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catalyst2 ([personal profile] catalyst2) wrote2008-01-31 07:51 am
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So *that's* why they were so cheap!

The day before yesterday, my partner brought home some sheets that had been knocked down from AUS$145 to $35 for a King fitted set. The only colour they had left was a particularly virulent purple but a bargain's a bargain, isn't it?



After I made the bed yesterday morning but unknown to me, my partner put the new set onto the bed. When I got into bed last night in the dark, I realised that that's what must have happened because:
a) it sounded like I was sleeping between sheets of newspaper it was so noisy and
B) I itched and twitched all night because the sheets were stiffened with something that made the sheets very rough.

When I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror, my first reaction was "OMG, I HAVE THE PLAGUE!" because the side of my face was covered in big purple blotches (I think you know where this is going, don't you?). I figured that I wasn't feeling ill or anything so maybe it was just reaction to the new sheets. Then I look down - any place not covered by my pajamas is also purple! It's no reaction, just a bad dye job! I walked back out of the bathroom only to see my partner also looking purple. She also sees me and almost does the "OMG, I HAVE ....." thing but I just shake my head ruefully and point at the sheets.

It didn't come off very much in the shower, btw, so here I am at work looking like a short, fat, hairy blueberry! It is going to be a looooooooooooooooong day!
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[identity profile] leecetheartist.livejournal.com 2008-01-30 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Gee. I like purple, but not *that* much!

I guess they really mean it when they say "wash before use".

[identity profile] catalyst2.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Funny thing is, given how bright the colour was, I was going to do that this Saturday .......

[identity profile] saltygoodness24.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry for your problem, but this post totally cracked me up and made me smile!

Sheets are such a tricky thing...I always hunt down the softest sheets but it seems I'm doomed to get sheets that create those little balls or "pills" no matter if I spend $20 or $200 on them. This though, is the funniest story I've heard! I love purple too, but....ouch.

Better wash them ALONE in hot water and maybe that will be the last of the color bleeding and perhaps soften them up a bit.

[identity profile] catalyst2.livejournal.com 2008-01-31 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Now that it's a bit later in the morning, there are more people here and I can see the double take they do when they look over at me. Only one person's had the courage to ask so far!

I think the sheets were being stripped off the bed this morning even as I was leaving for work!

[identity profile] bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, that's only hilarious because it didn't happen to me. Sometimes it's worth the extra money.

[identity profile] catalyst2.livejournal.com 2008-02-01 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes a bargain turns out not to be really! By the end of yesterday, I was having fun with the look, keeping a tally of how many double takes I got from people and how many people would say anything to me about it.