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if a double decker bus...
...were to run you over and you were taken to hospital, what would your underwear say about you? I'm only asking this because I read a stupid article in the Sunday Times about how fabulous French women were at everything, but their need to wear matching underwear indicated that they were deeply dull.
In my experience women fall into three camps; those who always wear matching underwear, those that rarely do and those we don't talk about. I resent the suggestion that those women (who have the foresight to realise that wearing odd undergarments indicates not a Bohemian like carelessness and interest in the arts, but a slatternly approach to life) are in fact tedious and anal and probably the Mirandas and Brees of this world.
Strange as it may be, the need to match underwear does not appear to be a product of parental teaching, as I am aware of a few sisters who do not share matching ideals. I find the matchers to be in the minority, but usually surrounded by siblings and friends of the non matching type. Their path is a hard and lonely one, but nevertheless it must be trodden. There is much work to do and many to convert before we shuffle off.
By the way, this post has nothing to do with any knowledge I may have from old drunken discussions about this very issue with Mrs Carrot Cake (wonderful meal at the weekend and fantastic company), Single Cookie (single handedly organising a top hen night and visionary of wedding party design) and Gypsy Tart (the soon to be married and currently my TKMaxx haunting partner in crime-they're going to reduce that bedcover more, I just know it and I shall be there when it happens).
mrs mcmuffin on 24 Jul 2005 @ 10:47 PM ✲ Permalink
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TKMaxx! Oooooo here it is TJMaxx for clothes and Home goods for all the other fun stuff. I will confess that during this home decorating project I have visited 5 Home Goods in one week. Sad i know, But I just *had* to find the matching carpet to one I bought at H.G. #1. Today I go back for a lampshade and abthroom mirror.
Addicted? Moi?
Posted by: jo | 25 Jul 2005 13:18:22
What's underwear?
Posted by: Steve | 25 Jul 2005 16:47:35
Will you then need a much smaller bed?
Posted by: David (TEFL Smiler) | 25 Jul 2005 17:46:13
look guys - you all know that I, in fact, am the original TkMaxx queen. You lot wouldn't even know about it, if I hadn't discovered it all those years ago during my long and varied tours around the country. Name a store and I bet I've been in it. I find that Croydon is the biggest, Bromley is the tidiest, Plymouth is ( or was) by far the best stocked of rarer items and Exeter is the hardest to find.
I can genuinely look down at my apparel right this second, and say, hand on heart, that EVERY stitch I am wearing was bought at said temple-to-designer-discount shoppers. Including the sunglasseson my head, and the bag under at my feet. And the shoes ON my feet. I have even costumed an entire cast for Twelfth Night from there - maybe that was going a little far, but boy, did I come in under budget..
There are some things that you have to compromise on, however. Is this why I don't have the matching underwear?
Posted by: single cookie | 26 Jul 2005 16:17:58
What!! Are you telling me that you no longer wear the matching underwear? I am not sure if we can be friends any longer, I relied on you to help me with he mocking from our respective siblings for my anal nature. I am abandoned, alone.
By the way, Dublin was quite a good one and even I managed to find the one at Exeter.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 27 Jul 2005 08:56:35
Dublin! Dublin has the most rubbish Tk Maxx. It is like a jumble sale. Even more than others. I was kicking stock around the sales floor.It was all so..so...so ....dishevelled. May've been due to the considerable amount of alcoholic beverage I had consumed before braving it. No wonder I thought there was two of everything. And that was on both occasions.
And though not of a 'set', the under garments are generally of same fabric and colour. You know black with black, with with white, cotton with cotton, plastic with......no..er.damn!
Posted by: single cookie | 27 Jul 2005 17:33:48
Single Cookie, you match enough for me. What I mean by non matching is the black bra with stripy blue and red pants look. I'm sure you will agree that is an abomination. Dublin wasn't rubbish 7 years ago when I was there, I saw a lovely tweed skirt and they had great make up. Still, wouldn't you love to go to TJMaxx and Home Goods with Jo, fresh pastures and all that.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 28 Jul 2005 08:12:19
