MONOCHROMATIC IN SHADES OF PINK
How many of you can relate to sending your husband to the store and then thinking, “what was I thinking?” when he comes back home with his haul? If I wasn’t so darn lazy then I would go to the store myself and my life would be much easier. I realize that if I send Joe to the store with a vague list then I can’t complain when he buys a different brand than what I normally use. However, when you say but the Charmin toilet paper in the Ultra Sensitive with Aloe and buy the mega roll type that is what you should expect to get. Notice that I said “should” not “would.” The MAN brain takes over when they go to the store.
Joe wanted to try a vinegar based slaw recipe that he saw on the internet. He was already going to the store for some drinks so he asked me if I had all of the ingredients that I would need to make this slaw. I looked over the list and told him that I need mustard powder and white vinegar. I told him that I already had a small amount of vinegar but since he was going he could just pick me up a new bottle. He comes back in a little bit with the store/knock-off brand vinegar in a GALLON size. I just looked up at him like, “You have GOT to be kidding me!” He said that by buying this size that he was going to be saving —— money. I kind of zoned out when he was talking. I just started laughing at this point. I can use the vinegar eventually on my hardwood floors and for cleaning mirrors, etc. but this is sooooo typical. Remember that Charmin toilet paper. He comes back with the bark off of a tree (no kidding this stuff was about as soft) and it was in the industrial 85 rolls size. There is softer toilet paper at any gas station bathroom than there is at my house. I am counting the stupid little squares until this stuff is GONE and daring him to ever bring home another roll of this stuff. He just laughed at me and told me that my “princess hiney” needed a little pampering. I told him that if I scooted across the floor like a dog would that it would be as soft as the stuff he bought. Lol!
Nothing in this outfit is new. This is an example of taking items that you have previously purchased, previously worn, and now making them look completely different. I LOVE buying new clothing but I hardly ever buy an entire outfit at one time. Instead, I buy a piece here and a piece there just depending on what catches my eye. The problem is that by doing it that way you never know if what you are buying is going to match what you have in mind to wear it with. However, once you start buying things you like you will notice that you tend to pick the same color palette and you will find that there is something that will match the new item. If you are lucky then you will find lots of things to match. The sweater vest I have on today is from Cato Fashions and it was a purchase back in the fall. I wore it when I visited family in Tennessee (here) but it looks completely different in this look. You can see in the fringe that the vest has gray woven into the pattern and the last look was styled with that color. Today, I opted to bring out the gray with my boots and instead went with the wine color of the vest. I like the length of the vest, I like the texture of the diamond shape weave, I like the open front design, and I like the fringe. Those are a lot of details that make this vest cute and help it to stand out. I think the next time I wear this that I will wear it with blue jeans.
This pair of cranberry/wine/claret colored corduroy pants are by Maurice. I bought them a couple years ago but these are still very much in style now. I remember wearing corduroy all of my life, even when I was a child. There is the wide wale or the thinner wale like this pair. I remember when Joe and I first met that he wore Op corduroy shorts that were way too short. Lol! I normally wear a size 10 or a large but I think these were an XL. I don’t know if that is normal for jeans from Maurice’s but just take it into consideration if you place an order.
I need to start looking in the mirror at the back of my hair, it is terrible how bad it looks. Anyway, I wanted to show you this view so that you could see the pattern in the vest. The sweatshirt is one that I got from a Trunk Club shipment and I loved it. I wore it with these same pants a while back but because I changed the boots (you gurls hated the other one) and added the vest and different jewelry. Even though it looks the same it still looks different. Check it out here and see if you agree.
So, you now know that I am picky about my toilet paper. I am that way also about a few products and one of them is the dishwasher tablets. Joe bought me in an off-brand huge pack (it is a pattern with him) and they are horrible. I have to use more than one or re-wash the dishes because they don’t get clean. In the long run, his trying to save a few cents is ending up costing more and not giving me the results that I was wanting. The same is true for my skincare. Yes, I have used products that are much less expensive but they didn’t produce the results I wanted AND I had to use a lot more of the product just trying to get those sub-par results. When you use Rodan + Fields I will encourage you to use very little product, it does not take much. We are all guilty of wanting to see the fastest results possible and we start lathering on the products but honestly when you are using clinically grade products you do not need to use much at all. What I am trying to say is that you end up saving money AND you get results. There are times when it is smarter to pay a little more. tstephens5.myrandf.com
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I’m glad I didn’t have anything in my mouth when I read about the toilet paper. John bought the toilet paper last time and he bought Charmin, but not the Charmin that I buy. He bought it bc the rolls were big enough to put on a car and roll down the road. I couldn’t believe that Charmin put this particular paper out bc it was SAND PAPER! Every time I went to the bathroom, I would say “Have I told you how much I HATE the toilet paper?” and he would say “YES” So, long story short, he bought new toilet paper yesterday and the sand paper went to his office. Lol
I love all the shades of pink today! I have a similar shirt and velvet jeans but will have to change up the vest as I have nothing like that darling, long vest in my wardrobe. By the way, when I had my washer repaired a few months ago, the repairman said adding 1/2 cup of vinegar in your washer every time you run a cycle (yes – WITH your clothes and detergent, and no, they won’t end up smelling like vinegar!) will help keep your washer free of build-up and keep it smelling nice too. So there’s another use for that gallon jug of vinegar. My husband would do the very same thing….I swear they all think alike!
This post made me laugh – because my husband always buys the economy size to save money, too. Ha ha We downsized into smaller home recently but he still buys those Costco quantities thinking storage space is the same. Gotta love our men.
You’re hysterical. By the way, I text my husband a photo of each of the items I specifically need and if he comes home with something different, back to the store they go for a refund. And I’m with Cindy above about using vinegar for just about everything, especially as a fabric softener, along with a few drops of lavender essential oil.
Tania you are so funny you make me laugh every morning. That’s why I read your blog post first! Why don’t you take the bark toilet paper to work and put it in Joe’s bathroom. Just a thought…..
OP shorts! I’m laughing so hard! My husband has been there and done that! He’s been the love of my life for over forty years, and now he’s the grocery shopper in the household because I work long hours. He does a wonderful job, but hates going just like I used to. Lol. I love that groovy vest, and the whole outfit too.
Good morning Tania. Thank you for the laughs! So very true… don’t ask hubby to go grocery shopping because it never works out for the best for us. They can only handle the hardware store! Love your style and your new hairstyle. I love the Joe stories as I can totally relate!! Y’all are a hoot!! Have a great week. Carla
Too funny! I believe it is normal. Your story reminds me of one by Jeanne Robertson, a “humorist” from NC. So funny! It is found on you tube and called ‘Don’t Send a Man to the Store’.
Love your outfit! I so appreciate your posts.?
Have a blessed day!
I laughed out loud about Joe’s shopping adventures. He could be related to my husband… long lost brothers? I mentioned an extra-large, off-brand dishwashing liquid purchase to a girlfriend who suggested giving such items to the food shelf rather than using them “forever”. Why didn’t I think of that?? A win-win solution and now I just replace such items with my favorite brands. Less frustration for me and something useful for someone else.
(Maybe not the TP, though… they might rather scoot across their own floor…)
OMG! Tom does the same thing as Joe!! I can write a whole description on the grocery list of what to get, down to the package color, and he will come home with the wrong thing!!!! and then say….I looked all over and they didn’t have the kind you wanted! now come on! yes they did!! he just couldn’t see it because it wasn’t a snake biting him on the nose, saying ” here I am” !!
Men must just have that gene in them! But at least he will go, I detest grocery shopping!!! almost as much as putting laundry away! I love your outfit Tania!!! I haven’t had corduroy pants in years and I’ve always loved them!! PS. I wore ankle booties to work the other day & don’t know if I rocked them as you said I would because not even one person commented that they liked them, and you know what our moms told us to do if we had nothing nice to say… keep your mouth shut, so who knows? But I went outside my comfort zone and wore them!! I don’t always comment on your posts anymore, because I find myself always short on time (my own fault) but I try to always read your posts!! I love them!!