Monday, April 6, 2009

Clothes Encounters

Do you want to know what the best moment of my day is? Well, second best because the obvious best has to be seeing Luke. But the not so obvious best is when I get home from work, take off my bra, and breathe a giant sigh of relief.

What? Is that thought a little too much for you? Go take a cold shower, and I'll still be right here when you get back.

No, really, that is the BEST part of my day, followed by the next best part of my day when I take off all of my work clothes (I know, you need another cold shower) and put on my pajamas. I do this within five minutes of walking in the door at night. If you stop by my house unannounced at 4pm (and please don't, surprise visitors always show up when my house is messy), I will totally be in my pajamas. This is interesting because although I love to wear pajamas at non-bedtime, I absolutely cannot sleep in pajamas. I'd tell you how I like to sleep, but then you'd have to take another cold shower.

I also hate to wear socks. I feel like they're little foot prisons. As such, I wear open-toed shoes way before it's appropriate, and if I was sleeping in the middle of the arctic tundra, I still wouldn't wear socks. My feet seem to run at about 200 degrees hotter than the rest of my body, so not only do socks feel like foot prisons, they're like foot prisons located inside a sauna.

As long as I'm sharing all of this with you, can I tell you that I think tank tops with built in bras are the best invention ever? Unfortunately now that I no longer sport a pair of perky 34Bs, I don't get to rock them braless. But back in the day, I lived in those suckers, so I still have very fond feelings for them.

And finally, I'll leave you with this: skinny jeans are the devil, I would wear maternity pants ALL THE TIME if I could get away with it, and I hate pantyhose so much that I'd much rather flash my pale, stretch mark covered legs at the world than try to squeeze into a pair of those.

Do you still love me, despite all of my clothes issues? Because even if you love wearing bras, socks, pantyhose, and skinny jeans ALL AT ONCE, I would still love you. I might question your fashion sense, but I would still love you.

11 comments:

InTheFastLane said...

the made me laugh because I am sooo with you (except for the socks). I come home and change into a not to tight sports bra immediately. I like to put on my yoga pants, so it is not so obviously pjs. Although, with the number of activities I am running between, I often have to resort to jeans. But, I always pick the pair that is the most worn in. And Pantyhose...that is an invention of those males who are just trying to keep women uncomfortable and in submission all the time.

Krista said...

I had to dress up for an event when I was about 7 1/2 months pregnant. I really needed to wear hose, but I couldn't bear the thought. I compromised and wore thigh highs, (which I had only ever worn for moments before that TMI). I too would change right after getting home from work into a sports bra (or not), t-shirt and yoga pants, basically from 20 weeks on. You aren't alone in that.

Summer said...

Love it!! That's the absolute FIRST thing I do too! Gotta get outta that bra and work clothes and into "comfies"....

Although, my feet get chilly, so I put on my cute little fuzzy socks....

Cassie said...

I love to wear pjs all the time too. Jason and I both walk in the door and start throwing off clothes, no not to do the nasty but to get in our pjs, or as I like to call them "comfy clothes" so I don't feel like such a slacker. I rarely wear socks, would kill myself if I ever had to wear pantyhose again, and wore my maternity jeans until Jackson was 7 months old.

erin said...

I am definitely a teacher/pajama wearer at 4pm too.. well, a little later considering I only leave work @ 4pm but it is so lovely to finally just get home & comfy! I totally agree with this post.. my thoughts are very similar!

kristin said...

yeah, if you come over on a weekend and i don't have to go anywhere.. chances are i will be in pjs. also, if you come over more than an hour after i get home from work, i'll probably be in pjs. i like wearing jeans, i really do. but i don't like wearing them to sit around my house in!
sadly, i have no real affinity for built in bras. i wear the tanks, but with a bra. because bras can makeup for some shortcomings whereas a built in bra cannot. ;p
also, i HATE pantyhose. the last time i wore them was chandra's wedding, and even then i did not wear panty hose, i wore thigh highs. i found thigh highs much more tolerable, but i still would only wear them if i had to.
oh, and i also hate socks. and shoes. they are TOTALLY like little prisons for your feet!

Megan said...

I dress rarely and by this I mean, my outfit of choice is boy shorts, sports bra, and tank.. but if people are coming over, then I suppose PJ pants will do.
HATE bras, but alas, need one. HATE HATE jeans, and wear them as little as possible.

Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry said...

So, do you really sleep in the nude?

Darcie - Such The Spot said...

We could totally have a pajama party at 4:00 because I'm with you on the comfy clothes thing. And the skinny jeans. We have to part ways with the socks though. I'm all about the fuzzy socks in the winter time. Not to bed, but around the house.

Christy M. said...

I am laughing so hard! Pregnancy is really bringing out the quirky Erin, fo' sho. I still love you girl!!

I would live in pajamas if I could and totally wish I was able to sport the tanks with the built in bras. They just don't agree with my girls, though.

Pantyhose should be against the law. First of all, the name just kills me: PANTY HOSE. Panty is one of my least favorite words. And hose? You're supposed to water the yard with a hose, not wear it. STUPID.

Love you, babe! And miss you!!!

Jenn@mylifewiththecrazies said...

So are you totally my long lost twin?? I hate bras.. ( and I have 36D's ughhh) but I do the same thing. AS SOON as I come home, the bra and work clothes come off... pj's or yoga pants are on w/ a tank. But I live in New England and it gets damn cold so i do loe my socks... though I cant sleep in them!!