My clothes? What’s wrong with my clothes?
By Gina Spadafori
January 16, 2008
The new washing machine (see previous) will be delivered on the 25th (it’s the only day I can be here for an entire “delivery window”). In the mean time, I have dirty clothes.
Yesterday I took them out to be washed, dried and folded. (That is so cool — clothes go away dirty and come back clean and folded. Swoon.) And when I picked them up, the woman at the counter said, “You must have a lot of pets.”
Now, why would she say that?
Could it be that a good half of all my shirts, polos, sweats and so on have some kind of pet-related/vet-related picture or slogan? (Or could it be the pet hair they had to clean out of the dryer filters?)
And in other pet-related appliance news, I laughed at Nancy’s admission over on the A Dog’s Life blog that she bought a vacuum because the company put a dog on the label. The laughter was in self-recognition; after all, I drive a Dyson Animal.
Shameless self-promotion: You, too, can dress like the pet-obsessed. Logo gear at our store, including the UniversityofWoof/UniversityofMeow “My pet’s a genius” gear, which I wear a lot. Just don’t wear it in Sacramento. We fashionistas hate it when other people show up wearing the same designer.
Yeah, I see myself in this post. Any Urban Outfitter’s baby-doll T with an animal on it has my name on it—especially when if it’s in the bargain barrel. Coupled with jeans, heels and a sporty jacket that’s this fashionista’s wardrobe staple. But the animal hair (dog, cat and goat) and the scrub tops are more likely the dead giveaway.
Comment by Dr. Patty Khuly — January 16, 2008 @ 9:00 am
During my divorce, my attorney said that it might actually work in my favor - the fact that I belonged to the Parent Breed Club (something he’d never heard of - “A CLUB for DOGS?”) and my habit of wearing clothing with dog images on it to our various meetings (not to court - just to meetings! LOL!) If ownership of the dog had been contested (which it wasn’t, thank goodness!), I was VISUALLY identifiable as being very dog-oriented!
Comment by The OTHER Pat — January 16, 2008 @ 10:12 am
hey, here’s an idea: they should name cars after dogs!
They’ve about used up all the other animals….
Comment by EmilyS — January 16, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
I like Emily’s idea - you could have the Mercury Mutt, the Dodge Dalmation, the Buick Beagle, the Subaru Setter……
On clothes - I only have one piece of cat clothes - a sweater but it has BIG KITTIES all over it. I love answering folks who ask “do you like cat’s?” with “why would you ask me that?.”
Ok I lied - I just remembered that I do have some cat socks and a pair of cat pjs!
Comment by 2CatMom — January 16, 2008 @ 4:15 pm