why has nobody invented ...

... clothes that shrink when you do?

Things shrink in the wash sometimes. Result: clothes that are too tight.

We lose weight sometimes. Result: clothes that are too loose.

Imagine a laundry agent that shrank clothes by a specific amount -- say, an inch per 10 grammes. You'd add it to the washing machine when you washed those nice jeans that are a bit too big now. And your nice jeans would fit again. And you wouldn't have to give them to charity / save them for Fat Days / buy a pair in the next size down which seem to be a different shape.

(Imagine, also, the Hilarious Consequences if this additive made it into the general wash. Hmm, maybe it should be a pre-wash agent ...)

Bah.

Woke up. Lovely morning. Right: will run Vital Errands (laundry, collect parcels from sorting office, buy paper to print delivery note, pack items for post, go to post office) and then head for the coast.

Good: have done all Vital Errands.
Bad: it is now raining.
Moral: carpe diem