Morning mix-ups

[Mary Ann]

It takes me a long time to fully wake up in the morning, which can lead to my doing some pretty stupid things. This morning, for example, I grabbed a can of hairspray when I meant to grab a can of deodorant. I didn't notice what I'd done until I was spraying my right underarm and wondered why there was no floral scent. On the up side the stubble under my right arm held its shape all day.

When I confessed to a colleague what I'd done he told me that he'd once put shaving cream on his toothbrush and didn't realise what he'd done until he noticed a distinct lack of minty freshness.

What about you? What morning mix-ups have you had?

 

[Miss Lemon]

I usually drink coffee with milk and orange juice at breakfast. Sometimes I end up with orange juice with milk and black coffee, other times I pour orange juice in my coffee.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I can't think of anything at the moment concerning myself but i can think one thing that my son did as a child.

He was about 10 years old and he had spent quite a bit of time on his homework the night before. We had breakfast and then I asked if he had put his homework book in his school bag. He said 'no' and he went to find it. He couldn't find the book so we started to search for it We looked under his bed, under the sofa, etc etc but we couldn't find it. He had to go to school without it. I told his teacher I would bring it to the school as soon as I found it. I walked home and started to continue the search. After 15 minutes of searching I decided to have a break and have a cup of coffee. I went to the fridge to get the milk and there was the homework book in the fridge. My son must have put in down when he got the orange juice out.

Would anyone here have thought of looking in the fridge?

 

[Holdfast]

Sometimes I end up with orange juice with milk...

I used to do this sometimes as a kid. It really does taste magnificently vile...

 

[thestrangequark]

I don't really do any mix ups like this, though I have gotten in the shower with my panties still on.

 

[Finn]

On a similar note. Years ago when I lived in Cincinnati, I woke up after one of those times when you sleep weird. It was still dark out. It was normally dark out when I got up for work at that time of the year. I took a shower. I got dressed. I took the dog out and I had breakfast. I was about to leave the apartment when I noticed that it was only 11pm. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't notice until I got to work and found the place empty.


It helps now that I'm married with a woman who would let me know it isn't time to leave yet

 

[trekkiedane]

Before I had the routine down in this place (when I had just moved here) I would do weird things like pouring the freshly ground coffee into the milk in my mug instead of into the French press, or pouring the milk into the grinds in the French press, or pouring the hot water into the milk in my mug... I wonder how many different ways I could have gotten it wrong if I had also had OJ in the mornings

Would anyone here have thought of looking in the fridge?

I would

But only after having had a similar experience myself as a youngling.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

If evening mix-ups are permitted (it is, after all, the same state of near-sleepiness), I once put the day's socks down the toilet rather than in the washing basket.

The instruction "place socks in bathroom hole" apparently came through minus the piece of coding that clarifies which of the two holes is preferred.

 

[scotpens]

I don't really do any mix ups like this, though I have gotten in the shower with my panties still on.

That’s not as bad as getting in the shower with someone else’s panties on.

 

[Kelthaz]

I've forgotten to put my glasses on several times before leaving the house and not realizing until it was too late to go back for them. It makes for an interesting day of squinting and being a close talker. Fortunately I don't drive.

 

[Captain Ice]

I'd think of looking in the fridge - but only after turning the house upside down.

I have done a few things in the mornings, like pouring my coffee into the travel mug and then leaving it sitting on the counter or leaving my lunch cooler sitting on the counter. Worst one (and i've done it a number of times) is forgetting to grab my cell phone on the way out the door.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I've put on mismatched shoes. I also put a shirt on inside out, but it had no tag and looked the same as right side out, so I didn't care.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I've put on mismatched shoes. I also put a shirt on inside out, but it had no tag and looked the same as right side out, so I didn't care.

I'm infamous for putting on clothes back-to-front or even inside-out and not noticing. Well, T-shirts anyway. Sometimes jumpers. I've discovered that if I'm not paying attention as I put a T-shirt on, it's more likely to be placed back-to-front than not, because apparently I find that more comfortable. People say "how did you not notice - wasn't it uncomfortable?" No, that's part of the problem, evidently.

 

[Mary Ann]

I don't really do any mix ups like this, though I have gotten in the shower with my panties still on.

More than once I've stepped in the shower with my glasses on, and wondered why I was seeing spots.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Not really mix-ups, but I am known to wander the house aimlessly from room to room for the longest time, trying to remember what I wanted to do. Or to stare at the food cabinet trying to decide what to eat (I always eat the same thing).

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

"This looks clean.."

An hour later in direct sunlight the truth is revealed.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

...I went to the fridge to get the milk and there was the homework book in the fridge. My son must have put in down when he got the orange juice out.

Would anyone here have thought of looking in the fridge?

I would have. But that's because I still remember, when I was a kid, my mother once put the iron away in the fridge.

 

[Mary Ann]

"This looks clean.."

An hour later in direct sunlight the truth is revealed.

Ooh, this one drives me nuts! I'm really anal about my clothes.

 

[sojourner]

I don't really do any mix ups like this, though I have gotten in the shower with my panties still on.

I could stand to hear a little more....

 

[thestrangequark]

I don't really do any mix ups like this, though I have gotten in the shower with my panties still on.

I could stand to hear a little more....

Oh, it was totally sexy. First I realized I was uncomfortable, then I realized why, then I put the underwear in the hamper, and then I finished showering and got dressed!