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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:
BobPatandIgglePiggle · 07/08/2014 22:46

Remember that awful mascara that was white on one end and black on the other? I often went out in just the white stuff... not a good look!

CointreauVersial · 07/08/2014 22:48

I went to work In odd shoes once. They were completely different heel heights, FFS!

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 07/08/2014 22:52

Had to fly to Ireland for a funeral once. Over and back on the same day. Half way to Stansted realised I'd forgotten smart shoes as was driving in ancient Uggs. Exited motorway, found a multi-storey, parked and dashed into shopping centre for 30 sec purchase.

Worked in retail in Uni. Friday am was great to watch the walk of shame for new ties and shirts!

Dontgotosleep · 07/08/2014 22:56

Cointreauversial LOL

Staywithme · 07/08/2014 22:56

Stepped into a pair of high heels to put rubbish in the outside bin. Back in and grabbed my coat as I was running late. Didn't realise I was still wearing them until I walked through the hospital doors. Shock lucky I was on nights! but I still had to cover the heels with plasters to stop the clicking while walking around. Patients thought it was hilarious but I still had to pretend I was doing a mountain of paperwork at the station when the night co-ordinator came round.

Another night I took the dog for a walk before work then realised I was still wearing the dirtiest pair of shoes you've ever seen. Had to wear blue shoe covers all night. I 'think' I managed to convince the staff that I only wear them for walking the dogs. Blush

gaggiagirl · 07/08/2014 22:58

Arrived at work and realised I had forgotten to draw my eyebrows on! No time to leg it to boots so used a brown felt tip Blush you have to understand I was fucking desperate!

ShakyTheStork · 07/08/2014 23:06

I have been to work in odd shoes too. They were just boring, old, black flats though. I didn't even notice until lunch time Blush

hellymelly · 07/08/2014 23:09

OP what is your sleep bra? I need some. I have one old maternity bra and can't find anything similar to sleep in .

slightlysnippy · 07/08/2014 23:15

Went to the toilet at work to change my sanitary towel, bloody thing had stuck together, I wear g- stings, pulled so hard my pants ripped in two. Ended up having to join the two ends together with a new sanitary towel. Gingerly rushed to Asda for a new pair, after purchasing new pack and changing into them in the toilet realised I bought size 20 instead of 10. Was running so late by this point had to wear my size 20's for the rest of the day.... Was a decidedly shit day.

I also wear a sleep bra, and accidentally wore it to work one day, I had quite a lose shirt on so just wore it for the day..

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 07/08/2014 23:20

Once had to dash out for replacement shoes as the ones I'd worn to work were just too painful to travel home in.

And when I was very young, working in a junior role in an extremely posh office, an unknown middle aged woman begged me to help her zip up her skirt in the ladies loos. Skirt was a size 12, she was a size 13 (and the rest) and it just would not go up. I told her she was going to have to pull her jacket down over it and dash to M&S for an emergency replacement. She was not impressed with this advice.

2kidsintow · 07/08/2014 23:31

Driving home from work on one of my half days I remembered just in time that I had a physio appt. Not practical to go in what I'd been wearing to teach that morning so I had to nip into the on, y shop I was passing (asda) and purchase top, tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Pompbear · 07/08/2014 23:35

I went to gym I'm kit and forgot to take a proper bra once, so I spent the day in a suit, crisp white shirt, killer heels and sweaty, black, Nike bra. hideous.

Onesleeptillwembley · 08/08/2014 01:16

Urgh. If you're too filthy to have a shower in the morning then how do you keep your possibly hirsute hands clean?

ZacharyQuack · 08/08/2014 02:19

I went to work in odd shoes once. One was black and the other was navy and there was at least one inch difference in heel height. I didn't notice until lunchtime.

I was trying on a skirt in a shop, didn't like it and went to put my jeans back on and broke the jeans zip. Lovely lovely shop assistant bought me almost every size 12 bottom in the shop until I found one I was happy to buy.

ZacharyQuack · 08/08/2014 02:20

Onesleep - quite a lot of people prefer to bath/shower in the evening rather than the morning.

KoalaDownUnder · 08/08/2014 02:42

I might have once bought an entire new outfit in the Whiteley's H&M on a Friday morning. To avoid the walk of shame into work wearing the same outfit I'd had on the day before, and at the pub, and at a colleague's house after the pub. Blush

I then forgot to take the price tag off, in my hungover state, and left it hanging out the back of the shirt for an entire client meeting.

singaporeswing · 08/08/2014 03:31

Done it this morning. I've come into work with make up only on one eye.

Emergency lunchtime rush for mascara, it is!

AmberNectarine · 08/08/2014 07:44

Have obviously done the buy a new outfit post walk of shame a few times back in my younger years!

Callmegeoff · 08/08/2014 08:01

I accidentally packed dd1's pants instead of mine to go to the states. Spent ages looking for new pants in a department store, they are called intimate apparel or something like that.

SpringyReframed · 08/08/2014 11:42

I once went for a swim before work, so got up, put swimsuit on under gym kit clothes and packed work gear. When I got dressed NO BRA at all! Had to wear jacket all day when it was boiling hot, and claim I was cold. Even had to lie that I must be going down with a illness. It was the longest day ever. I now keep an emergency bra and knickers in a bag in my car. Grin

MsFanackerPants · 08/08/2014 11:58

Zip broke on a pair of trousers at 11 am on way into meeting. Walked into and out of meeting with file in front on me. Emergency dash to Dorothy perkin's with jacket held at waist and some new ones purchased.

Black tights laddered on the way to a funeral. Dash to marks, ended up putting them on on the team on the way to the church.

Eastpoint · 08/08/2014 12:08

I've forgotten either a bra, pants or socks numerous times when I've gone to the gym in my sports kit & washed etc there before going on. I now keep spare pants & socks/tights depending on the season in my bag but I don't have enough spare bras to leave one in it (funny size so they are too expensive).

Last night I went out & grabbed a cardigan which I realized really did not go with the rest of my clothes once I'd left the house but couldn't find a replacement in an open shop. Grr!

IScreamForIceCream · 08/08/2014 12:17

Managed to drop one shoe down between train and platform. I'd have had to have waited about 90 mins to retrieve it but I had a meeting to go to.

I was in central London so expected pass a shoe shop, but it was an early meeting, nothing opened until 8am. So I had to travel on tube and turn up with only 1 shoe, and beg someone to pop out and buy me flip flops.

I still wore the 1 shoe on the way. It would have been better to take it off wouldn't it?

Mylifesmyownagain · 08/08/2014 16:51

I have never worn a bra in bed. And sometimes I just tuck my nightie into a skirt or jeans and cover up with a cardi or jacket if I have woken early enough on a nice morning and all I want to do is walk the dog first. Not brushed my teeth either ...

frogmore6 · 08/08/2014 17:01

My sister got ready in the morning for work with makeup done and walked out with the showercap still on head!!