Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are…
Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect Tomorrow.
One day I shall dig my nails into the earth,
or bury my face in my pillow,
or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky
and want, more than all the world, your return.
- Mary Jean Iron
Are You Sure It's Not Monday???
Mark
redid our bathroom this weekend. Go him! (I'm holding off telling him
I don't like the paint or wallpaper we picked out. Kind, no?)
Anywho. In an effort to make the bathroom all sparkling! and
wonderful! and you will like it, he about killed himself to do it
darnit! I ordered new towels and mats from Kohls. I splurged. Vera
Wang, top of the line. I researched the best way to wash new towels so
they wouldn't just move the water around on our bodies but might
actually dry us off. (I soaked them in hot water, washed them twice.
Rinsed them with vinegar. Rinsed them with baking soda.) I worked
hard. For hours. Okay, not as hard as if I was using a washboard by
the creek, but you get the picture. The towels say do not dry on high
(what the heck??), so I didn't. Hours again. I started at 6:30 this
morning and I just pulled them out of the dryer, excited to put them in
our sparkling clean, new bathroom with the paint color that's not quite
right and the wallpaper that who the heck picked that out because I
do.not.like.it.at.all.
The towels? Streaky. The color faded
in random bits and pieces so the brand new, expensive towels look like
s***. (sorry, I'm trying, but this is really getting to me.)
I think I'm going to cry now...
2 comments:
Return the towels. Return them. NOW.
The receipt will show they are not old enough to look like crap.
And I have had the same frustration--we bought new kitchen towels (thankfully) that I loved b/c they were so fluffy but they do not dry AT ALL. I hate them. The point of a towel is to dry things, not look nice. So I'm back to the cheapies that, you know, do their job.
As to the wallpaper and paint...wait and see. I always have remodeler's remorse. Always. After a time I get used to it and remind myself: it looks better than the old way or we wouldn't have changed it.
Hang in there. You might like the paint eventually. We wanted a celery-sagey living room and thought we had it but surprise! Apple green. I used to be mad every time I looked in the living room but now I think, I'm glad I have the brighter color because with the way the light hits (and doesn't), that would have been too dark. It's still not the one I wanted but I am at peace with it. Hoping you get there too.
Meanwhile--RETURN THE TOWELS NOW. You will feel better. Promise.
I agree: RETURN THE TOWELS. You paid good money for them, and they shouldn't have streaked. Period.
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