All week long I had planning to wear one particular outfit, and that outfit really depended on what day I could get my sweet and sour out of bed on time to shave my legs. In hindsight, the outfit isn't all that great. I probably wore better outfits this week, but this one I was excited about.
A while ago I bought 2 skirts at the Gap Outlet. They're theoretically the same skirt, just different colors, one black, the other a dark denim. I suppose last Sunday I should have realized that there was something flawed in this skirt.
The black skirt has a shiny lining under it to help it .... ummm... hello The Gap, I don't understand why the skirt is lined? As far as I can tell, the only thing the lining did for me was make the skirt ride up in such a way that eventually, the hem fell just above my knee, right around my shoulders. Pain in the butt!
So I throw on the sassy denim skirt, a white tshirt and a kelly green cardigan with Fair isle trim (remember, I said in hindsight it wasn't that great of an outfit...). I can also swear up and down that this is NOT the first time I've worn this skirt to work.
However, in the passing time between homeroom and 3rd period my skirt suddenly felt looser (more lose?). I had a little more breathing room in the hips, which I didn't mind. Until I got to my office and realized, holy Moses, my zipper broke.
Not just broke as in I couldn't zip it a little, broke as in my zipper was gaping wide open.
If the zipper was located in the front of the skit, and was small-ish in length, this wouldn't have been such an issue. However, the zipper was located squarely on my ample hip.
When I was student teaching, my mentor teacher told me that about once a school year he needed to make quick trip to the local Wal Mart to pick up a pair of emergency pants because he inevitably would rip a hole in his pants, or get a huge stain on them. I laughed at him and thought he was crazy.
I didn't have the luxury of going to Target in the middle of the school day to purchase a new pair of pants or skirt, because I don't have a free period until 1pm. So what's a girl to do with a giant hole in the side of her skirt?
What any thrifty, MacGyver Teacher would do, she begins to sweat profusely, curses, and then realizes that the school has a Home Ec room, which is bound to be a treasure trove of safety pins. And Treasure Trove it was.
I secured my skirt with a few safety pins, pulled my shirt down a little further, and prayed to everything good in the world that no one would notice. And they didn't.
Tomorrow, you can bet your butt that I'm arriving to school with a spare outfit. This girl's not taking any chances.
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p.s. Jess: man, I feel a TON of pressure to a) write a daily blog post and b) to make sure that each and every one of those posts are sufficiently witty. Because frankly, I never think these come out very funny (but I must admit I think my parking one is funny). I hope I don't disappoint. And, I'm not sure if I can do this daily, but I'll give it a good try. :)
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