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I remember it well. Red, turtleneck, warm, comfortable. It felt good, it looked good, it was one of my favorite sweaters, EVER and I’m not ashamed to admit, back in the day, I wore that bit of clothing quite a lot and often.
It was perfect.
um. Well maybe not PERFECT, perfect. There was just one, teeny, tiny flaw with that beauty of a garment. It had a pocket on the upper, left side and I could never figure out why. It served no purpose whatsoever, that red pocket was simply THERE.
hmmm. Go figure.
So. Anyways. There I was in my amazing woolly on a Saturday afternoon. I had taken the children to a friend’s birthday party at one of those jumpy, noisy, playing places and while they were running around having the time of their little lives, I sat back and chatted with a table full of parents and oh, the fun we adults had too !! We laughed, we bonded. A super great day was had by all.
YaY
After bidding farewell to our jolly peeps, my exhausted kids, my red pocket sweater and I went home and … and ….. I noticed it first thing. Right smack dab. Bam. THE very minute I walked in the door and DUH. duh. It was soooooo obvious. How in the world could I not see such an ENORMOUS mistake until now ??!??!!!
That red pocket on my fancy, awesome sweater was not where it should be, it was, huh ?? where did it go ?? and ! GAAAA ! to my horror of horrors, I realized I had put the sweater on BACKWARDS and had worn it like that All. Day.
Yeah. The ultimate embarrassment hit me like a ton of bricks and I immediately pondered, do you think anyone noticed ??
& uhhhhh, I’m kinda, sorta pretty darn positive, THEY NOTICED
Yep. You best believe I carried around the thought of those everyone-s noticing my backwards, red pocket for a L O N G, long time. Did they ? Would they ? Are they ? theytheytheytheythey …
THEY.
But hey, no worries, I eventually got over the drama of it all and life went on
whew
& why I am exposing my red pocket faux pas on this brand new morning ?? Because yesterday, as I was traveling about a day filled with errands, wearing a most delightful jacket Dad had gifted me a Christmas or three ago, feeling fine and looking swell ?? errr. Somewhere in my hurry to get ready, I had placed that inside out wrap upon my body and walked right out that door.
yep.
Wasn’t until I was somewhere in between here and there when I realized … ooopsie. Turned my hoodie to outside in and carried on with my biz as if that life altering event hadn’t even occurred
& hmmm
Ain’t it funny how things that used to put my head into a whirl-twirl are a mere blip on the radar now that I’m older and wiser ??
yeah-huh
Very, very. VERY wiser.
🙂