This past Saturday was D&D day... the first one since I started back on watching my food intake. Naturally, such sessions are filled with snacks. But I counted every gram of fat, every calorie... and y'know what? It was actually possible to snack and not go over my "points."
I got no nutrition, of course, but still...
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About ten years ago, I made a drastic change in my underwear selection. I switched from tighty-whities to boxer briefs. I tried a wide variety of brands, back then, and one particular brand was, without question, the best pair for me. (Jockey, if you must know... and I know you were gonna ask.) They have a lot of Lycra in them, and I like that. They also go about halfway down the thigh, and I like that, too. I like how the fly opens horizontally instead of vertically. I like how they cradle my…
Anyway… The only thing I don’t like about them is the price.
Department stores around here (the few that carry them) generally price them at $14 a pair. That’s rather outrageous, but the truth is, if you’re not happy with your underpants, you’re just not truly happy.
Nevertheless, this past weekend, when I went on a sock and underwear buying venture, I thought about my bills more than my balls. And I didn’t buy them.
Instead, I bought a 4-pack of Hanes boxer briefs for something like $8.50. And boy, do they suck. As the name would imply, boxer briefs should be long (as are boxers) and form-fitting (as are briefs). These were neither.
Oh, these new ones were longer than regular briefs, but they’d make awfully short boxers. And they are not form-fitting in any way. With boxer briefs, air should not be able to make the legs flap while you’re wearing them. And yet, these do. (It's like with socks... they shouldn't fall down around your ankles when you walk... though Jockey's do.)
So, while I may have saved nearly fifty bucks by buying four pairs of Hanes instead of Jockeys, I look at it as wasting nearly ten, because the only way I’m ever going to wear these things again is if all the Jockeys are in the dirty clothes basket. And I’m not gonna let that be the case.
On the other hand, I took StalkerChick’s words to heart and bought a bunch of new socks. And then I purged about half my drawer, because although I have a lot of socks, many of them I never wore, simply because they were uncomfortable.
I'll bet I've made a homeless person quite happy.
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