I’m a Magpie
Grr
21Mar2008 Filed under: moaning and or groaning Author: NoraTwo days ago, I bought a hat. It was kind of a frivolous purchase, but I’d just been paid a few bucks for watching a neighbor’s cat over Easter weekend, and I’d wanted this hat since I first saw it in the shop window last September. So when I walked by the store and noticed it was on sale, I figured what the heck — if you want something for 7 months straight, it’s obviously not an impulse buy, right? And knit hats can be worn year round in our chilly little city. Anyway, cute hat, right?
That is, it was until I accidentally put it through the laundry:
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I'm a librarian. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset's reflection in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and live on a boat in Sausalito, CA.
seester
March 21st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
oh! so sad! did you try putting it in warm water with conditioner…like, hair conditioner…that’s supposed to relax the fibers.
momeester
March 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I’ve heard that too, give it a try
Nora
March 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Ooh! Good idea. It’s soaking now. I’ll let you know how it goes…
Anonymous
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I had’t seen the pictures, too funny. (in a tragic sort of way)
Tricia
March 24th, 2008 at 12:41 am
oh no! I hope the conditioner works(ed)!
momeester
March 25th, 2008 at 1:41 am
oh well,it didn’t go with you Easter dress anyway
seester
April 1st, 2008 at 11:41 pm
I shrank a dress today.
It’s in the air.
The all-knowing web says I should steam iron it.