G, my daughter-in-law, must have noticed my pieces of tatters when my husband spent our vacation in son #2’s home last summer. Whether she was aghast or amused, she didn’t show it. But the next thing I knew, she bought me the most beautiful pajama set.
“Oooh,” I gushed. “These are for office wear, not for snoring!”
She laughed, "Nooo."
“Watch me,” I threatened her.
It was the opposite of shabby, but surprisingly, it was oh-so-comfortable.
When we got back home, I had my beautiful PJ’s washed and ironed, and on the first day of class, I wore it to school with my blazer. But first, I requested Tony to take my photo wearing my OOTD and sent it to G via Messenger.
In school, my co-teachers (the ladies) cooed:
“Your outfit is sooo cool.”
“You're glam personified, Grace.”
“America has done you good. You look better than ever!”
My students (the girls) babbled and burbled:
“Miss, you look so fashionable.”
“Wow, Miss, love your OOTD!”
G messaged me after receiving my photo. “Oh, gosh, you were right, Mommy, it doesn’t look like sleepwear at all.”
I’ll let you in on a secret. This is not the first time I did this. Once I saw a housedress (duster, we call it in the Philippines) with graphic paisley prints. It was so dirt cheap I bought it without thinking. The next week, I wore it to school beneath my blazer. It was the most comfortable dress I ever had and I felt like a million dollars.
But what do you know? I googled “sleepwear as office wear” and found hundreds of photos!
And I thought I was unique.
Well, as Margaret Wolfe Hungerford said in her book Molly Bawn (1878), “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Good for you! My pantulogs really look like super worn out sleepwear. I don't know why I'm so attached to/with them. (7 years and counting!) 😊
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