The Cashmere Caper
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189988)
Boise, Idaho
March 15, 2016 7:03pm CST
I was looking at one of those ads that are on the Mylot pages. It was Neiman Marcus and a sale of 20% off on cashmere sweaters. Oh, my dreamer switched on. I recalled when I had a bit of money for such things back when my daughter was about five or six and I was working at the telephone company. I had splurged and bought myself a pretty rose colored cashmere sweather. I loved the thing. So comfy and soft. Well, one day I accidentally put it in the hot laundry I was doing and it shrunk down to about my daughter's size. When I found it in the wash I was crushed and so mad at myself. Ever do somethng like this?
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
16 Mar 16
I never washed cashmere. I don't often buy cashmere because I don't like going to the dry cleaners, hehe. I always read the labels now prior to purchasing. 
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Mar 16
Yes, me too and some how I got it mixed in with the other clothes.
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 16
That is what I should have done with this too.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
16 Mar 16
That is pretty that picture.
Yes I have done that ..bought a lovely suit and put it in the wash like an idiot. Ruined it.
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 16
Gad! What we do to ourselves, huh?
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
16 Mar 16
@celticeagle I know, I knew better too..I think it is my affliction that makes me do these things.
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView ....It's called having too much other stuff going on and not paying attention to what we are doing at the moment.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
16 Mar 16
The worst, and I did it recently, was to wash a red cotton sweater with other clothes so no my husband is wearing pink socks.
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Mar 16
That is great. I'm surprised you admit to that one. LOL
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
17 Mar 16
@celticeagle I admit my mistakes, why are you so surprised. Now if I happened to poison someone that I might not admit to.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Mar 16
I have never owned cashmere, but I have been to one of the Neiman Marcus stores, I can only image that was pricey. I bought one thing and it was in their bargain basement. lol
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt ...Yeah, it used to be thee place here.
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Mar 16
I don't think I have ever been to one of their stores. The sweater I bought was from the Bon Marche. They don't even exist anymore.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Mar 16
@celticeagle I hadn't heard that name in years
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 16
I am sorry but I can't get past the picture!!!
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@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Mar 16
Oh,-- put your tongue back in your head.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Mar 16
I have ruined a few tee shirts through mixing colours in machine washing episodes
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18167)
• Torrington, Connecticut
16 Mar 16
Lol one time I shrunk my favorite sweat pants and was really upset, it even burned a bit cause it was part wind breaker material
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@JESSY3236 (22287)
• United States
16 Mar 16
My mother put a blanket in the washing machine. I can't remember if it was cashmere or not. It was ruined after I took it out. I was so mad at her. My great-aunt had put some of my dry clean clothes in my washing machine when I had moved. I was mad at her for doing that. They weren't ruined, but I think they had shrunk though.
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