{"id":4130,"date":"2010-02-08T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2012-08-29T23:27:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T03:27:40","slug":"grow-your-own-vintage-by-breaking-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/grow-your-own-vintage-by-breaking-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Own Vintage by Breaking the Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

This might come as a shock to some of you<\/span> no one, but I like to break the rules.<\/p>\n

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Ruler<\/p><\/div>\n

That’s because a lot of rules are not hard-and-fast rules at all, but misinterpreted suggestions or theories. One of those is the need for eight glasses of water a day.<\/a> Not true. Feel free to go back to drinking when you are thirsty<\/a>.\u00a0 (By the way, if you’re one of those people who claims water makes you “full,” I think you’re full of something, but it ain’t water.)<\/p>\n

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Young Woman With a Water Pitcher by Vermeer<\/p><\/div>\n

I wasn’t always such rebel. I used to believe the closet-cleaning rules. You know the ones:\u00a0 “If you haven’t worn it in a year, you must donate it to charity!” “Clean out your closet every six months!”<\/p>\n

Those are reasonable suggestions for a lot of people, including those who have:<\/p>\n