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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote2019-10-23 06:32 pm
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Winter clothing

Changeover time again.

The labour of carrying up half my wardrobe to be put away in trunks until the weather changes means that I always try to leave it as late as possible, but a quick flick back through the blog reveals that in fact I did it on the 21st of October in 2011, so I'm not so late as I thought I was. (I've been cheating for some weeks by sleeping with a hot-water-bottle, though, and I haven't been able to wear any of my summer clothing for a long time, so I've been feeling rather short of garments!)

Now I have a vast pile of warm winter clothes -- from bedsocks to thick jumpers to thermal longjohns -- heaped all over my bed, which will have to be put away before I can go to sleep tonight.

Yesterday I very carefully stripped off my sheets and put them in the wash as soon as I got up, so that they could have all day to dry in the sun. But then I left them out so long that they got dewed on, so I then had to wait for them to dry indoors before I could go to bed... at about three a.m.! The bottom sheet is getting very thin, even though it's poly-cotton. I've considered sides-to-middling it before it rips through, but as it is rather small anyway I'm afraid that reducing the width any further may not work. I might have to cut down an old double sheet instead.
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[personal profile] betweensunandmoon 2019-10-23 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck with your clothes. That sounds like an awful lot of work.

It's getting chilly here, too. I'm wondering how long I can go before I have to start putting more blankets on my bed.