Finding myself rather larger and lumpier than last year I had to splash out on a couple of pairs of cropped pants and some more T shirts to see me through the summer. The weight is very slowly decreasing but everything I wore last year is just a bit too snug for me and I hate things that are tight or clingy (including men - and I'm not 'gay' either)!
So I went off to the only shop that sells some classic clothes for ladies of a certain age and that don't cost a fortune. Actually, the shop is called Bon Marche and sometimes I find things I like but sometimes the colours are 'not quite me'. This year they have had some really nice cotton canvas cropped pants so I bought a coral pair and a saxe blue pair. They also have a good range of T shirts so I got a white one with coral embroidery and a white one with a bit of posh sequin detail aroung the neckline as these went nicely with the pants. Then I bought three more T shirts for £10, white, sky and olive, a real bargain.
The first time I wore the coral pants and embroidered T shirt, a seagull pooped on me and stained the T shirt. After soaking, the stain was mostly out so it went in the wash where a stray pair of navy briefs left blue marks on it. I had got rid of the seagull poop but had been left with a blue stain in three very obvious places.
This morning before putting the washing in the machine, I decided to see if I could get rid of the blue dye marks so put a small amount of bleach in some water and dabbed the areas for about ten minutes which lifted the marks out. However, being a messy sort of person, I splashed the water with the bleach and it went over my T shirt, the new olive one.
Now I have strange pink splashy areas on the front and I'm wondering if I should mix up some more bleach and flick it over the whole T shirt with a paintbrush so that it is covered with pinky splodges or just keep it for gardening and 'messy' jobs.
Sadly the days of tie dye are far behind me but perhaps I could start a new trend with splashy splodges!
Yes I've done that with my fave Hong Kong Phooey T shirt, but then I generally shouldn't be allowed to handle household chemical anyway!!
ReplyDeleteHave you considered one of those 24 hr wonder girdles? You could strap all your lumpy bits down then!
*runs off and hides*
Darned cheek!
ReplyDeleteWith my arthritis and back problems I don't think I could either wriggle into or out of one of those. Anyway, if you squeeze it in in one place it only wobbles out somewhere else, so I believe in let it all hang out until I can get rid of it!
Don't you have a birthday coming up soon??????
Hi Grandma,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your laundry woes. I've been lucky so far this year. The only thing I've done is wash some peppermint candy. That can be a mess too.
I also agree about trying to stuff our bits only to have them wobble out elsewhere. I'm turning into an old hippy now. No bra around the house for me. I'm just shakin' and bakin' here in Kentucky. lol