Pyjamas in public.

[Jonathan]

Larry wrote: "Last night I went outside and saw an elephant in my pajamas."

How did the elephant fit in your pajamas?

[Félix]

I'll never know.

[Jammies]

Here you go, Sallers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananas_...

Stacia and Myles, thank you for making me feel less geezerish.

[Phil]

RandomAnthony wrote: "I thought of this thread yesterday in the library, where a girl in her twenties wearing pajama pants that, ahem, did not cover all of her skin. I wanted to cover my twelve year old's eyes. "

I could understand if the top were exposing skin, but the bottoms? Was there buttcrack in the equation?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm guessing a tramp stamp.

[RandomAnthony]

A buttcrack and a ton of lower back, but no tramp stamp. She was kind of in an open area leaning down to look at a lower shelf of videos when we walked into the library. Good morning!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

And your son's reaction was...?

(In her defense, buttcrack is sometimes unintentional. Clothing designers are to blame, often.)

[RandomAnthony]

That's fair enough. She seemed normal enough. My son wanted to go directly to the new video shelf and didn't appear to notice.

[[deleted user]]

Sally wrote: "Jammies wrote: "I can't believe this thread has gotten to 108 posts with no mention of Bananas in Pyjamas."


Huh?"

Banana's in pyjama's is an Australian thingy. Leigh will love them. I'm glad our culture is having some influence on your kids. :D

[Sally, la reina]

Jammies is Australian too?!?!?!? Whaaaa! *tilts*

[[deleted user]]

Maybe she is. She spelt pyjamas correctly.

[Félix]

My spellcheck says it's wrongo, drongo.

[Sally, la reina]

So are you just starting your Monday now Gail?

[[deleted user]]

Ahhhh yeah, it's 2pm on Monday.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking B1?"

[Sally, la reina]

"time for a martini?"

[Sally, la reina]

I don't really know what B2 would reply. Maybe I should read further on that wikipedia link before snagging the picture, eh?


(is that the right way to use an eh?, Barb?)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Gail "cyborg" wrote: "Ahhhh yeah, it's 2pm on Monday.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking B1?""

Oohhh, I am so glad it's not 2 p.m. Monday where I am.

[Sally, la reina]

Cheers to that.

[[deleted user]]

Oh well, I am 1/2 a day closer to having 10 days off.

[Sally, la reina]

True dat.


Lets talk general pyjamas now. I don't wear them in public but I do enjoy putting them on a few hours before bedtime. This is a new, post becoming a mom/old/fat thing that I think is related to the fact that a lot of my pants chafe me around the hips so it is a glory to take them off and put on something with an elastic waistband.
But enough about that.
What kind of pyjamas do you wear?
Do you wear the same sort/style night after night?

Men, do you wear full on matching tops and bottoms?
Ladies, do you actually wear nightgowns?

How many fellow TCers have slippers on their feet?

Does anyone have more than one robe? If so, why?

[Félix]

I have one robe that I got on a Celebrity cruise to Alaska about 11 years ago. It's a thick, cotton, terry cloth.

[Sally, la reina]

You're not supposed to take those! That's why there was no robe for me when I went on a Celebrity cruise 9 years ago.

*weeps*

[Félix]

No we had a suite that included the robe. The travel agent gave it to us. I was rich then.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

My winter pajamas are a medium purple polartec type fabric with celery green piping. They are very comfortable. If the bedroom is warm enough, though, I prefer to sleep in a t-shirt. I don't like having swaths of fabric enveloping my body. I need to move freely. I have a pair of Black Watch plaid flannel pajamas which I don't wear because they're not warm enough and the elastic in the waistband is itchy. I have cotton pajama bottoms I can wear if I have guests who don't need to see me in underwear. I think I have a summer pair of short pajamas somewhere. I don't have a robe - I just transition smoothly from towels to clothing.

[Sally, la reina]

I can see that part of the no robing; the only time I need a robe is after a bath when I'm all hot and sleepy. I do like a good robe hour or so in the morning while the coffee makes its way into my blood and into my brain. Then I can start to think about other clothes.

[Félix]

Can't beat a robe on a cold Nebraska morn.

[[deleted user]]

I wear bright orange and pink flannel pyjamas in winter. They have "Dancing Queen" printed on the front with a picture of a hippo in a tutu. They were a gift from my kids. I have a robe but it is rarely necessary.

[Félix]

Ah, Sydney.

[Phil]

Lobstergirl wrote: "My winter pajamas are a medium purple polartec type fabric with celery green piping. They are very comfortable. If the bedroom is warm enough, though, I prefer to sleep in a t-shirt. I don't lik..."

Don't the rabbits nibble at the celery?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The rabbits in bed with me? No.

[Félix]

Bunny poop in the sheets is not cool.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

It's warm, then it cools.

[janine]

i buy my pyjama bottoms at america today, they have the best cotton bottoms, and i pair them with whatever fits the weather best.

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i have those blue and purple ones.

[Jammies]

Jammies is not Australian, but spelled "pyjamas" the way the Bananas do.

I have six different terry cloth robes, all very thick and plush and in different colors. I'm with Sallers on liking a post-shower robe hour for coffee in the morning. I sleep in either cotton jersey pjs or cotton jersey nightshirts, depending on how cold it is.

[Sally, la reina]

Sallers is wearing her robe right this very minute.

[Heidi]

I like white cotton nightgowns, a good quality white cotton - and I esp. love the embellishments (embroidery, puckering, leeettle pearl buttons, narrow lace trim, satin ribbon, etc) that make it seem luxurious and feminine. Unfortunately, a good one (that's affordable) is hard to find, especially outside of the summertime and ones that don't look like something my grandmother would wear (i.e. it's not a muu muu - it's fitted).

Kinda like this:

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Or this:



Or even this:



Gilligan & O'Malley (a Target brand) used to make them and they were usually under $30. I haven't seen any for a long time, though. And when they do make them, they're not the white ones they used to make. The one that I adored the most was one I purchased off the sale rack at Crabtree & Evelyn about 15 years ago - it was full length, 1 in straps on the shoulder that criss-crossed across the back, had a little pearl button clasp below the strap line on the low back and a plunging neckline in the front that was sort of a 40s style cut. It was so sweet and feminine... and sexy, too. And HOOMG, so soft.

Instead, I find myself settling for this:

Nick & Nora jammies

: /

[RandomAnthony]

I love my pajama pants. I'm wearing them right now. There are few feelings as good as putting on your pajama pants when you get home. I also tend to wear an oversized t-shirt (a Chicago White Sox one right now) with them. And no socks. I can't sleep wearing socks. I have a flannel robe, too, which I don't wear often.

[Sally, la reina]

Are you ready for bed now RA? What time do you go down these days? Up at 3 am even during break?

[Stacia (the 2010 club)]

That second nightgown would be even more adorable if it was shortened to at least a couple of inches above the knee.

[RandomAnthony]

I have to take my wife to pick up her car from the shop (whoo-hoo! Only seventy-five bucks, when we thought it might be a new transmission!) in a couple minutes, and I'm not feeling all that great, so I'll probably read Franzen in bed at about 6 and fall asleep by eight, depending on when the kids collapse next to me. Oh, the Bears game is on. But yes, usually four, at the gym by five...


Sallers, I love how you say "go down", not in a pervy way, but because you have a baby, so you're using baby vocabulary to describe how grown ups go to bed.

[Sally, la reina]

I "go down" as soon as I can after Leah. She must hear you rise, RA, because she's up shortly thereafter.

[RandomAnthony]

Were I closer I would gladly pick up Leah so you could sleep later. She and I could watch Sportscenter together.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Heidi wrote: "I like white cotton nightgowns, a good quality white cotton - and I esp. love the embellishments (embroidery, puckering, leeettle pearl buttons, narrow lace trim, satin ribbon, etc) that make it se..."

My goodness, those are fancy. You could almost wear them to a garden party or a wedding.

[Heidi]

RandomAnthony wrote: "Were I closer I would gladly pick up Leah so you could sleep later. She and I could watch Sportscenter together."

Cutest, sweetest response ever!!!

:D

[Heidi]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Heidi wrote: "I like white cotton nightgowns, a good quality white cotton - and I esp. love the embellishments (embroidery, puckering, leeettle pearl buttons, narrow lace trim, satin ribbon, etc) t..."

Oh! I wish... That'd be heaven to me.

[Sally, la reina]

Heidi wrote: "RandomAnthony wrote: "Were I closer I would gladly pick up Leah so you could sleep later. She and I could watch Sportscenter together."

Cutest, sweetest response ever!!!

:D"

Indeed ♥

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Would Leah grin throughout Sportscenter? Would Leah grin watching Glenn Beck for an hour?

[Sally, la reina]

As long as someone was jiggling her and showing her things that light up.

[Heidi]

:)

[Phil]

So we're supposed to spell pajamas with a "y" now?

Pajymas.

Nah, just looks wrong. :-P