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I accidentally went to work in my sleep bra!!!

101 replies

u32ng · 07/08/2014 20:02

Umm yeah so felt like quite an idiot!

I wear a non-wired pretty cheapie plain cotton bra to bed. Adequate support for sleeping but definitely not for daytime!

Well I obviously was distracted by DS in the morning rush & 2hrs into work I realised I was still wearing it!! Blush Luckily I was meeting a friend for lunch at John Lewis so did emergency 10min bra purchase as I could NOT stand the lack of support any longer (I'm 28F!) £33 though - ouch. But at least I know I'll wear it.

Anyway, this got me thinking "surely I'm not he only one to have had to make an emergency purchase". Has anyone else been in a similar situation. (The emergency purchase bit as opposed to going to work in boob pyjamas!)

OP posts:
PasswordProtected · 07/08/2014 20:29

What is a sleep bra?

Dontgotosleep · 07/08/2014 20:31

Yeah. The varnish on one of nails fell came off while I was out, soI had buy another bottle of the nail varnish while I was out in town. I was in tescos at the time and looked down to see a bony unpolished finger looking at me, O.M.G. I nearly had a bleedin heart palputation. Ok only nail varnish but I simply refuse to go anywhere with out it on. I have false nails now and the polish tends to stay on.
Another time not really an emergency buy but I was walking past a shop window and suddenly decided I didn't like the dress I was wearing so I went into New look and brought another dress.

WildBillfemale · 07/08/2014 20:31

I'm a 36 F and have never felt any need whatsoever to wear a bra in bed - is confused.................I don't get it

CorporateRockWhore · 07/08/2014 20:32

I once went to work with NO bra on after trying on about 11 outfits first thing in the morning.

Luckily I was 19 and had such perky boobs it didn't matter. Now I'd probably have bruised shins by 10am.

Lally112 · 07/08/2014 20:33

Oh I discovered mothercare sleep bras when I was pregnant nearly 4 years ago - theyre pretty much everyday wear for me, sooo comfy!! Never to bed though.

Primadonnagirl · 07/08/2014 20:33

I was on the loo..trousers round ankles..cubicle next to me suddenly developed horrendous leak of God Knows What which went on my trousers..I was on way to meeting so had to run into New Look for some more ( totally outing myself here to colleagues who were howling with laughter)

PeppermintInfusion · 07/08/2014 20:33

Don't worry I have a sleep bra too (sounds v similar design), you're not alone Wink

OddBoots · 07/08/2014 20:34

I don't know about the OP but I like to wear something like this as a sleep bra. I just feel more comfortable (and it gives me somewhere to pup my MP3 player for night time podcasts). I'm not as ample as the OP but it wouldn't feel like enough support during the day so you have my sympathy u32ng, that's the kind of thing I'd do.

dexter73 · 07/08/2014 20:52

I'm a 32D and I usually wear a crop top to bed as I find it more comfortable than not wearing it. Nothing to get really, it is just a matter of wearing what you find comfortable.

gerbiltamer · 07/08/2014 21:31

I'm a 36F and always wear a non-wired cheap crop top/Poundworld £1 bra in bed, otherwise I feel all floppy. I have done this since being PG with DS. Geri Halliwell apparently swears by it ;)

Selks · 07/08/2014 21:34

FFS some women like to wear a bra to bed, get over it people. It's not even what this thread is about, anyway.

Selks · 07/08/2014 21:36

My most recent emergency purchase was also a bra, after the underwire completely snapped making the whole bra go out of shape, this was while I was on the train Blush

Selks · 07/08/2014 21:38

OK sorry for the mini-froth there Blush

ghostisonthecanvas · 07/08/2014 21:40

Corporate Grin

EdithDickie · 07/08/2014 22:13

I recently went swimming before work arriving at pool in board shorts and sports top that I swim in. Got changed after into very short dress for work and realised I had no pants with me Blush so had to shoot into supermarket for emergency knickers.

springdrinks · 07/08/2014 22:17

I ate a salad before a big afternoon meeting and sploged salad dressing on my top. Emergency top purchase needed.

mausmaus · 07/08/2014 22:18

sat down on a yoghurt on a train on the way to work....
new trousers

Nevertriedapickledegg · 07/08/2014 22:21

I arrived at work one morning and realised I'd forgotten to put mascara on!! Cue lunchtime emergency shopping trip.

I looked a bit like this...

I accidentally went to work in my sleep bra!!!
Trills · 07/08/2014 22:25

Ripped tights on train into work.

Bought new tights at train station.

Got to work, straight to the loos to put new tights on. Laddered them putting them on.

Good thing I'd bought a two-pack!

museumum · 07/08/2014 22:25

I had to buy pants in gap once as had arrived in padded bike shorts and forgotten my pants!

adviceforme · 07/08/2014 22:28

oh cant wait to get my bra off at night

HamEggChipsandBeans · 07/08/2014 22:33

Seriously, do none of you keep spare clothes at work for those got-pissed-at-work-and-slept-on-the-sofa-in-the-office days?

No? Neither did I because I once got bird-poo all done me walking from Liverpool Street to Blackfriars. This of course meant I had to go into the nearest branch of Austin Reed and purchase a new suit, blouse and scarf. Also stopped in Cable & Co for shoes and matching handbag as well.

Oh, and once I had a naughty 3pm jam doughnut that "accidentally" exploded all down me, that was another entire head-to-toe outfit as well.

Don't even ask me about the 1994 Bic Biro Massacre in my business luggage en route to JKF, that was an entire wardrobe in Heathrow Duty Free....

Drywhiteplease · 07/08/2014 22:40

Like your style Ham Grin

HolgerDanske · 07/08/2014 22:45

Heh me too, Ham!

BankWadger · 07/08/2014 22:45

Newly toilet trained DD wee'd down my back on a day out. Had to buy new dress before getting the train home.

A couple of weeks later, I stopped and bought some new winter tights on my way to meet friends. Get to cafe door, DD wee's down my back again. Thankfully most of it went down my legs, so I changed my tights and didn't smell of wee (ironically I was wearing the dress bought after the last time).