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I love adding personalization to furniture, and stencils are probably my favorite way to do it! I glanced through some of my pictures from the last several years and pulled a few to give you some inspiration! I hope you enjoy them! “Home is Where your Story Begins” This is one of my most commonly used stencils for furniture.  It’s a fairly big stencil, and it makes an impact.  I have used it on so many pieces through the years and just love it.  This stencil came from The Stencilsmith.  They have a wide variety of stencils for darn near every theme you can think of!  If you happen to order from them, please tell them I sent ya! ? “And I Think To Myself, What A Wonderful World” Another larger, fun personalization can have special meaning for the person who loves to travel, or who is a fan of Louis Armstrong, or just because! Totally Random When I was working on this table, Van Halen albums came to mind!  Which led me down a number theme of other artists, including Chicago and Tommy Tutone!  And apparently, I threw in “United States of America” for good measure, lol. This was barnwood on top of a coffee table frame. Complete randomness, but apparently someone else was vibing with it because it sold in no time! French Script French script is another favorite of mine.  I love all things with script and numbers and words.  I have no idea why.  They just speak to me.  “Life is Beautiful” A little more subtle, but still adds just the right touch. Alcohol Bars I have several different alcohol stencils, and here is how I used one of them. I also add stencils to more than just furniture.  I have stenciled tons of home décor, windows, mirrors, filing cabinets, etc.  Here are a few of those, also! I hope that after seeing all these ideas, you will be inspired to “personalize” some of your projects! Stenciling isn’t hard, but it did take some practice, at least for me anyway! You can always practice on scrap wood or cardboard to get your feet wet. The first stencils it tried…I was ready to throw in the towel.  And I actually did for quite a while.  I just let them sit.  I wasn’t doing it right.  I had paint bleeds.  I would paint them too thick, the stencil shifted.  All the things. Over time I have figured out the supplies I need to make them work for me. Some stencils are less than.  The mylar may be thinner and therefore they don’t hold up very well. Sometimes the font is too skinny, and it’s hard to get the paint in there without pressing too hard and making them bleed. Once I started using pouncers and sponge dabbers, it all came together. A lot of trial and error. I won’t say I am the world’s best stenciler, but I have come a long way, baby!!! I would love to see what you create!

Do you have old windows just sitting around waiting to be loved and displayed? Who doesn’t, right? I have repurposed so many windows over the years! Some have multiple panes, and some have none! Some have scrapbook paper and an initial. Some are just scrapbook paper, some are just hung as they are, and some have things attached to them! There are so many things you can do with them to make them work with your décor! Let’s jump right in! Window with scrapbook paper mod podged onto the panes… When I did this window, yellow and gray were pretty big on the home décor scene. Pretty simple.  Cut the scrapbook papers to fit the panes, mod podge them on, and another coat of mod podge on top.  Cleaning up the window is the worst part! Farmer’s News For this one, basically the same as the last one.  This one was a farm theme. Case IH Another farm themed window for the Case IH lover. Random farm-themed papers cut and edged with a paint dabber and mod podged on to create this one.  I also used the paint dabber around the edge of the window. For the IH part that I glued on last…I bought it from Hobby Lobby.  I can’t remember if it was MDF or wood.  But I cut the “H” in half and cut the I straight at the top and bottom.  Painted them black, distressed, and sealed. John Deere Another popular one in our area is John Deere. Here are three examples of how I worked the John Deere theme into window décor. Initial Windows Here a couple where I used their color scheme from their home décor and added their initial. Baby Theme This is one of my favorites EVER! The client gave me all the photos, of course.  And the rest was scrapbook supplies.  Not to toot my own horn, but “toot, toot”! I don’t know how it could have turned out any better!!! Window/Jewelry Organizer Once the window was all cleaned up, I added the 4 metal pieces.  They screwed right into the wood frame of the window. They all came from Hobby Lobby. Such a fun piece!!!  All’s Forgotten For this one, I tore the papers that I chose to use and used a paint dabber around the edges.  This was for my uncle who was in a band called “All’s Forgotten”. I laid the pieces down on mod podge and then mod podged over the top of them also.  It’s probably been 6 years since I did most of these projects, so I may be a little foggy on some of the things I used, but I think I cut the letters from my Cricut. Two Window Cabinet For this one, we just built a cabinet around these two windows.  And by we, I mean my brother.  It was my idea, but I needed him to make it happen! This is just a small sampling of what you can do with old windows. I will go through more of my old pictures another time and round up some more ideas. What have you done with your old windows? What is your next window project?

Cattle.  I love them, most of the time. I will give you a little synopsis and let you watch the video. My husband, son, daughter, and I moved cattle to pasture one day last week. Did it go as planned? Ummmm, no. Did it all work out in the end? Pretty much. ? My daughter was mainly out there to try to video us.  It would have gone super easy but there was one cow that was newer, and she was a problem. She was not familiar with how we do things and apparently is not familiar with how “follow the leader” works. She did not want to go to greener pastures. ? There is some yelling in the video.  If you have cattle, you will understand.  I am pretty sure that there was some cussing also, but I think we left those parts out! Basically, it all started off well.  My husband yells “calf,” and they usually come running, expecting feed or hay.  He had a bucket of feed with him this day and would dribble out a little here and there to lure them along.  Also, keep in mind that we are recently merging our spring and fall herds. This means that we now have double the amount of cows to work with than we are used to. All in all, it worked out.  One cow left behind.  The trouble maker.  I am pretty sure I heard them say that they would be selling her.  She was just not worth the hassle. I’m sorry it wasn’t video’ ed, but I did perform some pretty awesome four-wheeler moves that did not make it into the video.  It’s nice to know that I can still get out there and do it!  It’s been a while! Anyway… I hope you enjoy a tiny glimpse into our little ‘cattle drive’ and have a moovalous day!!!?

So I have been wanting to revampalize (yes, this is a word…just ask me?) my kitchen for quite some time now.  I was never totally in love with my color choice the last time I painted.  But I absolutely hate painting walls, so I left it.  Fast forward a few years and I am finally making time to get rid of it. If you have been with me for any length of time, you know that I am all about neutralizing the colors in my house.  Browns, white, cream, tan, taupe, black.  That about sums it up.  So I left the two walls that were brown as they were.  And repainted the other two white. I know, kinda boring, but I am loving it.  I have wanted to do this for so long now.  And slowly, it is happening. So, it’s all going along well, SLOW, but inching forward. This is another thing that I have not been in love with in our kitchen for a few years now. Don’t get me wrong.  I do love the painting. And I admire the time and talent that it took to paint it.  It is gorgeous.  It just no longer goes with ma vibe. We were on our way to go to my Dad’s wedding several years ago.  We were a little early (I used to have a terrible habit of that ?, so we decided to stop at one of our favorite junk stores.  I think it was called “The Treasure Chest” at that time.  It went through several changes, and I don’t think it is even open at all anymore. Anyway, with a little time to kill, we stopped in.  And as we are strolling through the antiques and uniques, we see this barn painting. Well, of course, there is no price on it, and I am too shy to ask for a price, but hubby isn’t.  We figured it would be pretty expensive.  But it never hurts to ask. But it wasn’t.  It was actually pretty cheap.  20 bucks!  We couldn’t believe it, so we snagged it. Annnnnd it fit perfectly where we needed it.  We have this little storage spot, and we just needed a door or something to hang over it to disguise it.  BAM!!!  We found it! So we got it home and hung and it fit perfectly!  Like it was absolutely meant to be there! So fast forward to 11ish years or so.  Still love the sign, it just doesn’t go with the direction I am taking my home décor.  But it is the perfect size, so…I decided to turn it over and make another sign on the backside. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted.  Of course I did it on a Facebook live, lol. I ended up painting the board dried sage from Dixie Belle.  I was a little worried that it would be to pale against white walls, but it is just fine. I proceeded to go through some of my farm themed stencils and started trying to figure out how to lay them out.  I used different stencils, different words from different stencils, and a cow and a windmill. I think it turned out OK!  And hubby likes it, too!  What do you think? I still have a few more things that I want to refresh before I show you the whole kitchen.  But don’t get too excited!  It’s nothing fancy, but neither are we. Talk soon!!!

So after the whole wardrobe debacle, we head on into town. (Missed the first part of the day… here it is! ?? https://flippinfurnitureblog.com/fun-day-of-pickin/ ) Lindsay had overheard someone talking about an indoor flea market at the old Adams School. Ok, how hard can that be to find? Harder than it should have been! We are all over Adams street looking for it, trailer in tow. I bet it took us 30 minutes to find it, once we got to Adams street. Did you know that Adams street has several places where it ends and picks up again? We do now. I think we finally figured out that it was the old Adams School and had nothing to do with being on Adams Street. Good grief! We finally found it. This is pretty much just how we tend to roll. Upon entering the old school, we realize that it is not the whole school, lol, just one room. Wow. We put a lot of work into finding it. I’m buying something. And everything happened to be half price also, so all was not lost. I ended up with two small side tables and a big ole pair of shears, I think they are called, basically huge scissors. I had some years ago, and they are long gone, so now I have a replacement! Once we left there, it was lunchtime. I know! I felt like we had endured enough for one day, and it was only 11:30! But we aren’t quitters! To Cassano’s for the best thin crust pizza on earth! That’s my opinion, anyway! We had a nice lunch, and I got caught up on a few things on my phone, and we were off again. We hit the Walgreens and from there to the Salvation Army. I can’t say I got much there. And their prices seem to have gotten out of control, especially on furniture. I did get some “crafty” items, but that was about it. Next, we hit a store called “Odd and Ends” or “Bit’s and Pieces.” I can’t remember the name for sure, but it is basically a little antique store filled with different vendors. So much to see in there. I found some cool Easter décor and some other cool things. A long, long time ago, Lindsay and I worked on a dollhouse for my niece, American girl doll size. And we scoured thrift stores at the time looking for stuff to fill it with. We had a blast doing that! Lots of things in this store reminded us of that time and how much fun it was shopping for it! And getting me excited to get busy remodeling my dollhouse! Look for a blog post on that coming soon to a blog near you! I also bought some perfume in there—old perfume. They were super cheap, but they reminded me of scents I used to wear. One was Exclamation. I’m pretty sure they still make that one. I think another one was Amor. My favorite was always Malibu Musk. I can no longer find that anywhere, but these were reminiscent of it, so I grabbed them. I thought they would smell bad being that old, but they smell good to me! We were starting to wear out at this point—multiple yawns coming from both of us. I said, how about we hit Hobby Lobby and Good Will and call it a day. Deal. We walked out of Hobby Lobby empty-handed. I had a few things in my cart, but nothing I couldn’t live without. Nothing worth standing in line for, so off we went. Last stop, Good Will. It wasn’t too bad. I did get some Easter décor that I will be rehabbing very soon. Probably on a Facebook live this week. In case you didn’t know, I am doing a minimum of 10 days in a row of going live. Maybe more. I’m just scared to commit any farther out at this point! It was so much fun to get out again. I really need to figure out how to make a living out of shopping vintage stores and estate sales! Though I would rather not have to do quite so much heavy lifting! I wonder when my next adventure will be? You can be sure I will take you with me!

Another fun day of pickin!! Y’all, I can’t believe it! I got off the farm twice this week! Twice!!! And went pickin! It’s almost like the seal has been broken, and there is no going back now! I can’t wait to go again! So this little episode started with my sister in law texting me around 9:30 Friday night. She sent me a picture of this cute little vintage loveseat and wanted me to talk her out of it. It was on an estate sale the next morning. Well I was of no use in that department because I thought it was adorable. I am more of an enabler anyway. She knows that. We kept texting back and forth and I looked at the website to see what else they would be selling the next day. Long story short, we BOTH decided to go. I thought I had heard somewhere about a winter weather advisory for the morning, but when I looked at the forecast online on AgriSource, it only said about an inch of snow. I’m kind of thinking that the weather advisory is blown way out of proportion at this point, on top of the significant toilet paper outage of 2020. So when I get up in the morning, it’s still dark outside, but I can see that the ground is white. Hmm, we must have gotten that whole inch they were calling for. Next thing I know, I’m sitting at my desk, and its daylight, and the snow is coming down like nobody’s business! I’m so desperate to go that I keep trying to turn a blind eye. Lindsay texts me to see if I still think we should go and tells me we can cancel if I want to. I really don’t want to! In the meantime, my wonderful hubby checks my tires and adds a little air, fuels it up, and hooks up my trailer for me. We are going. So I leave my house, and it is pretty slushy, crappy, but the interstate will be fine, right? So I pick her up, and we hit the interstate. No Bueno. But we trudge on slowly. I went to try to pass at one point and about got sucked off the road, and I can see Lindsay grabbing the dash handle. So then I decided that the person going 35 mph in front of me was perfectly acceptable. I tell her that the roads usually get a little better when we cross the county line. I was finally right about something! We probably should not have gone, but we did make it. Snow flying the whole time! My brother thought we were crazy for going. Then I came to realize that when I look at AgriSource, if I don’t double-check the zip code, it defaults to Lafayette, Indiana (face palm here). So you guessed it, our forecast was much worse than theirs, and I’m an idiot. Oh well. We had fun at the estate sale. It was day 2 of the sale, so that meant half price. We found her vintage sofa. It was nowhere near as nice in person, unfortunately. I think she ended up getting a cookbook there and a garden stake with an “L” on it. I saw quite a few pieces that I liked but I genuinely don’t need anything. Plus, I was not going to buy anything from the basement and have to haul it up the stairs and outside. I found some smalls and started a little pile. And I found a swivel rocker, in my color scheme, like new, for $20. Score!!!! I ripped the tag off that sucker in a hurry! Then we went to the garage. I should have just stopped while I was ahead. Of course, there is this big beautiful diamond in the rough. It is an old tired wardrobe. I really should have walked away at this point. But I did not. I kind of looked it over. One door was off. No problem, it will have open storage on one side and be cool. A few other minor-ish defects. They just added character. We kind of tried to pick it up, to make sure we would actually be able to get it into my trailer. It didn’t seem to be a problem. I grabbed a vintage trash can also, just because I like them. Then I paid, and we started loading. I got my smalls, my chair, and the drawers from the wardrobe all loaded. Thankfully the wardrobe was on wheels. Unfortunately, it was too tall to just wheel out of the garage. We finally figure out how to lay it down and maneuver it to the floor. Holy crap, it is way heavier than we initially thought and hard to find somewhere to hold onto. But we did it. We got it carried out of the garage and then was able to stand it back up and roll it to the end of the driveway. Then a nice gentleman offered to help us load it. Lindsay tells him yes, lol. It was very heavy, after all. Oh and I forgot to tell you that when we pulled it away from the wall, it was filthy and had termite runs and termite damage on the back. One area will just have to be replaced. I’m just glad it is on the back. Well, obviously, if it were on the front, I would not have bought it, right? Well…probably not. Back to where I left off. I go get the trailer and pull up as close as I can. We wheel it as close to my loading ramp as we can. All we have to do it lift it up off the ground and move it about 10 feet now. The end is in sight. So I get my end off the ground, and he doesn’t lift his. He just starts shoving? What the heck? Next thing I know, it is in more than once piece. He tells me its meant to do that, that’s why it was built with pegs in it. I think I’ve heard of a know down wardrobe? But not a rip apart one. I don’t argue. I thank the man several times, and we go on our way. It was kind of him to help us, damsels. And I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but what the what???? The piece did not just “come apart.” In my mind, it is ripped apart. I hear wood cracking. I’m scared even to look. Can this piece be saved? Only time will tell now. Stay tuned. This will either end up being one of my best flips ever or end up in the burn pile. It could go either way.

A few things are weighing on me heavily this morning. I could not be more thankful that my building sold as quickly as it did. Quicker would have been better, lol, but everything takes so much longer than it should with the paperwork, banks, and lawyers, etc. Just the way it is—all in God’s time. My new career path is mainly blogging. But blogging takes a long time to really take off. I am LOVING the process, though!!! Once you get it all set up and plug-ins, SEO, widgets, etc…I love it! I am starting from the bottom, but at least I do have a small following, and that helps a ton. THANK YOU to those of you who take the time to read my stories or look at my craft and furniture painting ideas. THANK YOU. I love sharing, and sharing is caring after all. On the flip side for my other small biz friends, the first quarter is slow regardless. People are trying not to spend and pay off their Christmas spending bills. Or the weather is crappy, so they can’t get out, or the weather is extremely crappy, and the store has to close. All these things HURT small businesses. And now we have the Coronavirus. Good grief. I’m still not sure what to think. I suppose it’s better to be safe than sorry, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this in my lifetime that I can remember? And this may be one more nail in small businesses coffin. Pardon the morbid description, but it can be that serious. Already slow first-quarter sales and add no one is getting out = no sales. I’m sure this is not news to most people, but it is just tugging on my heart today. So if you do happen to go out, don’t forget about your small business friends. If you can afford to, go buy something, share their posts, be supportive. Being a small biz owner of a brick and mortar was not for me, but I have lots of friends who love it. And I want them to succeed as long as they want to, but they will need everyone’s help. And if that small biz has an online store, that would be another way to support them without actually having to get out there. I am just throwing some things out there. I just keep thanking God that this is one of the small biz owner problems that are not directly affecting me. I still know to an extent because I was in their shoes. I can almost guarantee you that even though things are slower than slow right now, there are still people coming in looking for donations—another big drain on small business. I’ve often thought people should really leave the small businesses alone and go door to door to the people who have 9 to 5 jobs and know exactly what their income will be every week? Right now, the small businesses may not be bringing in much of anything but still have building payments, rent, insurance, inventory, employee paychecks, utilities, chamber dues, and a whole list of other things that I’m probably forgetting—just one of the ugly sides to being a business owner. Wow, sorry, didn’t mean to get off track. I was just putting out there that I truly feel for my small biz friends NOW and ALWAYS. It can be tough, and it can make you question why in the world you ever wanted to do it? Maybe the last part was just me? Lol, The creative small business is a whole other animal. The business part can steal your creativity. But again…maybe that was just me! Anyway…if you are in a position to or want to aren’t afraid to leave the house… I’m sure your local small businesses would love to see you or have you shop online with them! Just my 2 cents for the day!

This has been a long time coming. Out of necessity mainly. Can I tell you a secret? I LOVE clothes. My name is Tammy, and I am a clothing-aholic. No kidding. I USED to love shopping…in stores. In the last several years, I have lost my thrill of shopping in the store. I think it’s because I feel like I need to be working. And I love what I do so I would instead be working than shopping most days! But that does not mean that I don’t shop. It just means that it has gotten way too easy for me to buy from the comfort of my own home. No need to drive 30 minutes plus one way and shoot half a day or even a full day. These little ads pop up on my Facebook all the time. It’s like they KNOW me! Cute tops. Frayed jeans. Purses. Shoes. And then there are the sale emails all the time. Usually, I don’t buy unless it’s a good sale, or at least A deal, or at the very least not too expensive 😉 BUT…as y’all as my witness, I am cutting back drastically. This has been an eye-opener for me. My clothes are out of control. Many dressers and multiple closets, and I can never find anything. Stop the insanity!!! I tried to do this about 3-4 years ago. I had my husband fashion me a clothing rack out of an old cattle feeder. It is not light. It was a biatch to get up the stairs. I’m pretty sure there are noticeable scars in my house from its delivery upstairs, but I must have blocked them out. Anyway, …3-4 years ago, we got the cattle feeder/clothing rack upstairs and ready for me to adorn it with all my clothes…or as many as it could hold. No problem. I filled it all up. Getting all my clothes out of the walk-in closet meant that my husband and son could now share it, and it would be so handy for them, right off the bathroom. Perfect right!?! Totally selfless of me also!!! Well, it was wonderful in theory. Until I realized I would have to go upstairs anytime, I needed something to wear. UGH. How had I overlooked that? Or did I want it so badly that I rationalized it to fruition? Either way, no Bueno. Slowly my clothes started filtering their way back into the closet downstairs. First, it started with my work clothes. “I’ll just keep a few things downstairs.”Whatever got washed never seemed to make it back upstairs. Over the last few years, I found myself never going upstairs, like hardly at all. But I also found myself still shopping for clothes. So mostly, I have ended up with a full wardrobe upstairs and an entire wardrobe downstairs. The downstairs walk-in closet was bursting at the seams. My son went through his clothes in there while I was on a business trip a couple weeks ago, to thin it out because he was tired of not being able to find anything. YIKES I had planned to start this project a few months ago, but we plan, God laughs. It’s a work in progress now. I am always a work in progress. Fingers crossed, I can do this. I know the exercise of going up and down the stairs won’t be bad for me! After lugging clothes back upstairs this time, and adding a few more garment holders, the majority of my clothes are back upstairs. I am desperately going to try to make this work. It’s like my own little store up there now! It’s really nothing pretty. I painted the turquoise wall white. Changed out the rug. It’s a lot of clothes. I am not going to do a massive day of trying on everything and trying to thin it out more. I am just going to start a box of things that I don’t want as I go along. I have sorted some out already, believe it or not. I wish it had an adorable chandelier where the ceiling fan is, but dang it, I am a sweater, and I need my fan. And I wish I had shelving all along the walls and everything fancied up, but this will have to do. And now you know why I have put a self-inflicted ban on myself to not buy any more clothes for a very long time! My vision was to be something a little more like this ? but this ? was my reality!

Have you ever been a part of a Business Mastermind where you are with other like-minded business owners for the sake of networking, learning, and growing together? Everyone I have been to so far has been just a little different. I just got back from the most amazing one ever. There were roughly twenty of us small business owners in a large 25 bedroom house in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. My husband is a big part of what I do, so I wanted him to come with me, and he was able to this time. Thank goodness, and you will understand what I mean by this shortly. Masterminds have so many levels. You think it is all about the business, but it goes so much deeper than that. Things can get heavy. People “stop being polite and start getting real” (to quote MTV’s The Real World) after a few days or drinks. People have side conversations where they share some of their most personal feelings and things that have happened to them in their past. This is not forced or even encouraged. It just happens when you are with the right people. At this Mastermind, everyone got a “hot seat.” We each had about 30 minutes to give a brief background of what our business is and what we are currently struggling with, and everyone gives their advice on how to help you. In previous Mastermind’s, I would rarely have any questions ready. And didn’t know what to talk about. And I would take my turn toward the end.Have I also mentioned that I am shy by nature, and I have anxiety? Those used to seem to work against me, and still do most days, but I have gotten to the point at these events that I like to go earlier. Like first or second. Part of it is strategically and part of it to get it over with. I decided to march up there and plant my name first on the list. Pretty stinking proud of myself at that point! A few hours later, I realized that an important person who could have valuable feedback for my business wouldn’t be there on time. I had to move to the top of the schedule for the third day. Ok, not the end of the world. I can relax the next couple of days and take it all in. My anxiety had other ideas. So many thoughts, feelings, and emotions. I don’t belong here. I’m not good enough. These people are so far ahead of me. I am starting all over, brand new on this blogging adventure. Why did I get accepted into this Mastermind? I have nothing to offer these people. Apparently, these things were written all over my face. One of my friend’s husbands came over at one point and tried to give me a pep talk. I will love him forever for that. I woke up the morning of my hot seat, so unbelievably nervous. Shaking like a leaf. Nerves are racing. But time marches on, and like my grandma always used to say, it was time to “poop or get off the pot.” I had to pull up my “big girl panties” and do it. It was my turn. Once I got started, I was fine. I started with how I had just closed my brick and mortar and signed the papers, and my building was sold the day before we left to come to the Mastermind. That blogging was my brand new baby, and please don’t tell me my baby is ugly. Everyone laughed, and it was all good from there. One of the things everyone saw for me, among many other things, was to do with fashion. They all seemed to think that I had style and that brands should be paying me to wear their clothes on my Facebook lives, etc., and give links to where I bought them, etc. They were so kind and uplifting and even called me “trendy” at one point. What the what? So much building me up on my outward appearance was something that truly made me happy and made me giggle. Like a lot. Little did they know…but they would find out later that night… One of our colleagues treated those of us that were there our last night to an Escape Room experience. It was a lot of fun and a little chaotic at times, but very cool! I love haunted houses and the props, so this escape room scene that we were in was much like that. It was four prison cells. Toilets, beds, lockboxes, bars, the whole deal. We came back to the house after that and relaxed with some adult beverages. That was when I finally told them. All this talk about my fashion style during my hot seat that morning and all the while I was wearing my husband’s underwear! That was a first for me! I had run out and didn’t realize it until I had gotten out of the shower that morning. I could have gone commando, I suppose, but that did not appeal to me in the least! Had I realized I was out of underwear the night before, I would have done some laundry! And the shirt I had on that day, just happened to have a slit in the middle of the back, from the waist up. I kept trying to make sure it was closed all day. But of course, when I bent over, it was noticeable. I do have to say that his undies were pretty comfortable! Although the thick waistband probably gave me away. I know one friend told me later that she had noticed the waistband when I bent over but hadn’t realized what she was looking at! I probably could have gone without telling this story, but they told me I had to!!! It was too funny not to, I suppose. I mean, picture me being told about how they like my outfits all week and how I put them together, etc…and here I am wearing my hubby’s undies underneath! Thank goodness he was with me on this trip!!! I hope this at least made you smile!