Comments on Two Shoes in 2012: The Button Box

I completely agree with you, Josie. Less is defini...

2012-02-07T18:34:39.697-06:00

I completely agree with you, Josie. Less is definitely more these days for me. I think I have been guilty in the past of overconsuming and buying a lot of things I didn't really need - I want to stop that now and be more sensible about my purchases. I admire people who can live frugally - it takes a lot of dedication!

I love this subject. Yes, my mom had a button box ...

2012-01-29T18:59:47.616-06:00

I love this subject. Yes, my mom had a button box growing up and so do I. So funny, because I was looking at it a couple of weeks ago when I was organizing. Makes me feel secure to have buttons on hand.

I try to replace things. I just took 2 coats to the tailor to have zippers fixed. I could have bought a new coat, but now I have two perfectly good ones.

We only have one

I often shake my head when people lose their cell ...

2012-01-24T23:36:51.299-06:00

I often shake my head when people lose their cell phones or their TV breaks and they lose their minds. I wonder how those people would have managed back in the day when buttons were saved.

I am as guilty as anyone else of "replace rather then repair" but I do try to remind myself, until I can make the new purchase, that people used to live with so much less and that many

YES...we always saved the buttons and used them wh...

2012-01-24T08:34:53.448-06:00

YES...we always saved the buttons and used them when a garment lost a button. My momma only had one arm, so I learned to sew buttons on when I was small.

I have a button jar. My husband loses his buttons on his pants a lot, and he always brings them to me to put a new one on.

I agree we all have too many clothes and shoes, coats, etc. When I was little we were poor...and

Great post. You are right on point. I have my gr...

2012-01-23T20:28:15.288-06:00

Great post. You are right on point. I have my grandmother's button box and I love searching through it.

So true Josie. I work at creating simplicity in m...

2012-01-23T09:40:58.240-06:00

So true Josie.

I work at creating simplicity in my heart. But stripping the complexity out of my life is a whole other matter!

Thanks for the inspiration.

And yes, my mother had a button box -- forgot all about it until reading here. Thank you for that lovely memory.