[Dubya]

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all the lovely shoes in the back of my closet.

Save them for another time.

[JustAmy]

"Save them for another time."

There is not doubt the style will return. By then I will probably be wishing for my Reeboks. LOL Can't please a woman.

[Dubya]

By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2003 - In August, the American Red Cross asked the public
for donations of phone cards, clothing, small suitcases, and comfort
items for service members recuperating at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center here.

Now Barbara Green, the ARC station manager, says she has more phone
cards, sweat pants, and luggage than she can use.

In fact, thanks to a generous public, so many items were donated that
the Red Cross' storage room inside the hospital is filled to the brim,
and Green is politely asking the public to hold off until further
notice.

"We're not going to be able to give it all away," she said, adding that
one Army unit sent an Air Force C-130 "full of stuff."

The initial request came because many troops evacuated to the center
arrived with no personnel effects, she said. Now, Green said, her
concern now is what to do with all the donated items. She said it's
very important that she follows the donors' intent that the items go to
the soldiers, so what's now on hand will take care of their needs for
the foreseeable future.

"We need to wait awhile, to at least give us a chance to use what we
have before we take in any more items," she said. "We'll put the appeal
out again when the time comes," she said.

Green said that she appreciates the public's generosity, and that the
soldiers are "very thankful" for what the American public is doing.
"The soldiers are very well aware of the caring of the American public,
and they are very grateful," she said.