Have you ever tried doing the
laundry and end up missing one (or more, occasionally) sock? I honestly can't
count the number of times I have lost a sock and ended up with an incomplete
pair, thus after repeating this for some times having had to go out and buy new
socks. New socks are lovely, they are; however, I find there are nicer things
to spend money on than socks that aren't even worn out but simply missing.
Socks aren't fun purchases.