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Two updates:

1) a friend just texted me asking "who actually irons their pyjamas/sheets" and the answer is.. my mother. Literally every single time.

2) apparently you can wash silk pyjamas (specifically Asceno ones) in the washing machine!!

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

I think it's a Nigerian mother thing - my mum used to make us iron her bedsheets too!!

This is a brilliant and well timed piece, thanks πŸ™πŸΏπŸ’“

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Loool that’s true sufferation! Mine only used to make me iron my own - didn’t appreciate it at the time (and rarely do it now) but your sheets do actually feel much nicer when you do.

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

I have only just got into slippers and I honestly dunno how I existed without them...

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So I wonder if this might actually be a cultural thing? Every ethnic household I know is big on slippers, but my white friends.. not so much!

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I was just thinking this as I scrolled past the slippers. Don't know how I ever thought I was comfy without them!

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What were we thinking?! Past us were FOOLS

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Mar 29Β·edited Mar 30Liked by Otegha Uwagba

β€˜I feel like a pioneer woman on a homestead tending my hearth whenever I’m wearing one, or the fifth Little Woman’ YEP! Have said this has been super cool for years but no one seems to have caught on. Glad someone is in the same camp. The camp that has a fire and horses tethered nearby and our sleeping bags set up ready to snuggle into 😏

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Just yes yes yes to everything about this post πŸ™ŒπŸ»β™₯️

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

Wintrovert is my new favorite word. The weather here in NYC in January is equally dismal. πŸ˜‚

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Commiserations 😭

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Thank you, this is so good. I love how meaty your posts are!

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Thank you! And glad to hear it - I prefer sending them out monthly rather than weekly so do a mega long one instead, but I worry each time that they're too long.. so this is v helpful feedback :)

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

Thanks for another brilliant piece!

Please can you share the brand of the gorgeous navy fisherman knit jumper that you were wearing on your stories the other day?

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Oh god yes - it was by & Daughter as well (who made the red snood I linked to above!) Thanks for reminding me..

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

Yum thanks for introducing me to Comme Si - and so pleased to see an If Only If mention ❀️

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I just love how they style all of their stuff! And I discovered IOI through you I believe!

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Jan 10Liked by Otegha Uwagba

Hmm

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