Here’s a tip: if the washing label says “do not tumble dry”, DO NOT tumble dry. And here’s another tip: do not overload your dryer. And while we’re at it, I’ll just throw in one more: if your clothes aren’t completely dry after the first tumble round, take them out and hang them out.

There you have it – Washing 101.

Remember that load of laundry I did on my day off? Er, did I mention it was a LOAD of laundry? :) Anyway, I was too lazy to separate the ‘do not tumble dry’s from the rest. I dumped the whole LOAD into the dryer. From experience with Student Village dryers, I learnt that you should not overload your dryer ‘cos your clothes won’t dry. And I also learnt that clothes shrink in the dryer.

So what happened was that my clothes were obviously not dry (since there were 3 pairs of jeans and 1 towel amongst the LOAD) and my well-meaning father put them in for another round. The result – I now have baby clothes that I can pass on to my offspring. Some of the casualties were my black cardigan (which I yanked and pulled to stretch) and the brown striped shirt I really like. It’s still wearable but really short and a bit tight.

Tsk tsk… I never learn…