Where have all the towels gone? Long time passing....

"I wish we had towels," Austin told me forlornly as he was about to get into the bath this morning.

I concurred. It's been in a while since we had any towels; both our bathrobes are now in the wash, so we've really been sent upriver, as far as bathing is concerned. I've been drying off cursorily in front of the space heaters, and getting in my clothes (pajamas lately, due to illness) still damp. I'm not sure what Austin has been doing. Whatever it is, neither way is as good as towelling off.

I'm not sure what happened to the towels. We had a lot, at first; nice towels that we inherited from my uncle a couple of years ago, and some older, thinner ones that we'd dragged with us from our respective natal homes to college and beyond. After a while, there were fewer. Then, there was one, a mid-grade white one that we passed back and forth between us from bath to bath and shower to shower. I'm pretty sure I know where that one is, actually. But it's not clean, or suitable for drying off in any way. And how can I justify a whole load of laundry for just one sad white towel?

This is my life; a life into which towels can disappear. Linens, among other things, are not easy for me, the way I suspect they are for most other people. Well, at least I've still got some magic, right? Maybe someday, I'll find that time warp that sucks all the towels out of my life, and have an incredible adventure.

In any case, the upshot is, we ordered some new towels (and hand towels and washcloths, which we never had very many of in the first place.) Big, thick, soft, luxurious, on-sale organic cotton towels, to be exact. I bet there are some people out there who would scoff at me for ordering organic towels, because I clearly think I'm so sustainable, but didn't I think about all the packaging and gas that it will take to get my dyed-with-eco-friendly-dye (teal and moss green!) towels to me. Well, to those people I say ha, because apparently they didn't think about all the packaging and gas it takes to deliver regular cotton towels to Bed Bath and Beyond, and the gas it would take me to get there. Also, Gaiam gives you the option of paying for a tree to be planted as part of your order, to offset the impact of your shipping materials. Which option I took. So there, strawman!

I am excited to dry off with a towel after a bath again. It really is the simple things.

Comments

[cheesepuppet]

I LOVE Gaiam! Nifty keen. I'll have to check into them next time we need some towels.

[Natasha]

I know, aren't they fabulous? Reading their catalogue is SO TEMPTING for me every time. They have lots of gorgeous organic cotton sheet sets, too.

[Kara]

"Maybe someday, I'll find that time warp that sucks all the towels out of my life, and have an incredible adventure." - In response to this, you should watch the Ren and Stimpy episode where they go to the land of all the world's missing left socks.