I have lit a candle in honor of the terrible zipper and sock trauma. Unhappily it set the house on fire, spread to the river and eventually the entire Lawrence forest was ablaze but no problem, I have tweeted my many followers to light candles where ever they are in the world in your cause. Unless they are in Chicago.
love
mom

When I was in high school, I always had my mother take a look before I left home in the morning, just to make sure I was wearing all the articles of clothing necessary to be socially acceptable. Because I was really bored by such things and did not pay enough attention.

You can always color your socks with a black sharpie. Black goes with everything.

To continue with the Chicago theme initiated by your Mom, zippers were first introduced to the world at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Put that in your trivia cosy, to be pulled out and pondered while you sip your Earl Grey.