Socks is a weird word, right?
Say it five times fast.
Socks, socks, socks, socks, socks…
Today my boss is wearing Santa Claus socks.
He’s super annoyed with me right now, and he won’t even let me take a picture of them. But don’t worry! I totally found them online.
Are those? Are those Santas on your socks?
Yes. Why?
Are you in a giving mood today?
No, I’m wearing them because our sock pile is huge, and I can never find matching socks. But these socks are easy to match up, so I seem to always be wearing them.
You have a sock problem. We used to have a sock problem. And then I fixed it.
Why are we talking about socks?
Because you have Santas on your feet.
If you have a giant sock pile, here is what you need to do:
1. Throw all of your socks away.
2. Start over.
3. From this day forward, you will buy socks that are all the same.
I threw all of Shaun’s socks away, and now he gets bags of socks that are all the same.
Hanes makes black socks, and he wears those ones to work. Hanes also makes white athletic socks, and he wears those when he’s not at work. Finally, Hanes makes the ankle kind of socks, and he wears those when he’s golfing.
When one sock gets a hole in the big toe, I throw that one sock away. And when he needs more socks, I go buy more bags of the same kind of socks.
All of the socks match. BOOM. I am a domestic diva.
[read: that's a lie, and this is basically the only domestic thing I will ever share with you]
I hardly ever wear socks. So I don’t have this issue. I think it’s a man-thing.
You’re welcome, Boss Man. You’re welcome, Internet.
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As usual you are the voice of reason. I for one would not wear Santa socks at any point in the year much less in August. I have pride. That being said I have eleventy dozen pairs of dark socks and none of them are exactly the same so I’m liking your idea. I know my wife would be all in favor of that.
I did this same thing. We had a HUGE bag of unmatched socks. Every day I’d search through it for matching socks for my kids and husband. Forget that! I hate socks.
But you do this with clothes, too. Laundry, Scmaundry- let’s just buy new clothes. Not practical, Meredith, just ask Charolette! Also, tell your boss that all the rage are mismatched socks- they even sell them like that in the stores now.
I have the big huge laundry basket of socks. I am totally throwing those bitches away and going shopping after work! Best idea ever!
We do this with all the same sock thing. Our socks are still in a big pile.
Excellent idea! Now if I could figure out a way to do that with my clothes…
I did that too. Makes my life much easier that all of the husbands sock look the same, so what if he looks like an old man. :0)
Semi-true. She throws them out, but forgets to replenish. I have two pairs of work socks.
Dude,
They sell socks in LOTS and LOTS of stores. You seem like a bright enough guy. I think you can solve this “problem” pretty easily on your own…..
Dude,
Why is it on me to replace the socks if I am not the one throwing them away?
I find it interesting that Meredith does not wear socks, but is the only person who can buy them.
LOL – I had the same thought. How is this HER problem??????? I don’t get it.
Make your kids sort the socks. They think it’s fun. It teaches domestic AND matching skills. You don’t have to do it. BOOM. Done. Parenting and laundry win.
You should consider renting your kids out if they enjoy doing the laundry! Make a little pocket change from their helpfulness before it fades
Excellent idea. We could corner the sock-folding market. What do you think is an appropriate cut for me?
I do the complete opposite…three boys, two who wear tge same size. I MUST buy completely different colors and brands. My youngest.is 12 & likes a little socsonality so he gets pattern low socks.
I ONLY wear patterned knee socks, I never have a problem matching my socks…..but I do not wear any socks in summer….so I must admit to having at least 10 pairs of Christmas related knee socks!!
We do that same sock trick in our house too! Great minds think alike!
This works great for my hubby and son, but our teenage daughter mismatches her socks on purpose:)
Same thing in my sock drawer….all black gold toe or all tan gold toe or the white ankle socks only by hanes and they need to come from the boys section. Im a grown man with size 8.5 feet, a boys size large fits perfect with the heel where it belongs and not all up above my achillies.
This is great except for one thing. We have five kids, dude. Shawn and Liam and Shawn Micheal all wear the same kinds of socks and they are forever fighting over who took whose socks. I hardly ever wear them but when I do, I can never find them because my girls steal all of mine. And they steal each others. Winter sock fights in our house have been known to be epic. AND, because the kids are all in double digits now and most of them are teenagers, we all have similarly sized feet, just adding to the confusion.
I’ve tried getting everyone the same, and they still claim that certain socks are “theirs”.
Next time this sock fight happens (I’m guessing shortly after they all go back to school) you need to drive up to Ontario and come and drink wine with me until I don’t care about the damn socks anymore, Kay??
P.S. I still think you’re awesome. And have gorgeous hair.
Five kids is too many. That would be reason enough for me to drink.
True story. I like to tell them that three of them were accidents but I won’t say which three. LOL!!
I just wear mismatched socks, and put socks of Andy’s that I can’t find matches for back in the drawer by themselves, for absolute lack of any idea what else to do with them. Don’t even care who sees, if anyone. I’m hardcore rebellious.
Ha, tights and hosiery is the way forward, we don’t have this problem.