I don’t mind admitting that I hung on to them for far too long – hiding them in the back of my wardrobe.

I think the idea of “purgatory” bins could be helpful for those who have trouble deciding what should stay and what should go. I am truly blessed to be able to share my thoughts and experiences here and I am grateful for how much I’ve learned from all of you, too. There are new schemes afoot, too: a silver-smooth local banker announcing a lucrative deal, and teenaged drug dealers conducting a breathless chase through a Leith estate, both of which must surely end up being something to do with Max v Maggie.Moving theses items into another closet so they are out of my sight helps with the final step of giving them away. The plot is ingenious between two worlds like in the Golden Compass - a parallel universe and the teachers who define us as fascinating.

I know it’s a balancing act between realizing we don’t have all the time in the world and obsessing about the potential of dying or losing a loved one. When my weight goes down (which is getting harder at my age), I will see if there is a still a place for those pants in my wardrobe.Ervin and Berta, her parents, who escaped from Hungary to London in 1938, and spent the rest of their lives trying to hide from the world. Usually I know by the second failed wear or try on in the morning that the item just is wrong and needs to go! I hate to waste money, and I spent as much on this dinner as I’ve spent on a nice sweater, so I do feel a bit of remorse that I didn’t enjoy it more than I did.