For some reason over the last few years, whenever I did laundry, I would notice that yet another of my tops had a stain on it that I didn't see to pretreat prior to washing, and it would go through the dryer, setting the stain. It got to be so bad that I had only 2 or 3 shirts that didn't have some kind of spot on it. I figured that I must be doing this while working in the kitchen and so decided I wanted a full apron to wear while cooking and baking to help protect my clothes. My kids didn't want me to go out and buy one - they thought it would be a good, inexpensive gift that they could get me. But in the meantime, I was tired of messy-looking tops! The solution? When I knew I was going to be frying or using oil or something that could stain, I would change tops real quick (my bedroom is about 3 steps from the kitchen) and just wear a shirt that was already ruined. Quick and simple to change, and it definitely saved me replacing more clothing. It also saved on laundry pretreatment products - I only had to treat one shirt instead of seven! Wearing an old men's shirt that you could quickly button up or put on backwards would also work just as well.
DS did get me an apron for Mother's Day, and I use it all the time now. But in just in case, the old shirt is still in the "dirty-work" clothes pile! Head on over to www.lifeasmom.com for more Frugal Friday ideas!
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