Mistakes In Life:

 Mistakes - we all make them as we go through life. I have made more than my share. Some I manage to regret and some I just laugh off. As an example: My ex-mother-in-law had knit me a beautiful cardigan sweater like the photo above. I really liked that sweater and one day I wore it to play golf. As sometimes happens in Florida I was caught in a small gentle rainstorm. We were used to getting a little wet occasionally when we played golf, but we usually kept playing as long as it wasn't a downpour or lightning was involved. 

We usually dried out as the game progressed. As we played one of our group mentioned that I was pulling my sleeves up frequently and I suddenly realized my cardigan was stretching out. It was down to my knees, and the arms were about a foot longer than my hands. I should have been more aware and taken it off to protect it. I really miss that sweater, and it was never restored to where I could wear it again. That was a big mistake which I really regret.

Other examples where I laughed it off are less serious and both related to a department store next to where I worked. The store had a bargain basement where I used to go to occasionally. A buyer had to be acutely aware of what they were buying as some of the clothes had defects. One day I bought some seriously marked down 'hang ten' shirts. I had worn them several times when a friend asked why the little feet symbol was inside out. I had not noticed they were sewed on backwards. Big laugh. 

Or the time I bought a very nice pair of dress slacks. I was with my co-workers at a restaurant paying my bill when someone ask why I had to dig so deep into my pocket to get my change. I realized that one side pocket actually ended at my knee. I had to lean sideways to get to the bottom of my pocket. It never occurred to me that my keys and change was rubbing against my knee when I walked. We all had a good laugh at that. I stopped shopping at the store next to our office building as I just wasn't smart enough to find these flaws.