Wrinkles Happen
Flying into the bathroom to fluff-my-hair,
I shimmy up to the sink glancing at my reflection. Suddenly I see wrinkles and scream, “What the
H-E-double-L happened?”
Whoa.
Slow down. Let’s hit pause for a second. I need to make sure we are all on the
same page. Just so you know, I’m referring to my wrinkled t-shirt, not my
perfectly smooth un-lined 50+ skin. (PL-ease.) Now back to the wrinkled t-shirt
dilemma.
When I grab a mildly wrinkled shirt to
slip-on, my first reaction is to analyze the situation. Will the wrinkles in this
top naturally fall-out as the day goes on? On the other hand, could the heat
that radiates from my body during a ‘hot-flash’ possibly steam these
unattractive creases out within…the next hour? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, I’ll
simply fluff-da-hair and be out-da-door.
On the other hand, if my wrinkled t-shirt
looks like I actually slept in it, no hot-flashing-steam is going to save it,
and I’ll have to go to ‘Plan B’.
Now
Plan B could be hauling out the dangerous iron and pulling out the
old-fashioned ironing board that’s tightly tucked behind the pantry door next
to the hot water tank, but ugh, that’s just a total pain in the rear-end. Or, I
could put a towel on the countertop to use as the ironing board; then again,
I’d have to clear off counter space. (Actually, I have a deep-rooted fear of
accidentally leaving the iron plugged in, the house catches fire, killing my
animals, and ultimately leaving me depressed & destitute.)
A few years back before I went green, my ‘Plan B’ would have been
tossing the crumpled shirt into the clothes-dryer and tumbling the little
buggers out. However, that is not the ‘energy efficient’ thing to do in 2012 and
to be honest; I don’t own a dryer. To dry my clothes I simply hang them outside
in the hot-southern sun where they dry in fifteen minutes. (I love that
fresh-air dried smell, don’t you?)
Okay, this is my super-star ‘Plan
B’. I shoot any offensive wrinkles
(clothes not face) with the hot air from a hairdryer and watch the crinkles
magically disappear. I feel that this is
the perfect solution when you’re at home or if you’re traveling. However, if a
wrinkle is stubborn or you have those bumps on your shirt shoulders from the
hanger, pat the obnoxious area with wet hands to dampen, and then blast that
sucker with hot air until it vanishes.
Hey did you know that your old-fashioned
iron carries the warning label: Do not
iron clothes on body. Now with my handy dandy hairdryer-wrinkle-removal-system, you get to keep your clothes on,
and after you’ve left the house, you don’t have to stress about the house
burning down from that stupid iron.
Trust me, the
hairdryer-wrinkle-removal-system is fast and works like a charm…so all you have
to do is Fluff-da-Hair and Go!
