The beauty of being a blogger is that I have a platform to share whatever noteworthy topic that pops into my head. Sometimes, the crazy stories I come across on the inter-web or the random thoughts that pop into my mind aren’t really noteworthy at all {on their own}. They usually make me pause, laugh, or just plain roll my eyes and I go on about my day.
Have you ever wondered why many donut shops {especially in the California area} always serve up their dozens in pink boxes? In the Pacific Northwest, Voodoo Donuts are well known, and they, too, fill up pink boxes with those sugary delights! While no one is certain about the origin, the article sheds a little light on it.
According to company lore, a doughnut shop owner asked a manufacturer some four decades ago if there were any cheaper boxes available other than the standard white cardboard. They found leftover pink cardboard stock and formed a 9-by-9-by-4-inch container with four semicircle flaps to fold together. To this day, people in the business refer to the box as the “9-9-4.” And maybe that’s how the pink box was born?
Gives New Meaning to Romper Room
Sometimes I think I should venture outside of my black t-shirt wardrobe and explore different fashions, then I see something like this and think, “Nah, I’m good.” Now I’m all about wearing what makes you happy. If it’s a romper for men, then so be it. BUT every time I picture the HH in this little number, I burst out laughing. And I’m afraid I’d have the same reaction if I saw someone on the streets wearing it. I know that’s mean, but a ROMPER FOR MEN? What??!
Get Clever w/ Your Clutter
So this video has some really great organization hacks, but I just can’t get past the first one. Would anyone honestly do that with their underwear? I need to know? What would be the advantage over, say, folding them in a drawer, opening the drawer, and choosing a pair?
Howdy, Partner?!
Speaking of fashion, I present you these Detachable Jeans. Which you can buy if you are ever indecisive about whether you want to wear pants or not. If not, no worries, panties it is in 3 seconds. And since they’re only $425, you should go ahead and buy a few pairs. Hmmmmm.
And that concludes this installment of Random Goodness from Around the Web. Please make sure to leave your random responses in the comment section.
~Mavis
KAYTHEGARDENER says
I used old empty tissue boxes to separate items in my clothes drawers. Stuff & grab!!
Chris says
All I could think of when looking at the detached jeans – yuck – was the shirt the model is wearing. Back in the 70s we had shirts (bodysuits?) that snapped at the crotch. It looks like the same type of shirt. It was weird then and it’s weirder now with detached jeans.
Brianna says
I’d bet those front pockets in the jeans are tiny! They should make the legs leather like chaos and they could be motorcycle riding pants. Either way they are so impractical and I couldn’t imagine the button rubbing on my inner thigh.
Julie says
I watched the queen at 90 when it was on tv isn’t it lovely! The romper suit is hideous! I’d shoot my hubby before I would be seen with him wearing something like that. A couple of the ideas were good but apart from the coat hanger ones I’m not too sure they save time. I’m happy to dive in and pull a pair of underwear out of the drawer. The detachable jeans are also hideous and I remember the body suits too I could never get on with them yuk! I always needed the loo somewhere where the lights weren’t working properly and couldn’t get them done back up. So funny reflecting back on trying to get them refastened, had to help a friend one night to do hers, very bizarre situation, she was a little tiddly and we were probably about 18 or 19, sooo long ago.
Nancy D says
Wow! Flashback!!! In my junior high in the 1970s, girls were REQUIRED to go to the local JC Penny’s and order a P E “uniform”. It looked VERY similar to the romper only was dark red. The clerk would help you pick out a size that you would wear from 7th to 9th grade for daily P E class and everybody just purchased one. We took them home every Friday to wash them. They had snaps instead of buttons and an elastic waist. I remember everybody’s hems touched their knees the first year and then by ninth grade most were quite short! The first day of class the teacher had us write our last name and first initial on the hemline above our right knee with magic marker. Sheesh!!! I forgot how silly they looked!