My Brief Career as a Disney Princess

I think we can all agree on the best thing about being a Disney princess. Handsome princes? No. People joining in when you spontaneously burst into song and/or dance? Close, but no.
It’s having animals do your housework for you. (I’m also rather jealous of Merlin’s self-washing dishes.) You know the drill: sing cheerfully, woodland creatures appear, housework magically happens.

These are the sleeves of a woman who’s not planning on doing her own housework.

Recently, I got to experience this for myself, when I discovered a fat little mouse doing the dusting in my bathroom. (Side note: I could have made a couple of mice out of the dust-bunnies he discovered. Clearly, my broom is not getting into the corners around the plumbing properly.)

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How Many Clothes?

How many garments do you own?

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Excluding:
footwear (shoes, slippers etc)
accessories (scarves, hats etc)
underclothing (socks, undershirts etc)
formal wear/wedding dresses
nightwear & dressing-gowns
fancy dress costumes (unless you wear them on other occasions; I’m not going to judge)

Including:
items you seldom or never wear (besides those for the special occasions mentioned above)
items currently in the wash (or piled on the end of the bed or other item of furniture)
outer layers (cardigans, jackets, coats etc)

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