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HelenDaveKids

I must confess that I had odd socks on Thursday, not even close, I can only think Dave paired them... how I didn't notice is beyond me.

I struggle with all their underwear / socks, for who owns what. There's only a year between them so the sizes and mine are all so similar. I frequently find knickers in my draw that aren't mine.

Alchemilla

I bought a load of cheap white socks and undies and dyed them in the kids fav colours so one is red one is purple one is blue. Expect your girls are too grown up for that?

HelenDaveKids

No I have a house full of teens. I wouldn't even dare buy anything without them with me as its become a waste of money, they do have very different styles so I can work out whose clothes are whose, but pants and socks are a different matter. Fortunately I have never paid any attention to labels and they are happy with primarny and matalan etc. The Jack wills type stuff rears its head every now and again.

Alchemilla

Jack Wills is cheap on ebay.

Went to Lidl to find they had changed their opening hours and were closed. Car park full of disgruntled customers.

I have the olds log basket here so I have filled it with logs and kindling and newspaper, firelighters and matches for giving back to them on wednesday when they are in their new house.

I will eat a healthy breakfast every day this week.

Watty1

What a lovely moving in gift for them

greent

Urgh re children's underwear - I have 3 boys all in grey school socks. Used to be a right pain until I discovered M&S socks have the size (and space for name) in the inside of the top band - well worth the extra money (and they hold their shape too) for the increased speed of sorting dry laundry! I do confuse DD's socks and mine sometimes, too. We also have a couple of sets of M&S undies which are identical - but hers are somewhat smaller than mine!:o:p:rotfl:

HelenDaveKids

Yeah, that's how I work out I'm in the wrong knickers some mornings, I pull them on at 5.30 in the dark and they are tighter than they need to be...

Love the name in socks idea.

Alchemilla

I did consider just scrawling names on the bottom of the socks.

earthgirl

Great idea with dying the socks..going to use that one!

Sadly nobody gets underwear muddled with mine..only massive granny pants here !

LydiaJ

greent wrote: »

Urgh re children's underwear - I have 3 boys all in grey school socks. Used to be a right pain until I discovered M&S socks have the size (and space for name) in the inside of the top band - well worth the extra money (and they hold their shape too) for the increased speed of sorting dry laundry! I do confuse DD's socks and mine sometimes, too. We also have a couple of sets of M&S undies which are identical - but hers are somewhat smaller than mine!:o:p:rotfl:

Mr T also does socks with the size in them. DD, DS and I all wear grey or black socks for work/school (on days when DD and I are wearing trousers, which is most of the time). DD wears the 4-6 ones, I wear the 7-9 ones, and DS has recently graduated from sharing the 4-6 ones with DD and is now sharing the 7-9 ones with me. I can wear the 4-6 ones quite comfortably when they are new but they shrink after a bit, so 7-9 ones continue to fit a lot longer. DD's undies mostly have a coloured edge round them, whereas mine are plain, so no confusion there.