My Closet • My Lost & Found Trench

Here is a little story about the black trench that I always wear when fall comes and how I ended up getting it.

My ex used to be the manager of a 3-floor nightclub – the biggest nightclub where I live. People went to the club, got drunk and forgot stuff – cameras, cell phones, winter coats and bras. Yes, bras. Don’t ask me how it got there! I am still trying to figure out why a girl would take it off in the first place. There was a room full of lost and found. He kept the stuff for 3 months and after that he called Salvation Army.
I knew about the huge amount of lost & found but never gave it much thought - until one day. I was between jobs and could not afford new clothes. My ex was about to call Salvation Army and told me to check out the clothes that were sent away - that I might find something interesting.
So I went. I could not believe all the pretty unclaimed clothes there were! How could a girl forget her coat in freezing winter and not even claim it later? Thanks to all the drunken girls that ever forgot something because it felt like I had a thrift store to myself. I never got near the bras and the gloves were a frustrating item - there was only one of each - but I found some great things there that I am still wearing today.
One of them is my black trench. It’s very simple and looks pretty much like the picture along this post.  I often get compliments about it and it still makes me laugh when someone asks me where I got it.
- Marie