Simple Green Machine

Last night we went out for D's birthday to an Italian restaurant that shall remain anonymous. We met up with D's sister's family, ordered our food & drinks and chatted over our salads as we waited for our meal to come. Our waitress was friendly and competent, but then it happened. A glass of red wine was ordered, she brought it to our table and hastily set it down...and it spilled...all over me. I will remind you, the reader; I am pregnant and as it happened the only one at the table not drinking red wine (aside from the children). And I got the better part of an entire glass of wine in my lap. Let me also remind you that I am of the thriftier sort and have only at this point seen fit to purchase 2 pair of maternity pants this pregnancy, bringing my total to 3. 3 pair of pants that I fit into. And now 1 was soaked in wine...red wine.

Our waitress was appropriately apologetic, and immediately offered the assistance of the manager, who was additionally concerned and apologetic. She offered me a dishcloth soaked on seltzer water, the promise that the restaurant would cover any dry cleaning the incident required and in the end took $50 off our bill for the mishap. Kudos, we will be coming back.

So we arrive home, and I get to thinking about Simple Green. I love Simple Green; non-toxic and biodegradable, it's never let me down. I've even removed tree sap from clothing with the stuff for heavens sake. I changed into cozy pj's (after sitting in wet clothes for over an hour I was freezing) and sprayed the dickens out of my pants and brand new sweater I had just received for Christmas. I let them soak for an hour, then dumped them in the washer with warm water and detergent. Ran a cycle, and then repeated. Folks there is neary a trace of purple to be seen! I'm so happy!