Day 4 #100DaysOfOldDays
In 1983, skin tight jeans were fashionable. After begging my mam for two weeks, she eventually bought me a pair in Finnegans.
Not only were they tight, they were probably a size too small. I had to use the pliers to pull up the zipper.
But the legs weren’t tight enough, so I took them in with the sewing machine. Now they were perfect—until I sat down. The zipper burst.
I peeled them down my legs but they got stuck at my heels. I had to resort to the scissors! Mam never knew I butchered my new jeans.
Today’s tale is also my 99-word story challenge for Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch February 14, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about zippers. What are the zippers for? What challenges do they present to the story? Go where the prompt leads!
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That is so funny! I wanted a pencil skirt. Mom made most of my clothes and so she made me a pencil skirt. Except it was not tight enough and not short enough for the style of the day. So I got out the sewing machine and sewed it in and shortened it. She was horrified.
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Hahaha. So funny! Our poor mothers! 🙈
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Thank Goodness Mother’s haven’t really got eyes in the back of their head. Another perfect picture accompaniment.
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There were times when I believed my mother did have eyes in the back of her head! Thanks Ellen. Yes, Lucy is doing well with her drawings! 👏
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I see stories in each one. X
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Ah Glo, the skinny jeans! We poured ourselves into them 🤣. Mine were a pair of size 8 saspirellas! I used to put them on damp and have to lie on the bed to get them up ……
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No wonder we celebrated when stretch jeans were invented! 🤣
I never had Saspirellas……only the Townies had those luxuries. 🤣
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Oh, boy! What we don’t do to look ‘good.’
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