And now for a word about dry cleaning
I just spent $14.40 to have 3 blouses dry cleaned. Somebody stop me.
First of all, one of them was a fancy blouse I wore to 2 weddings with "things" on it that needed to be wrapped extensively before cleaning or they would rip the shirt apart, so I thought it best to leave that to an expert.
The other was a rayon twinset. Rayon - don't get me started. It looks great, it feels heavenly, but you pay for it the rest of your life. For quite a while, I felt I was going to "home dry clean it" and then I was going to hand wash it. Then, since I was already taking the other blouse to the dry cleaners, I figured, go for it.
I hate paying for dry cleaning. It's like paying rental on clothes you already bought. I figure $2/shirt or sweater should be good enough. But over $4 - just extortion.
Fudge has blogged extensively on dry cleaning, so I will leave the verities to her. I just wanted to blow off some steam.
Also, I don't want to buy another thing that is dry clean only, (excepting coats) If I can't tumble it dry, it isn't coming home with me. That goes for anything that is 100% cotton as well. You buy it, you iron it. Rayon is out. It's polyester from here on out. And by the way, the younger boys suit pants go in the washing machine and dryer just fine, have for years.
Dry cleaning, the worlds second oldest profession.
First of all, one of them was a fancy blouse I wore to 2 weddings with "things" on it that needed to be wrapped extensively before cleaning or they would rip the shirt apart, so I thought it best to leave that to an expert.
The other was a rayon twinset. Rayon - don't get me started. It looks great, it feels heavenly, but you pay for it the rest of your life. For quite a while, I felt I was going to "home dry clean it" and then I was going to hand wash it. Then, since I was already taking the other blouse to the dry cleaners, I figured, go for it.
I hate paying for dry cleaning. It's like paying rental on clothes you already bought. I figure $2/shirt or sweater should be good enough. But over $4 - just extortion.
Fudge has blogged extensively on dry cleaning, so I will leave the verities to her. I just wanted to blow off some steam.
Also, I don't want to buy another thing that is dry clean only, (excepting coats) If I can't tumble it dry, it isn't coming home with me. That goes for anything that is 100% cotton as well. You buy it, you iron it. Rayon is out. It's polyester from here on out. And by the way, the younger boys suit pants go in the washing machine and dryer just fine, have for years.
Dry cleaning, the worlds second oldest profession.
posted by Mrs. Balabusta @ 3:52 PM
7 Comments:
At 7:03 AM,
Eli said…
My mother's motto:
"If it needs ironing don't buy it"
At 11:00 PM,
Allan said…
I have a variation on this ... if it won't go in the dishwasher, don't buy it/cook with it/use it at the table ...
At 12:36 AM,
Shira Salamone said…
Quick, post a comment before the next Yom Tov! :)
Here's the gantze megillah:
She shows me a blouse with metallic decorations that she says she bought for a wedding, and tells me what she thinks her other half might write if he posts about the blouse on his blog. "The first line will be 'I married a Klingon,' and the last line will be 'Live long and prosper.'" Then she hops into the driver's seat of the family van and drives off into the early-Friday-afternoon sun, leaving me standing there with a grin as wide as Queens Boulevard. :)
Moadim l'simcha.
At 8:50 AM,
PsychoToddler said…
It's more borg.
Did I say that?
At 2:57 PM,
Ocean Guy said…
At one time I owned a Dry Cleaning Business...
I won't bore you with the reasons why Dry Cleaning today is actually a bargain, but I'll refer you to an incident that might make you look at the business from a different perspective...
At 11:34 PM,
SephardiLady said…
No dry cleaning for me. However, much of what is marked dry clean only is actually completely washable. Back when I wore ladies suits almost daily, I used to put them in the Hand Wash cycle in my nice washer and hang them to dry. I didn't spend a penny on dry cleaning and my suits still look great (although they now look great on a hanger, rather than on me). Just a note: the suits were not wool. But, I have washed my nice wool skirt in the delicates cycle too with some woolite.
At 8:38 PM,
Mrs. Balabusta said…
You can wash rayon, but it doesn't come out as nice, and after a few times it really shows.
I had two wool skirts that were self lined that my boys washed in warm water and then -wait for it- put in a hot dryer.
Let's just say they came out a shadow of their former sizes.
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