After they were done washing, I pulled out the ol' drying rack and started laying my lady garments out. This is when I began to notice just how many bum huggers I have. Of that laundry load alone I had 34 pairs of undies! And while it is looking more sparse than usual, my delicates drawer is by no means empty. After all was laid out, my curiosity took over and I had to go count the rest...
74 total!!! I own 74 bikini, hipster, thong, and boyshort styles of knickers! Plus 10 bras and 3 sports-bras*!
So now I wonder if this is average? I mean, how many happy pants does the typical lady own? This isn't exactly standard conversation material, you know, they're "unmentionables"**. 74 seems like a lot, yes, but then what would a standard number be? I mean, they all fit nicely in one dresser drawer, so it's not an obscene number of beaver covers... right?
What if I have a pretty panty purchasing problem?! I almost always peruse the Intimates section of any clothing store I go to, looking for something fun or sexy...
Well, on the bright side, I could go two months without wearing the same nether garments twice :)
*I count sports bras separately because they are not real bras; they don't lift and separate, they don't make me feel pretty and they sure as hell aren't pretty themselves not matter what color you make 'em in. Besides, as I've often said, I do not possess the running/jumping/climbing trees variety of breasts, so in my mind "sports" and "bra" just don't mesh.
**Yes, I do love the palpable irony of referring to them as "unmentionables" whilst writing an entire blog entry about them. HA!
I have a decidedly different --perfectly predictable-- banally bacheloresque bureaucracy: boxers, black. Baker's dozen.
ReplyDelete:O That's so...blah. None of mine are alike.
ReplyDeleteI have 30 pairs of underwear, 3 bras, 1 sport bras. And definitely have the variety of panties, thongs, and hip huggers.
ReplyDeleteI do throw out underwear often because sometimes when I think of how long I have had the underwear it just kinda weirds me out. On the same note, it is gross that I only have 3 bras.
And when Victoria's Secret sells all their underwear 5 for $25 or something like that, it is too ridiculously easy to buy way too much!
Well, there are the Incredible Hulk boxers from No Pants Day. I still have those.
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