Running out of clothes again

[igenlode]

An ominous ripping sound across the shoulder of my pyjamas as I rolled over in bed. I can probably patch the tear, but it's a sign that the fabric is worn out -- the bottom buttons need patching on both pyjama jackets, one of them for the second time as it has torn a hole in the patch itself.

It's inevitable, as I haven't had any new pyjamas for years and they get an awful lot of wear -- my winter ones are in worse condition. But it's hard enough to get decent new pairs of pyjamas at the best of times... these ones came from a summer fair that no longer exists, the first pair being such a success that I made a beeline for the stall the following year to snap up a second pair.

My entire wardrobe is just falling apart.

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[igenlode]

With the aid of two episodes of "The Addams Family" I managed to insert a four-inch patch and darn under the two splits in the left shoulder; annoyingly, I discovered a third small split just outside the area of the patch after I'd already darned it on, so I just put an ordinary darn on that (which will form a future weak point).

Then I put a very rough and ready patch underneath the burst button without bothering to finish the edges in any way, just so that I had something firm onto which I could replace the button. It was nearly 2am by that point, and I really wanted to wear the pyjamas!