Dumpster diving in a hand-made English suit.

We do a lot of shopping on Thursdays at Goodwill when every item with a certain colored tag is $1. On one of those days, I bought a great Saville Row style suit that was hand tailored at a high end hotel in British Hong-Kong. I wore it to church today. I generally eschew diving for manna on the Sabbath, but I make exceptions.

As we are leaving the parking lot, I see someone has draped an area rug over the edge. I pulled up to the dumpster, mostly screening the view from the building, had the kids open the sliding door and hop in the back out of the way. I envisioned stuffing it in and going in seconds. I remembered my suit. I ditched the jacket and handed it in through the door. I went to grab the rug but it was hung up on some also "neighbor trashed" cheap assemble -it-yourself furniture pieces. I finally worked it loose and bundled it into the van with a cloud of dust...It apparently wasn't vacuumed before discarding. People have no sense of propriety when it comes to the care of items before placing them in my path.

I got it home and laid it out in the driveway. I used some laundry detergent and a stiff brush on the few faint spots, and hosed it off. It cleaned up nice. I kind of wonder if the people that tossed it will see it out to dry as they drive by.