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[oyceter]

ARGH!!

The drycleaner shrunk my pants. I would swear to never, ever, ever buy dry clean again, but it seems as though all business wear is dry clean. ARGH.

My nice, lovely, nappy Express pants are now no longer softly nappy, fit too tightly in the waist and the legs, and make my butt look big (the ultimate offense, really). And they were fifty dollars!! Why why why?!

Which means I'm probably going to have to buy new khaki colored nice dressy casual pants, which means hours in a dressing room glaring at my hips and even more hours cursing the stupid fashion industry and that stupid, stupid low waist look. And the assumption that women do not have curves for some reason, so all pants will fit either the hips or the waist, but never at the same time.

Luckily I went to the Milk Pail and got some fruit, so I feel a little better. Someday I will actually wake up early on a Sunday and go to one of the various farmer's markets around here.

I can hear the boy falling out of his chair with laughter at the thought of my getting up early.

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[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried Dryel? I work in the costume department of a professional theatre and we save a lot of money by cleaning costumes with Dryel. We still send it to the cleaners at the end of a run for a thorough cleaning, but for pick-me-ups in between, we find Dryel to be simple and cost-effective. Plus, oftentimes gentler than the cleaners (they've ruined a lot of our sequined costumes). There is the downside of hot-fix rhinestones sometimes coming off from being exposed to the heat, but I doubt you'd have that problem with your work clothes. ^_^ All you do is put your clothes in the bag, throw in a Dryel sheet and toss it in the dryer for about half an hour. If you take the clothes out mid tumble and hang them up right away, sometimes you can get away with not pressing or steaming them as the wrinkles just hang out. We've even been donated nasty, mildewy suits, thrown them in Dryel and had them coming out looking new.

I'm telling you, sometimes it saves your clothes. And sometimes you just need to send it to the cleaners, but in the meantime, for normal wear, it works just fine.

[oyceter]

Oh, that sounds good! Can you just get it at Wal-Mart or Target or that kind of place?

Thanks!

[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

I think so. Sometimes I even see it at the grocery store. It comes in these starter packs that include the bag, stain remover, and some Dryel sheets. Then you can buy refill sheets. It's not super cheap, but it's cheaper than drycleaning!

[anodyna.livejournal.com]

I'm posting this terribly late so I'm not sure you'll see it (we moved on the 10th and didn't have a phone line until yesterday so I'm all behind!), but if you cleaned those pants according to the tag instructions and they shrank, the store is obliged to take them back. So if the tag said "dry clean", you should be able to get a refund from Express, with or without a receipt. At least that might make the new pants-buying easier, even if the "finding" and "trying on" parts are still a pain.

(I always remember this about care labels because a few years ago Tommy Hilfiger had to pay a big fine to the government for making clothes with the wrong care on the labels--like, they said machine wash warm but if you washed them that way they shrank or ran or something. Apparently accuracy in those things is not just a courtesy by the manufacturer. Who knew?)

[oyceter]

I could send it back?? Cool!

Thanks ^_^.