You know, it just occurred to me...I bet Anne Belle decided on coats that Christmas to try and pry me loose from my sheepskin.
She hated my sheepskin. She liked things neat and tidy and, above all, structured. That coat was none of those things. Do any of you remember the Afghani or Pakistani sheepskin coats that were popular in the wake of "Dr Zhivago?" Lovely things, with embroidery around the edges, fancy clasps and clipped interiors?
This one wasn't like that. Cut the same, and from Pakistan, but plain, with no embellishments, and unsheared.
That coat was Onslow. I can almost picture it sitting up and asking for a bacon buttie!
It had started out sort of off-white, and the wool side was mostly dark brown and black. It really did smell like sheep whenever it got wet. It was a most disreputable coat. But it was warm. And I never had to worry about hanging it up--I just rolled it up and stuffed it under a seat.
If it's true that the coat gifts were her attempt to get rid of Sheep, then I did manage to out-stubborn her! Who'd'athunkit?!
Of course, she did manage to snag it and send it to the cleaners at one point, which did get rid of the smell.
I have a beautiful, extremely stylish long wool coat that smells just like a big old dog when it gets wet! Kind of ruins the effect.
ReplyDeleteI came 'so' close to getting a smimilar coat when I lived in Vancouver, Ronni
ReplyDeleteIt had all the finishing touches. Oh, that was really long ago!
I bought mine in Vancouver one year when they said it was going to be a very cold winter.
ReplyDeleteI gave it away to a friend when we moved down here from Chicago. It would see much more use there than here!
Heya! I'm responding to your comment in my journal, mainly because I'm too half-awake to go hunting my phone list. :) I am definitely going to be at the prom Saturday night. I took my dress to the cleaners today. I've been in contact with the guy organizing volunteers about ways to get in touch with GSA groups in my district (long story, hohohaha, it is to laugh so as not to cry, -what- GSA groups?) Anyhow, I'll be there at least the first shift from 7-10. :)
ReplyDeleteSee you there, then! WooHoo!
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