What not to do

Last week I purchased some silk shirts for the spring/summer. They are beautiful bright flowy fabric that are not only comfortable but give me the appearance of being dressed and put together. What more could you want right? So this morning with my new haircut fixed and makeup done I went to the ironing board and plugged in the iron and turned it on. I immediately started ironing since I was in a bitmof a hurry to get out of the house on time. I gave the iron a few minutes to heat up and when the wrinkles were not coming out I turned the temp up thinking that would speed up the process. Have you ever looked in a mirror when you put cotton candy on your tongue to see what happens? Well for those of you who have not, let me tell you, it seems to just melt and disappear. Today I found out that silk does the exact same thing when ironed at temperatures that are too high. I set the iron down on the shirt and it was like the fabric just disappeared.... I sucked all of the air that I could into my lungs to keep from swearing. Rhett rushed around the corner and said "baby are you ok? There is no air left in the house because you just sucked it all up, what's the matter?" I just stood there standing over the shirt with the iron in the air, I told him what happened... I could not believe I had just done that! This was a brand new shirt that has never been worn yet. The only half way good thing is that the holes are not that big since I caught my mistake so quickly and they are on the back of the shirt. I could possibly still wear this with a jacket in the winter since it would kill me to just throw it in the trash. I hung it back up and Rhett laughed at me and I then moved on to the second shirt making sure the iron was turned down low enough! I basically threw 20.00 down the drain with that move (thankfully I shop smart so it was not 50.00 like the original price tag said)....... So if you have a silk shirt I suggest making sure your iron is on low or use a dry cleaner......