Last winter I was pretty chilly for a good few nights. If we remember, I ended up putting a plush like fleece blanket on top of my sheet and it was soft and cozy and I really liked it. But also last year I thought about trying flannel sheets (C-Dawg swears by them) and being extra extra cozy with them. I haven't had flannels in a long time but feel like I have vague memories of having them as a kid maybe? Or something? But last fall when I went to try to buy them they were sold out so I made a mental note for myself (I maybe even made a physical note on my laptop who knows!) and bought myself a pair in September. I gave them a wash and tucked them away in a drawer and then last week I figured it might be cool enough for me to put on these magic fluffy warm cozy sheets yay!
Well, I mean they are less chilly than regular sheets, but they're also... not soft? I mean they're soft but they're not smooth. The first night I got in expecting (and hoping for) cozy bliss and it was more of a feeling of "ew, no" but I did my best to not think too much about the feeling of them and ok, sure, it was warmer without being warm? Ok. Then when I got ready for bed the second night I was actually really bummed to think that I "had" to try to fall asleep in those flannel sheets again. I really missed my summer weight light and smooth sheets. Sigh.
By the third night I really wasn't looking forward to bedtime and I started to think that maybe this wasn't a sheet type I was going to get through a couple of months with. I started to admit to myself that I'm probably just not a flannel sheet person. And that maybe this is why I don't own a pair and don't remember sleeping on them for..... ages. This "I don't like flannel sheets and am not putting myself through a season of this discomfort" realization came right around that American-copied Friday sale and so I got myself a pair of slightly on sale non flannel sheets that, in theory, would be my alternate, non summer sheets. I'd previously done a "feel" test on them in the store so I wasn't buying blind.
They arrived last week and I gave them a wash (a fiasco I'll talk about another time!) and put them on my bed and oh the bliss when I got into bed that night. They weren't as cool on my feet as my "summer cooling sheets" but they were soft and smooth and I knew I could transfer the fleece blanket to it's "reall cold" location when I needed to so I was happy.
I was less happy the next night when I noticed that these sheets, um... pull? No, that's not a good explanation. They don't stay tight. I do have this problem with my summer sheets but it usually takes a few days to start getting "loose" and it fixes right up when I wash them. But these new ones are loosening up from the sides as I roll around and move around all night. Bit of a bummer. So so far when I go to remake my bed in the mornings, I'm also pulling the fitted sheet back down at the sides. I don't love that and I'm annoyed I'm dealing with this but I'm still happier with these than I was with the flannels. (And yes I did mention this to the store and they just sort of said "yeah...." and the sales lady said "that doesn't bother me at all!" Well... it bothers me so....)
Somewhat amusingly, when I started asking around for who might like my flannel sheets (I was indenting to give them away not sell them, and also you can't donate sheets to charities it seems, or at least not the ones I looked at) everyone I asked said "oh no thank you I don't like flannels for this reason or that reason!) So it turns out that C-Dawg and her love of flannel sheets may be the exception not the norm! But then again that bedding store did sell out last fall so it's probably not just her. And for those who like or love flannel sheets I'm really happy for you. I just guess I needed to learn or re-learn that they're not for me...... and not for quite a few people that I know!
The flannel sheets, by the way, ended up being given to a friend's friend who is moving and who wil have several spare bedrooms in their new place and so are happy to have "free" sheets for those beds.
*With the knowledge and acceptance that I am fortunate and thankful to have shelter and a bed and to live in the comfort that I do.
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