T-shirt tales? Because every t-shirt tells a story, don't it.
And I have so very many of them. Shirts. And stories. ---- Whaaaaat??
As part of my ongoing T-Shirt Tales project, I continue my Quixotic attempt to list all t-shirts I've ever owned. And their photos, too. Sadly, for those that were never in my inventory and those whose photos I don't have, I will never remember that they ever even existed. Boohoo! Poor little forgotten shirties!
But for those of which I know something...
Out of curiosity, I have attempted to establish in which year each joined the household. Some will remain a mysterious "a while back." Some I can narrow down to "while I was married" (a range of a mere, yes, 20 years, if you call that narrow). Some I have reasonable guesses at but never added to my inventory for some reason (even very recent ones I've discovered never made it in. And I *swear* that I *always* add *everything* that I bring into this house! Alas; the value of that swearing is more like just plain swearing).
With all those caveats, herewith my best guesses for the 220-+ shirts inhabiting the list so far, current and past. For years in which I acquired more than five, note some speculation as to what might have added to the glut that year.
(In reality, I've purchased only about half over the years; others are gifts from friends or family, or from organizations as thanks for volunteering, or from companies I've worked for or had other associations with, or as prizes or raffle winnings, or "free" as part of my registration for various activities ("here, give us $200 for this class, and we will give you a FREE T-SHIRT!"). So very many ways to get t-shirts!)
(The biggest way is--yes-- from 1997 to now--dog agility: 50!! And that's not including even more that came as a direct result of knowing people I'd have never met if I hadn't been doing agility.)
| Year | Quantity | Note |
| 1970 | 2 | |
| 1971 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 2 | |
| 1974 | 3 | |
| 1975 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 2 | |
| 1977 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 0 | |
| 1983 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 6 | 2 gifts, 3 traveling |
| 1986 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 3 | |
| 1988 | 4 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1990 | 9 | 2 from 1 trip,3 gifts |
| 1991 | 4 | |
| 1992 | 5 | |
| 1993 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 12 | 5 from one trip, 5 gifts |
| 1996 | 10 | 6 free/gifts |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 11 | 6 gifts/free |
| 1999 | 9 | 7 free/gifts |
| 2000 | 15 | 10 free/gifts |
| 2001 | 6 | 5 free/gifts |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 free/gifts |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 7 free/gifts |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 3 might've been 2009 |
| 2009 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 free, 3 trips |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 gift |
| 2022 | 5 | 1gift |
| 2023 | 9 | Seriously?! This really is getting out of hand. 1 gift |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 gift ...so far |
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