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↑ chocolate moose ↓

Sat, Mar 24 2007, 11:33 pm

HOw is it harder to wear your good clothes to a zoo than to a park?

↑ Motek ↓

Tue, Sep 18 2007, 8:56 pm

reviving

lamplighter

Tue, Sep 18 2007, 10:40 pm

its hard to wear nice clothes, I like to feel like Im on vacation and dressing casual. I usually end up wearing, work clothes or at least no denim.

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Sep 19 2007, 10:44 am

I don't have a problem. I work full time in an office, so we're always well dressed.

Marion

Wed, Sep 19 2007, 6:05 pm

Well, since I'm 8 months pregnant, this time around I'm wearing whatever fits.

↑ Motek ↓

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 5:31 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

I don't have a problem. I work full time in an office, so we're always well dressed.

How is that not a problem? Being well-dressed doesn't make what you wear bigdei Yom Tov.

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 5:55 pm

I'm not shlubbing around in a long denim skirt, sweatshirt, and sneakers or Crocs, either.

↑ Motek ↓

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 6:13 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

I'm not shlubbing around in a long denim skirt, sweatshirt, and sneakers or Crocs, either.

That's great. What does that have to do with bigdei Yom Tov?

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 6:59 pm

Motek, what does "office attire" mean to you?

daisy

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 8:50 pm

Just practically speaking, who has 9 Shabbos/Tov outfits? Right now I'm struggling with 3 and wondering how I will ever keep them clean from the first days to the second days with little kids who have greasy dirty hands. I don't have that many wearable clothes in general at the moment (I do laundry very frequently), and am really worried how I will be able to be clean and presentable throughout the whole Yom Tov.

shlumzmum

Sun, Sep 23 2007, 9:01 pm

when I was a girl we used to wear shabbes clothing on chol hamoed. I dont dress my ds shabbesdik, he wldnt wear jeans but I dress him in his good clothes.

zigi

Mon, Sep 24 2007, 2:36 pm

dd does have enough nicer things but ds he has more casual shabbos clothes, a nice button down shirt or polo shirt, he ruins his white shirts very easily. I guess he will wear nicer weekday clothes

↑ Motek ↓

Tue, Sep 25 2007, 11:53 am

chocolate moose wrote:

Motek, what does "office attire" mean to you?

What does bigdei Shabbos/Yom Tov mean to you?

To me (and halacha) it means (better) clothing set aside for those days.

daisy - how about aprons?

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Tue, Sep 25 2007, 1:27 pm

[quote="Motek"]What does bigdei Shabbos/Yom Tov mean to you? To me (and halacha) it means (better) clothing set aside for those days./quote]

I know that. I'm not sure why you're asking me that.

As I said, I dress well every day - probably in better clothes than some wear on a regular Shabbos, as I wear a blouse or twinset everyday, with pumps.

On Chol Hamoed & Rosh Chodesh, I dress better. I generally wear an older Shabbos outfit to work, or a good every day outfit. I dress this way when I have Torah Bites or a bris or other occasion, too.

Is that what you meant?

↑ Motek ↓

Thu, Apr 17 2008, 8:25 pm

reviving this Smile

flowerpower

Thu, Apr 17 2008, 8:27 pm

I get one or two new tops and wear it chol hamoed for the first time, and shoes too

↑ chocolate moose

Thu, Apr 17 2008, 8:27 pm

I wear the saaaame thing almost evryh chol hamoed ...

Fox

Fri, Apr 18 2008, 1:02 am

I wear dressy work clothes -- usually a suit -- if I'm going out. We usually have guests in the evening during Chol Hamoed, and I usually end up in my trusty black velour skirt and a heavyweight blouse of some kind. But if I'm working around the house, "fuggedaboudit".

freidasima

Mon, Apr 21 2008, 2:25 pm

I get my new shabbos robes erev Pesach and erev Rosh Hashono so I have new ones, the older ones can be for chol hamoed. As for outside clothes, if around the neighborhood then nice clothes, if traveling then less nice but at least a necklace or pretty scarf to remind that it is moed.

Laundry - not an option this year, with a son in the army who comes home for 24 hours after two weeks and needs his underwear and uniform done, his laundry gets done!

grin

Mon, Apr 21 2008, 2:46 pm

I try to have the kids wear a white shirt with decent pants/skirt, and I do the same.

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