Do you keep separate clothes for house and garden chores?

Not really. I do for decorating and then invariably spill not a drop. If I dare pick up a paintbrush while wearing anything tidy I am immediately covered in paint. I don’t wear older clothes for cleaning or the garden unless it’s particularly muddy out there. No wonder the washing machine is always on.

A friend always, but always changes before she goes out even to the shops and back again when she gets back home, no matter the time. To be truthful I can rarely tell the difference between her home and being out clothes. They all look fine to me.

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That's funny... up the ladder in his dinner suit and bow tie !!!!! Laugh 🤣 😂

Hahaha old clothes ! What are they! Its funny this topic because only yesterday I got the notion to wash the porch, ofcourse what follows that notion is what to wear ? ... in my case it was my pyjamas because of everything i wore, it was my pyjamas that didn't matter if they got damaged.

So no i dont have any old clothes.

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I remember years ago reading a true story of a man whose wife complained that he always looked like a tramp when he was gardening, wearing ancient, disreputable clothes full of holes.

One day she looked and saw him up a ladder cutting the hedge at the front, dressed in his dinner suit and bow tie

I wear whatever I put on when I get up.If we go out for dinner I might change but like a previous poster I dont keep things "for good"
I never did with my children either ,they wore what they wanted to wear even if it was for playing in the muck,they grow out of things too fast to worry about making a mess of them.Enjoy your things while you can.

Not any more. I have some old shirts I use to cover up if I am painting and some old gardening shoes but other than that I refuse to keep clothes for 'best' or going out. Obviously there are a few things that are for more formal events that won't get worn every day.

Don't really like to tell but I've become a bit of a slob.For years hubbie has worn PJ bottoms when were at home so I thought if you cant beat them join them and wear a nice comfy nighty or PJ's.

threw out, not three out

I've just been sorting out, inspired by a couple of threads on here, and three out two pairs of jogging bottoms with a couple of bleach spots and paint. However - I might retrieve them from the rag bag, you never know when they might come in handy.

My 'house clothes' would be ok for a trip to the supermarket but not for going out for lunch with friends

Yes, my jeans start off smart and get relegated as they get scruffier, ending up as decorating clothes if I haven’t ripped or gone through the knees in the garden. I wear an old sweatshirt or fleece for cleaning in, as I always seem to get stuff on the sleeves. I’ve also got a disgusting old jacket for the garden which has bonfire spark holes on it.

I have scruffy comfortable “house clothes” that I feel embarrassed to be seen in if anyone comes unexpectedly.

I have walking clothes to wear when we do our (almost!) daily 4/5 mile walk

Then I have “posher” clothes for shopping and going out in

I wear old jeans and T shirts/jumpers for gardening and decorating which means I live in them!!

Yes separate clothes for housework and days I stay indoors. Tend to mostly wear casual clothes and have some lovely dressy outfits which I don't get to wear much these days. I am thinking about starting to wear some of these special clothes more rather than them languishing in the wardrobe.

And me, sodapop. I've often got spills of some sort on me, hence the continual changing! I drive myself mad with it!

I'm the same henetha but I make such a mess of my indoor clothes I couldnt go out in them. Food splashes, bleach, animal hair etc. I am quite clumsy so spill things a lot.

No, I wear what I wear, I do change shoes for gardening, but that’s it.

I usually wear the same, but have a heavy duty denim apron for cleaning and a gardening apron, gardening shoes and tatty old fleece for extra warmth in the garden when gardening.

Yes. I have indoor clothes and clothes for going out in. I change my clothes quite often, which even irritates me at times so I wish I didn't feel always compelled to.

Yes, I've clothes for dog walking, exercise, gardening, painting, dirty work apart from clothes I wear all day. Church clothes as well.

Yes! I look a total rag bag when I’m gardening, I even have a boiled wool jacket that I have had for donkeys years to wear when it’s cold like today. Just come in to chat to son (with covid) on phone and have coffee.

My gear to do housework in is the same. There is no way I could wear it to a restaurant, theatre etc

Yes, I have a drawerful. It is an excuse to wear old but comfortable jeans and baggy scruffy jumpers and T shirts Ii am particularly fond of, and I wear them under the impression they make me look like Barbara Good.

I have a set of clothes for house work days and the odd bit of gardening. Comfortable leggings and loose top to move around in, OK to get marked by cleaning products etc.

DH, bless him, kept paint trousers - only thing was he’d never painted anything for 25 years! Kept them - just in case though.
He took a car battery off once in his best Levis and they ended up in holes.
He did keep scruffy jeans for mowing the lawn though - but I think it was just to ‘look the part’.

No but if I go in the garden I put rubber boots on and take my shoes off. Don’t want to get bitten. I wouldn’t wear good evening clothes in the garden.