Does anyone else wear their jeans twice before washing?

[PrincessPerky]

I have a problem where I cannot stand clothes that I have cleaned the bathroom in or sorted dirty laundry in..so I do that in my PJs and then shower and dress....but the jeans themselves..well only one pair fits right now and those get worn a LOT. The PJs on the other hand are one night only clothes...cause of course I can't sleep in them after cleaning a bathroom...

Now if I could just get the kids to be able to do that!

[boefixepa]

Jeans, I wear them twice and then toss them in the laundry. Shirts, underware, socks only once. Towels get hung to try after use and are used for a week. They get washed every weekend. PJ's are used a few times, worst case a week. I do all laundry on the weekends, so everything gets washed then. Sheets get change at least once a month, if not more. Now skirts that I wear to church for only a few hours and since I am fresh out of the shower when I put them on...well they get hung up after church and I only wash them when I think they need it. I've been married 6 months and hubby hasn't mentioned getting suit he wears to church cleaned...the white shirt I've washed a few times...so I'm thinking it's time I took it to the dry cleaners or tossed it in the dryer the Deryl way.

Oh, and we both shower daily in the morning before dressing and we both sit at desks all day. Well occasional he has to go to the wearhouse and do some work there, and then yeah, he comes home, showers, and dumps the clothes in the bin.

[mom-from-missouri]

At least twice--
Now that colder weather is here, I've switched to sweat pants while home.
My chore jeans sometimes will go a whole week-because I only chore in them, and leave them to change into the next time I chore (farm work). But, in the meantime, they are not stored with my other clothes.

[Coleroo]

i always re-wear clothes before washing - it saves a lot of water, laundry hassels, and wear on clothing. Im pretty clean and have always worked inside... i do have a few rules, like (haha) smelling the armpits and no visible stains and having not cuddled with the dogs with them on. oh and they can't have laid on the floor. i try to get my husband to do it to (its funny to sneak a peak of him sniffing his shirt like i taught him..lolol). but he's hard on his clothes and rarely gets 2 uses out of something.

i guess i get 2-3 wears out of most items (uh, excluding socks and undies )

[shizane101]

Glad to know I'm not alone here. I like the idea of re-wearing a sweatshirt too. I think I'll start doing this as well.

[simpleselu]

I do. I buy high-end clothes and washing wears them out so I take care of them and wash them when they need it.

[Fern]

Except in the summer when damp towels begin to smell sour, I use the same towels coming out of the shower for several weeks. It's not gross at all. Think about it: you're perfectly clean coming out of the shower, so what's the need to wash them frequently?

Which leads to a pet peeve, hotels/motels that consider it necessary to change your bed sheets daily as well as your towels. Most people don't do that at home, so why the need to do it at a hotel you're staying at? Just wastes energy.

[peanutbutter8204]

Raising my hand!

[stressedmama]

I wear jeans / pants at least 2 times before washing too except if I spill food on them or are outside and get them really dirty.

[zakity]

DH works in an office. He always wears his jeans twice. Well, unless he gets something on them.

[cicy33]

absolutely! and I do the towel thing too, as long as it doesn't smell musty.

[orchid]

I wear them even more than that if they're not dirty

[getforfree]

I wash my work pants approximately once a week, and I work 5 days a week. If don't look dirty or smell bad, I don't need to wash it. I have only 1 pants for work, and one "just in case". If I accidentally spill something on them, I would try to wipe it out with wet towell right there at work. If it doesn't come out, then I would have to use a baby wipe at home, and if that still doesn't work, then I would have to wash it.

[Joebanker]

Ha... Who doesn't go through thier pile of clothes and pick out their cleanest dirty jeans?

[AmbitiousSaver]

My DH doesn't and I forget the reason he said why... he said something about the fit.

For me, I'll rewear them occasionally. Sometimes I can't cause after you wear them for a little while the fit doesn't look right anymore. You start wearing that pair of jeans and everything is tight and where it belongs. Then you wear them too long and I have creases all over and it looks like my pants are too big.