WATCH OUT!

I just wanted to put this out there... to anyone who is reading today, to take the time to change your clothes when spray painting. I am oh so guilty of multitasking and thought I would quickly begin painting a project while taking a break from my work. I just wanted to put one coat on a basket, just to start the layering of paints.

I knew which paint I wanted to use, I just had to find it. So, I went to my the garage {my husbands domain} and starting going through all the different cans of paint. I'll admit, I wasn't being too careful when one slipped to the floor and began spraying. At first, I thought it was just spraying from the nozzle, but upon closer inspection, it was punctured and was spraying all over everything {including my husband's golf bag! Oh NO!} I quickly grabbed it, trying to cover the puncture, and ran with it outside. By this time, I was dripping paint ~ it was a fairly new can ~ go figure ~ and I was looking for something to put it in. Can you say Lucy and Ethel? I felt like Lucy, running around, saying choice words, and was frantically trying to stop the paint from getting all over everything in sight! Then I spotted a recycling bag ~ perfect ~ I threw the can in and tied it shut. Whew! I then glanced at my hand and it was completed covered. OK, I was thinking, I really think this is water based paint, I should be OK...and then I looked at my capris {work pants} and thought, thank goodness for water based paints!

I went to my kitchen sink and the darn paint was NOT coming off...I knew I was in trouble...it was not going to come out of my pants or off the golf bag either. I had to use mineral spirits for my hands, but my pants were now demoted from work capris to "painting" capris. Shoot! I hate that! Next, I went to my husband and told him of my tale and thankfully, he was fine ~ this was his "old" golf bag. Whew again!! Lesson learned...take the time to get properly dressed for painting projects and leave the multitasking for another time...can that be done? Hm...as women can we not multitask?

...poor capris...and they were so cute and comfortable...