<p>EK, the red flocked tux has to win the prize!</p>
<p>I actually bought a GF grill on purpose; less than 20$ and useful for grilling small amounts of meat. I stick it in the sink and wash it under that tap. It says “don’t submerge”, so I don’t, but I do run water on it, and I figure if I ruin it, it will be cheap to replace.
On to the other categories…
Worst present (from DHubby), A teeshirt that said “Shut up and Dance”, given to me just after I had torn cartilege (spelling?) in my knee…thus forcing me to quit my dancing career. (T-shirt ended up in the trash can)
Worst outfit: (So many to choose from…) I’d have to say homemade smock top made out of blue cotton with red checked short sleeves and patch pockets, billowy to add girth to one’s stomach, matched with hip-hugger striped red, white and blue bell-bottom pants. But wait, maybe it was the shiny, cobalt blue stretchy long-sleeve one-piece polyester bell-bottom pantsuit with the huge zipper with big metal ring pull, which stretched from neck to crotch… :eek:</p>
<p>anxiousmom:</p>
<p>LOL! loved your description of the cobalt blue jumpsuit. That must have been a doosie! </p>
<p>I think almost anything from the 80’s is just horrid. Especially shoulder pads–ugh. </p>
<p>Okay, the worst thing I ever wore in the late 80s / early 90s was hunter green stretch stirrup pants. But wait I had black, burgundy, cream, navy and plaid! Plaid stretch stirrup pants! I even bought a pair for my then three year old but she had enough sense to absolutely refuse to wear them. LOL</p>
<p>What about the 70s–I had a pair of burnt orange wide bell bottoms which I wore with boy’s plaid shirts from Sears. It was not until much later that I realized it wasn’t all that attractive of an outfit. My older sister wore super long false eyelashes as did all of her friends in HS! They can’t believe now they wore such things.</p>
<p>Well, although I was the first to respond to EK’s challenge re Worst Outfit, I am ready to fold up my tent (tent dress, anyone?) to the recent entries. Burnt orange bell bottoms? Hip hugger striped red-white-and blue bellbottoms?? Stretch polyester cobalt jumpsuit with pull ring??? Plaid stirrup pants???</p>
<p>So many ensembles, so little time.</p>
<p>I forgot how ridiculous women looked with those long fake eyelashes! Who were the designers for some of these clothes? LOL. I had pants that were similar to the red flocked tuxedo on white cloth backround. I wore them twice, but in the summer in Florida. They were a little different, but okay (H might of had a different opinion was smart enough to “shut up and dance”, okay, maybe not dance, but smart enough to shut up at the time). Oh, and that flocked number, well, I could have bought a jean jacket just like it to match, but I am happy to report that I never purchased the jean jacket!</p>
<p>My mom crocheted me those <em>lovely</em> long vest things that tied at the boobs and hung down to your butt. You know- they had open and crocheted squares. I had them in navy, maroon, off white and god know wht else. I dint pay for them, but my mom bought a lot of yrn.</p>
<p>For me, its presents and purchases that actually turned out better than expected.</p>
<p>A number of years ago, my sister gave me an electric cork puller. I thought it was stupid, but have used it to open every bottle of wine at home for the past 20+ years.</p>
<p>I bought a pair of gold platform boots at Nordstrom’s rack about 10 years ago. They were originally $150, but I paid about $20. I have worn them for parties, Halloween, you name it. They were a great investment.</p>
<p>My loser purchase, was the bike rack for my Subaru. It is the dealer model and doesn’t hold my bike.</p>
<p>worst decorating blunder: back when “southwestern” colors were “in” (when was that??) I wanted to paint my dining room a soft turquoise. I spent a great deal of time looking at paint chips (it was probably all of 12 minutes), bought the paint and did the entire room. Now all it needed was about 16,000 gallons of water and a diving board! LOL</p>
<p>The next day we painted the room off-white.</p>
<p>Good one, speech529. LOL.</p>
<p>This thread has me laughing out loud. I woke up the dog.</p>
<p>Anxiousmom, Have you ever seen the movie Muriel’s Wedding? There’s a wildly funny scene involving a zipper mixup involving a get up very much like yours.</p>
<p>Don’t even start on room colors. We once chose a terra-cotta for our dining room that was like being inside the digestive track. Appropriate but not appetising.</p>
<p>Don’t feel badly about paint colors. I have wasted plenty of paint! I have been looking at tile for my bathroom. Did you know that people are putting in subway tile? I looked at it online. I cannot imagine wanting my bathroom to look like a subway station. This is one mistake that I won’t make! Who wants their bathroom to be “Grand Central Station”? LOL.</p>
<p>This is such a funny thread…</p>
<p>I got the giggles the other day trying to describe to my daughter the “grown up suit” I was so thrilled to own as a h.s. senior. Plaid, straight skirt (short and therefore hobbling), horrible nubby “modern” textured knit of some kind. Accessorized by a clip-on bow worn on the back of the head (turquoise to go with he plaid, turquoise, white fabric–and “stacked” heels…Also had in the same phase a coat made of some horrible plastic texture material with a (now gross) fake fur collar. And I thought I looked so “adult” …Thank god the hippie era arrived once I got to college.</p>