First Day in Southport, Connecticut: the Sheer Joy of Being Home Again!
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Enjoying the simplest pleasures of being ‘home’ again with Hubs. Enjoyed a lemony cuppa with a slice of Battenburg Cake.
First day of OperationRelocation is going well with Hubs. I am Jetlagged at 4 am--so I cleared out the contents of my bathroom, guest room closet, remainder of my jewelry drawers and am halfway sorted through my closet. My Back is now screaming in protest.
Spent morning Clearing my closet. I will no longer need leather knee-high boots but will hold on to the leather Balenciaga weekender (bag).I find that I stockpiled soap—-from Florence, Italy and Paris, France!!! You have to see the amount of perfume I have stockpiled! Hanging my head in shame ! And the number of bags I am giving away!!!! You would not believe it!
But there are some bagsm I am bringing back to Bombay. There is he red leather Cartier envelope bag I bought in Paris—have NEVER used it!!!
Am already spending a fortune shipping a small percentage of my stuff!!! Shipping everything would bankrupt me!!!!
Also giving away cashmere sweaters—dozens of them!!! All going…
Mine are all leather shoes. Clarks, Timberland, Stuart Weizmann (my favorite), Bass. The leather got mildewed in the monsoon when I traveled with them to India, but I used a leather conditioner and buffed them and then they were as good as new.
I have a lot of vintage leather Coach bags. I have already brought them to Bombay and I use them daily. I buff them with the leather conditioner—they revive like magic.
I am shipping a whole container load to India! Some of my China, silverware, glassware, paintings, art works, antique furniture…costing a Queen’s ransom…but we’re going back on TR (Transfer of Residence).
Don’t understand why my texts to my friends in India are so garbled! I meant to say that our closets are full here because we have enough for 4 seasons! You need a lot of different kinds of garments. I already took all my summer clothes back to Bombay gradually over 3 trips back & forth. But I also need to transport some winter clothing to India as we will be traveling back and forth since we have family here. Also, we LOVE Spring & Fall here—so we won’t come back only in the summers. I Don’t want to have to buy new clothes on each trip. Plus, I invested in good (expensive) clothing with the expectation it would last a lifetime!!!
But no regrets!!! Because it is quality clothing I always bought, it has lasted me for years! The snow boots (Dexter, lined with Thinsulate), I bought 30 years ago!!!! Used them EVERY SINGLE WINTER for 30 years!!!! Same with Cashmere sweaters. Bought years ago. Well used, but gently and then dry-cleaned at the end of each season!
After one contract with an estate sale company fell through (she fell sick), we’re looking at hiring a company to do an online estate sale for us. She is coming on Monday to do an appraisal. Much will go into online auction, especially our furniture sets. We have a Chippendale dining set, Italian leather sofa set in the family room, etc. Packers, movers & shippers have been appraising our movable estate with Llew online. Have already received quotes & estimates. They will do the packing too—a lot of fragile breakables. Want to make sure they don’t blame us for packing shabbily in the event of breakage.
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