Every so often I take a notion to
sort out the boys’ clothes. The school going
ones wear uniforms each day so their wardrobes are not hugely plentiful. Some jeans, few long sleeve t-shirts and lots
of hoodies.
Smallest Boy on the other hand has
the wardrobe of triplets. All hand me
downs. It is both a curse and a
blessing.
A blessing for obvious reasons;
whenever he grows out of something, I just have to rummage through the storage
bags to find the next size up. A curse
because he has loads of stuff. I mean loads.
So I decided to do a bit of a spring
clean. He also tends to wear whatever is
on the top of his pile so there are a lot of items underneath that haven’t seen
the light of day in a couple of months.
These were the ones to go.
I needed to find an extra storage
bag to put his surplus stuff until such time as I can find their new forever
homes.
I found a sports bag and opened it
up. There were three pairs of big people’s
jeans inside.
Mine. From when I was that bigger person.
I lifted them out and held them
up. They were in perfect nick.
I tried them on.
Fucking fuckers fit.
I
knew it!
It seems I have fallen foul of calories;
the little bastards that live in your wardrobe and sew your clothes a little
bit tighter every night.
I can’t think of any other explanation.
Ah well.
Brilliant!! The term "fucking fuckers" had me laughing!! You need extra insulation in the winter, it might be a cold one...
ReplyDeleteThat's what I used to comfort myself Emily. Winter padding!
DeleteBloody calories, I wish there was a shampoo for them like there is for nits....I mean they are just as irritating and seem to spread very quickly, especially from food to humans!!!
ReplyDeleteI keep telling myself to suck it up. In another ten years I will be looking at my today self and wondering what I'm bitching about. Like I do when I look at pictures taken 10 years ago.
DeleteHa ha. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading! Lovely to see you here.
DeleteI didn't notice that I was getting bigger, as the children were too - so we just kinda stayed in proportion...
ReplyDeleteOsmosis. Another way of looking at it.
Deletefucking fuckers fit. love it! Been there, am there :) Its a winter thing, I tell myself, and 'oh so temporary (ha! ha! -laughs in disbelief)
ReplyDeleteWish it was a Winter thing. This year it was kind of a Summer thing too. Time to face up to middle aged spread I think. Boo!
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