How to become a grown-up in 468 easy(ish) steps.

Step 120: If your tights develop a run, throw them away immediately

Here is a scene I’ve reenacted maybe 7,000 times so far in my life: I will notice a little run in my tights, feel annoyed, get home … and then put the tights in the laundry. Like somehow the laundry basket’s magical darning elves will appear and these tights will become as new. And then the next time I’m rooting around in the tights drawer, I don’t see the run and put on the tights, get annoyed, take them off, put them back in the drawer and resume rooting.

The flaw in this plan is so obvious, and yet I do it again and again, even though there is not a single thing in the world that can make those tights whole.

So new rule: if my tights have a run, they get taken off at the first available opportunity and thrown away. We are DONE, tights. A run is a dealbreaker for you and I. Your next home is the garbage can … or perhaps a supporting role in some sort of Amy Sedaris-style craft. But that’s it!

(image specifically chosen in the hopes that my beloved Meredith will provide a caption, as those are her very favorite colors)

16th Dec 2011 18 notes , Comments
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  1. meemeemo reblogged this from leishaelaine and added:
    SERIOUS! I never do this!
  2. leishaelaine reblogged this from adulting and added:
    Reblogging to remind myself!
  3. derekhalebale reblogged this from adulting
  4. thecadaver said: If you’re running low on tights and money, you can cut off the ruined leg on a second ruined, matching pairs of tights, and wear the two pairs of one legged tights as if they were a normal pair.
  5. letsgetfuad said: If the run hasn’t gone all the way down the leg, I like to cut them off at the knee and use them as knee socks to add some color to my outfits.
  6. tessshebaylo said: Okay okay fine, I admit it — I FAIL AT THIS. Miserably.
  7. mrsbeaverhausen said: I do keep a spare pair of black tights in my office desk. I also keep a black sharpie in my purse and desk in case of a snag. I’m not above coloring in my leg mid-day in a pinch.
  8. unleashthemeesh said: *unless you play roller derby because then runs are perfectly acceptable*
  9. adulting posted this