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Texas
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Texas
United States
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Retired
Retired
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I've lived in eight different states, mostly in the south
I've lived in eight different states, mostly in the south
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"If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it".... Bette Davis
"If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it".... Bette Davis
ON PINS AND NEEDLESEveryone Shuns the Pretty Towels
A house full of guests has departed one more time, and I’m cleaning house and doing the laundry. Now, at my house, I have a substantial group of bath towels, sheet towels, hand towels, guest towels, etc of the variety we call “embellished”.
Embellished towels are the expensive kind with various useless decorations on them to make them look pretty. I personally like plain white towels that can be easily laundered in very hot water with bleach. I don’t care to use the expensive, “embellished” kind. I buy them because they look pretty hanging on the towel rack. I set them aside in the linen closet and drag them out when guests are expected.
The guests are supposed to use those frou frou things with embroidery, lace, ribbon, or monograms. They are then supposed to be impressed with frivolous expenditures for special things just for them….. Uh Huh!
My six foot seven inch son in law avoids the sheet towels I purchased especially for him because I had them embellished. He loved them until I had the battenberg lace and monograms put on them. Now, he looks askance at me when he heads for the shower, and I know very well he intends to dig the ugliest towel he can find out of the linen closet rather than use the lacy one I laid out for him.
As I go through the dirty laundry, I find only one of those embellished linens. I think someone used it as a last resort when the linen closet was empty. The other linens my guests used are the ones I had shoved to the back of the closet just before they hit the pile of rags for washing the car or cleaning the grill.
So here I am, staring at a load of threadbare linens with stringy fringe that my guests preferred to use instead of my expensive, specially decorated kind. Those are still neatly folded on the towel racks where I put them just before everyone arrived.
m00n says:
Good plan. Maybe I could try that. Anyway, there will be no more lace or monograms on towels at my house. Lesson learned
Posted: August 25, 2008 5:10PM EDT
Cby says:
I love towels! My son says it is a fetish and I exclaim I am only providing a necessity. I found this tall rack that was probably used in a bakery and I stack lots of towels on its shelves. I love the colors sage, lavender, blue, and beige so for a while I was buying one new towel every payday when I shopped at Costco. Nothing frilly but we'll never run out!
Posted: August 23, 2008 10:54AM EDT
m00n says:
I like your basket full of folded paper towels idea. Now I know what I can do with some of those baskets with matching basket liners and coordinating garters that I made during the week I was craft crazy. Love your dog picture!!
Posted: August 17, 2008 2:44PM EDT
MadreinSD says:
LOL...OMGosh...hilarious gf...thanks for sharing, although I am sure many of us have been in the same position. I gave up trying to get visitors to use my pretty towels, I just have a little basket of folded paper towels and that seems to work rather well. Have a great weekend!
Posted: August 16, 2008 11:05PM EDT
MadreinSD says:
LOL...OMGosh...hilarious gf...thanks for sharing, although I am sure many of us have been in the same position. I gave up trying to get visitors to use my pretty towels, I just have a little basket of folded paper towels and that seems to work rather well. Have a great weekend!
Posted: August 16, 2008 11:05PM EDT
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