The Sleepwear Department

Last week I decided to clean out my underwear drawer since earlier in the summer I took 25 items from my closet and went to Goodwill. Not that there is anything in my underwear drawer I would take to Goodwill.. But I did manage to put about 25 pairs of underwear in a heap on the floor that are too tiny and small for me now.

Speaking of too tiny and small, look at what I found in the bottom of the drawer:
Twenty-two years of marriage and several apartment and house moves later, I have still hung on to this. Does anyone remember when they were called a teddy?? There are other teddies that have come and gone from my drawer, but this one, although small enough to fit a 110 lb, size 2 person who doesn’t mind scratchy lace all over and a wedgie, has not been tossed out.
I realized I have kept it because it was given to me by someone at a bridal shower—it was a “Round-the-clock shower and this guest had received the bewitching hour assigned to her of 10:00 p.m. So I was given this teddy and a bottle of aspirin. Everyone hooted and hollered—it was fun.

But I started thinking about bedtime attire when I was at a store with Hubs not too long ago and we passed the sleepwear/lingerie area and I walked on by as usual. But I did touch a cute “nightie” because it looked really soft. I said, “Should I get something like this?” And he said, “Are you supposed to sleep in it?”
You can’t blame him for asking because for all these years I just wear a big shirt in the summer and those flannel lounge pants and shirt in the winter. (don’t even get me started on how much I love that outfit and it is the best thing about winter because as soon as I get home from work/done with kids’ sports I am into these clothes and have lots of them). In fact Hubs once gave me some white Jockey undershirts that he didn’t like and they sure are soft to sleep in.

But it got me thinking—uh-oh. Am I letting myself go? Should I be “caring” more about looking “better” in my sleepwear options? Is Hubs disappointed that he figured out long ago that he will get big smiles when I open a gift of striped lounge pants and soft shirt, as opposed to “tap pants and a cami” (hee-hee can’t believe I remember that term).

So I asked him. “Should I be paying more attention to what I wear at night?” He laughed. He was probably stalling trying to figure out where this was going. He reminded me that I like to be comfortable. And then he said if I wore something like I saw in the stores it probably wouldn’t stay on very long. I think that summed up that he knows I don’t like spending money on something unless it will get used—and also his way of saying we don’t need something extra. At least that’s my take on it. I’m still thinking about it. Your experience is welcome.

The full moon is coming Sunday night. It is the Full Buck Moon—named for the time of year when those young, growing male deer grow their velvety-soft horns. And it probably won't matter what is worn in the sleepwear department.