November 9

Today, I am thankful for the wonderful invention of dry cleaning.

Now, if you know me at all, you know that I am not a fancy lady.  I don't wear dresses unless it is to a wedding, funeral, or event during which I am told that a dress is appropriate.  I am most comfortable in a good pair of jeans (By "good pair", let me say that I am currently addicted to The Diva from Old Navy, especially when they are on sale for $19.  What can I say, they make my butt look good... or so I have been told.).  I have recently discovered my love for blouses and their ability to instantly dress up a pair of jeans.

Before the school year started I did a little "Back-to-School" shopping, especially since A LOT of my clothes didn't fit me anymore. (GOOD Problem to have!)  I went to my usual places of Old Navy and Target and even stopped into Ross and Marshall's.  As you can tell, I am quite the big spender on clothes. (Note the sarcasm.)

I bought a BEAUTIFUL blouse from Marshall's, for way more than I would normally spend on ANY article of clothing, let alone a blouse, but I LOVED it, so I decided to bite the bullet and buy the blouse.  To my dismay, I wore the blouse and when I went to put it in the wash, I read the tag and saw the dreaded words, DRY CLEAN ONLY!  WHAT?!?!? I NEVER buy anything that is dry clean only (which is easy to do when you shop where I shop).  I literally stood in my tracks and didn't know what to do.  Sad, but true.

This weekend I wore my new favorite green green dress and may or may not have spilled a little something on it during dinner. (As I write this blog I am thinking that I may need to take some etiquette classes or How To Be a Lady classes.)  The dress didn't require dry-cleaning (again, it is from Old Navy) but since I love it so much, I wanted to be sure to get the stains taken care of properly.

Alas, to the Dry-Cleaner I went.  And, to no surprise of anyone else, it worked.  Stains, GONE.  Blouse, fresh and clean.

So, as ridiculous as this is, I am thankful for the nice people at Mr. J's Dry Cleaning. :)