Lost Sock Memorial Day
You loved them and then you lost them…
those missing socks that never came out of the dryer to meet up with their partner.
I myself have an area on the counter where we fold clothes covered with lonely single socks awaiting their long lost companions. I leave them there hoping it will be in the next pile we bring down to wash, and every so often they get moved to a box where I have accrued a sad amount of singles. Where do they all go? plenty of theories abound but I’ve yet to learn a proper explanation. I once heard that it was the basket in upright washers, during the spin cycle random socks would somehow jump ship hoping to find a new world full of hope and adventure, so I got a front loader, but my socks still vanish. Where have they gone? Our very own Amanda, sock dreamer extraordinaire and official Dream Stockings coordinator envisioned it well in the image above. A slew of sock goblins wreaking havoc on our innocent socks, chewing on their heels, tugging at their toes and cuffs, wearing them for hats, running off with them to who-knows-where. Never to be seen again…
Now there is an official day to mourn these lost socks and today, May 9th, is it. But rather than being sad over what is no more, we suggest you by some new socks, lots of them, so many you will never miss a lost sock again.
Thanks to everyone who took advantage of our Lost Sock deal!
The sale is officially over now, the code has been expired…
You’ll all have your new socks very soon!!!
May 9th, 2008 at 3:06 am
hehe sock goblins :D
I found a sock that was missing for over 10 years in a pillowcase lol
May 9th, 2008 at 5:09 am
I long ago heard that when you get to heaven, the first thing you do is go to a room where you get back all of your missing socks, all of your lost balloons, and all of your spare change…
May 9th, 2008 at 5:41 am
this includes EVERYTHING on the site????????????
or socks only??
geez ok i am tingling i am so excited!
May 9th, 2008 at 7:33 am
everything, but especially the socks ~;)
May 9th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Oh wow! Sock heaven. I’m going to place an order now!!
May 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I want that pile of mismatched socks!!!
Never in 3 years have I worn matching socks. I just don’t. I love wearing 2 that have the same colors and different texture of length, or same style almost exactly but different colors together. In my collection of a few hundred pairs of socks(or individuals, which don’t dissapoint me in the least) it’s easy to match the mismatched socks interestingly.
Socks are such a wonderful obsession. =^-^=
May 10th, 2008 at 2:36 am
My father is a physicist, and he came up with a quantum sock theory once. Broadly (very broadly, because I’m an English grad!), the washing machine/dryer acts like a giant version of the box in the Schroedinger’s cat experiment, and your socks both exist and don’t exist, until the point where you open the washer and fix them in space-time. Unfortunately, all the socks are very slightly out of phase with one another, so often when you open the washer and fix them in space-time, one is left in a state of non-existence…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:38 am
missing socks go into the hosezone
May 10th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
i thoroughly enjoyed Lost Sock Day!!!!! big order big order! took the opportunity to buy many gift socks for those near and dear.
THANK YOU SOCK DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Too bad I misses this, since “lost sock day” is also my birthday. Oh well.
When I was a kid, my mom and I made a bundle of single socks as an offering to the “Sock God” and placed it above our washing machine. We rarely lost a sock after that.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Oooh, I love that!!! I think I’ll give it a try ~=D
May 13th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Hahaha, Schroedinger’s socks! I love it!
I just came home from work and opened my mailbox to find my Lost Socks order, and I think I am in looooooove with the O Dreamies. *swoon*
May 14th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Oh man, I wish I had of known about this. Of course, I made an order week before last, but I’m sure another one wouldn’t have hurt. I wish we could receive email newsletters from you guys.
May 14th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
yeah, for sure we will do an opt-in email list one of these days. And when we do I promise not to load your email boxes with frequent and redundant nonsense.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:14 am
yes my mailman left my package on the porch cuz it was too big for the mailbox :)
May 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Here I thought I checked the website frequently enough to hear about a sale! A newsletter via email would be fabulous as to not miss those cool sales. Awesome drawing too-do I see something on the underside of it or are my eyes playing tricks on me?
June 9th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I had a teacher in high school who told me his washer line going out to the sewer had become clogged with tons of socks which had been sucked out of the washer and down the drain. I suspect many a sock is lost this way.
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