Grandmother would take a ruined shirt and cut all the buttons off and save them in a jar. If we ever lost a button, she might have a matching button to sew on for us in that old jar!
2007-12-05 09:34:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
what's your old habit?
2007-12-05 09:53:18 · update #1
When I hand wash dishes, I line the dishes up on the counter in a certain order and then wash them that way. I do glassware, plates, bowls, silverware, and lastly, the pots & pans.
2007-12-05 10:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Gladys 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I save all those extra buttons that come with new shirts. Every once in a while I get to use one when a button comes loose. They are not sewn very snugly on those new shirts.
I have a big jar of buttons that has been "handed down" from my husband's grandmother. Some of those buttons look like they came off old military uniforms. I might have something valuable in that jar!
2007-12-05 17:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by Miz D 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Same thing! I save all the old buttons and zippers. I should quit, I haven't sewn on button or replaced a zipper in years. I usually tighten all buttons and button holes when I get something new and they never come off. By the time the zipper on something is shot, so is the garment so I don't need to replace that zipper. WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING WITH ALL THIS STUFF????
2007-12-05 18:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by curious connie 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1) One of my old habits that I can't break is still sizing up a
nice pair of jeans as he's
walking away from me. I may
even make a comment he can
hear.
2)I never could tolerate bad
mannered people and told them so. Same holds today.
3) A glass of wine (or 2) before bed.
4) Making friends with strangers, wherever I meet them. Now that I ride the
bus, I'm the Granny answer
lady. You know, not very many people treat the homeless nice.
2007-12-05 20:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is NEW habit of mine. I don't think my mom or Grandma did it but when one of my dress shirts was ready for the rag pile a couple month ago, I cut the buttons off and put them in my sewing bag.
BTW, I got the sewing machine in the divorce. :+)
2007-12-05 18:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by Dan Bueno 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My mother used to keep them in a tin. She had hundreds of them. When my daughter was young, 4 and 5, she would spend hours sorting them. The fun she would have with those silly buttons. It is such a fond memory for her. Me, Inever did save anything like that, kinda sorry I never started because when you do lose something you have to go but it.
2007-12-05 17:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by doxie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont save buttons but I will wear an old shirt until it is falling to pieces around the house as an overshirt.
2007-12-05 17:53:08 · answer #7 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Saving just about anything that was originally serviceable for that day when I just may need it!
Although about every 2-3 years I clean out the 'stash' I just start collecting once again!
People know that and ask me, Sage, do you by any chance have .........and I say Yep, do believe I have one of those! LOL
2007-12-05 18:09:52 · answer #8 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Buttons, zippers, safety pins. Old socks for dusting. Plastic bags from groceries. thats about it.
2007-12-05 18:05:06 · answer #9 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Tried desperately to break the old habit of smoking...unsuccessful thus far.
2007-12-06 03:11:26 · answer #10 · answered by flamingo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋