A Threesome in Chicago

Though the title might suggest something really explicit but you could read on as there is nothing that might warrant reader's 

discretion. 

It was in mid July that I was asked to travel to Chicago to visit a prospective client by my employer. I reached there fully geared with 7 pair of formal shirt and trousers. These lasted for a good 2 weeks (10 week days) and I had to take a visit to the washing room to clean the clothes for the next couple of weeks. It was then that I realize that I had to shelve out $2 for washing and drying of clothes and a $8 for a detergent pack (which is a one time investment for 4~5 months considering I'm a single bachelor). 

That day I could not rest easily considering the fact that I had spent a total of Rs 100 /- just for washing of clothes and had to iron it myself after that.

It was then that I realized it was time to act and act in haste. It was then that the threesome started!

My parents had packed in 3 jeans and about 5 t-shirt. I then started wearing jeans to office considering the fact that they need to be washed less frequently than their formal counterparts.

I started wearing jeans to office and a good two weeks passed by. I was trying out all the possible permutations and combinations of clothes that I could do with those 3 jeans and 5 t-shirt

2 weeks passed by and I did not find any need to go back to the dreaded money sucking washing room. A month passed by and still there was no need to visit the laundry room and like this days turned to weeks, weeks turned to month and I was still good wearing those jeans and shirt. I myself was at awe with the ruggedness of the jeans and the shirt. At last I ended up not washing my clothes at all in the laundry room.

Points to be noted:

I did wash the necessary clothes that includes my drawers and socks each day after taking bath.

The fact that I could survive in 3 jeans and those 5~6 t-shirt is due to the fact that Chicago as a city was very clean. I only wore the jeans while going to office. Once in home I would change to shorts. So that helped maintaining the newness of the jeans.

That wasn't the threesome I had in mind when I set out for my first visit to the States. But at the end of it I am glad to have done that!