Pajama Puzzlement

Now that autumn is just about on us and nights are, generally, a bit crisp, I’m back to wearing pajamas instead of just big sleep Ts. Here’s the thing, somehow, ALL of my jammies have become no more than rags, fit only for scrubbing the bathroom porcelain.

HOW did I not notice this before?

My treasured light cotton One Fish, Two Fish have worn clean through in places. My tie dye long johns have been put through the wash so many times, the elastic waist band’s totally shot. And I can’t even find my beloved navy-ish blue skull print pants. Did I already pitch them into the rag pile?

I haz a sad.

The only sleep suits I have left are my deep winter flannel polar bears. Love them but they’re too damn warm for all but the most frozen weather. What to do?

I had, mega unexpectedly, found my skulls and Seuss-wear at Sears. I think of that place as having nothing but ultra conservative, mainstream togs. If you dig though, it’s possible to find a bit ‘o’ gold (cheap gold too!). NOT yesterday though. They didn’t even have Lego themed sleepwear.

While at the mall we tried a few other shops – Primark, Target and Newbury Comics (where I'd hoped to find some Aerosmith or Led Zeppelin jams – no luck). Target had LOADS of really colorful, fun stuff – dinosaurs! flying slices of ‘za! Star Wars! (but, weirdly, only imperial stormtroopers. those are the bad guys. WHY would I wear bad guys to sleepy-bye?)

WANT!

Sadly, these PJs only came in little boy sizes. Which of course gets me back to my big, major complaint regarding bed fashion. WHY are the selections for girls and women restricted, with frighteningly minuscule exception, to pastel rainbows, soft floral prints and puppies or kittens? We're taught, from the very cradle, to be soft, passive and dull!

I’d found One Fish, Two Fish and my skulls in the men’s section at Sears. Yesterday’s choices, however, were limited to plaids, Red Sox and stripes. ZZZZZZZZZZ and ‘the fuck? Don’t adults want – no NEED – fun jams too? Yes. Yes we do. THIS adult, right here, right now, is in serious big need!

Ummmm. If you hadn’t already noticed, this is a prime example of a big time First World Donna-specific problem.

I prefer to buy clothing live and in person so’s I can feel the fabrics but I’m a desperate babe. I went online. I found a whole bunch of skull and sugar skull jammies but none that tripped my trigger. I found Dr. Seuss nighttime wear BUT mostly for rugrats and the adult sizes, were just Grinch/Christmas themed. Ah, no. Why no Horton, Yertle or Thing One, Thing Two adult PJs?

Eventually I managed to find some tie dye jams and some dragonflies. I don’t need more BUT Imma keep an eye out for more interesting Seuss and sugar skull jams. Dammit.