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Friday, October 17, 2008

Creative, or Just Plain Cheap?


Of all the expenses that college students have to pay, I think laundry outweighs them all. I just can't afford to do it anymore. So, after being ripped off by the broken clothes drier and then taking a look at my rapidly depleting treasury, I decided to take laundry into my own hands.... well, the drying portion of my laundry anyway(The chocolate river is no place to wash clothes, so I still have to pay to use our dorm's laundry facility). The result: an article of clothing hangs on every hangeable space on my side of room. I always wondered when that string would come in handy.

Resulting Story:
Clothes take a very long time to air dry so I have been very limited in my dress options. Today for instance, not having any socks, I wore some tan water sandals. Since I have no dry jeans, I wore blue basketball shorts. On top, I had a red shirt, and since it's cold outside (and inside) I had on my old faded flight jacket. The ensemble, I'm sure, is a hideous fashion No-No, besides the fact that shorts and sandals do little to keep me warm.
This evening we were walking with our friend Wendy in the chilly night air. Wendy, upon seeing me shiver with cold, said, "Well, what did you expect? You're wearing sandals!" I replied, "That's because I have no socks!" Suddenly Wendy burst out laughing. She realized that I was dressed this way because I had to. Apparently she thought my appearance was goofy because I had no fashion sense. It was really funny.

P.S. What's funnier is that I don't have any fashion sense. I would probably dress like this anyway, on a warmer day mind you.

3 comments:

  1. Tanner! haha you make laugh so much. I love your creative/cheapness! It is so amazingly funny. I loved the little story you told at the end about wendy and you guys walking. I wish I was there too! :0(

    I love you!

    p.s. I love you too Bryan!

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  2. Our whole dorm room is turning into a network of clothes lines (not that there's anything wrong with that).

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  3. Our dryers don't work well either so our apartment is covered in clothes too. You have a lot more hangable space than I do though. Lucky. Maybe I should invest in a clothesline....

    Hope you guys are having a lot of fun :)

    ~Bridgit

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