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Monday, April 14, 2008

Winter Storage

This past Sunday I had the pleasure of getting together with two of my college friends. We try to get together a couple times a year, but like everything else it's much easier said than done. Somewhere amongst stories of childbirth, kids, husbands, and work, our conversation stumbled onto the subject of storage. I think it came up when discussing how hard it is to keep your house clean with little kids. (This is not to be confused with the conversation I later had with Linda's husband during which I mentioned that our room looks like a disaster zone and he triumphantly turned to Linda and said that none of their good friends have a neat bedroom.) When it did come up, we all immediately jumped in to share our woes regarding where to stuff our husband's giant gray winter coat that takes up more room than any three normal coats. Alright that last part was just me, but my friends also had coat storage issues.

Linda happen to casually mention that she gives thanks to the dry cleaner. I looked at her quizzically. She explained that she takes the coats to the dry cleaner when it gets warm and then picks them up when she needs them in the fall. She even described how people forget about things at the dry cleaner for a long time and then remember them eons later. (Sadly, I can relate.) What a fantastic idea! I could get the giant coat clean and get rid of it store it at the same time! I wouldn't have to worry about where to put any of our coats. Immediately a reality check set in: I must really be at a different place in life to get excited about dry cleaners.

The discussion moved to other subjects, but sometime during dessert I took us back to the cleaners because I just couldn't believe how clever Linda was. Clever she still is, but it turns out this is an actual program offered by many dry cleaners. At least at Linda's cleaners, it doesn't cost anything extra, so it's essentially the same thing as cleaning and forgetting to pick clothes up except that you're guaranteed they won't throw them out!

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Your dry cleaner may offer storage for your winter coats.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 8:38 PM   6 comments
6 Comments:

  • At 4/15/2008 10:22 AM, Blogger Heather said…

    How interesting. Yep, you know you've gotten different priorities when you find things like this interesting.

     

  • At 4/15/2008 11:27 AM, Blogger Jen of A2eatwrite said…

    What a cool idea. And yes, I think Heather's right. ;-) Glad you got some time with friends!

     

  • At 4/15/2008 5:50 PM, Blogger skiplovey said…

    Yep you know you've hit a certain point in your life when you're out with your friends and the topic de jour is storage. Don't get me started on our lack of storage.
    Somehow I think our dry cleaner doesn't offer this service but it'd be great if they did. Maybe it's time to find a new dry cleaner.

     

  • At 4/15/2008 7:23 PM, Blogger Ashley Winters said…

    Great idea! I think I may have left a coat at my old dry cleaner's before I moved. It was one of my favorite coats and I haven't been able to find it since I moved. I'll have to call them.

     

  • At 4/15/2008 8:03 PM, Blogger jodifur said…

    Who knew?

     

  • At 4/16/2008 6:04 AM, Blogger Goofball said…

    hahaahaaa, fantastic idea. But somehow I doubt that it would work in Belgium. ...I don't know actually.

     
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