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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!
