bag


I see my red Christmas jumper

Found my old favourite number

Sorting your life's good for the soul

I'm pleased and proud I'm in control


Instead of wasting all my time

Browsing to buy more clothes on line

I view my spare room as a treasure

A home jumble sale of pleasure


Would I wear dull old things in grey?

I ought to throw them all away

No, sell them. Yes, another day

I don't have enough time today


Stuff summer clothes in spare suitcase

To store them in some other place

An attic, basement, spare room drawer?

Or boxes in a Shurgard store



Make sure each suitcase has a label

Photograph them if you're able

Match up the colours, fold or roll

In a cardboard box, tote bag, bowl


Sorting my old clothes takes some time

Cheer up - it won't cost me a dime

Pretend searching is fun to do

Loved vintage clothes strike me anew


As my family round here knows

My house is choc-a-block with clothes

Addictive buying needs stopping

What else can end endless shopping?


Some summer clothes look out of season

Tropical prints and palms the reason

Stingy storers are not keen payers

Instead wear two thin spring layers.

-ends-

Grey is the UK spelling. Gray is the US spelling.

Dime is an American coin. But I think most brits would know the phrase 'haven't got a dime' from old songs or films (movies).

Shurgard and Big Yellow are two big storage companies in the UK.

I could change the last line to

Vintage, long-lost, looks good as new.

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