How My Sofa Slipcover Stood Up To The Big Game

A few days ago I wrote about how I was planning on using washable slipcovers on all my seats when the boys came round to our house to watch the game on TV.  Well, as always my trusty slipcovers did the trick and my furniture survived the ordeal unscathed.

Of course, as is the custom during big sporting events, each of the boys turned up carrying a crate of beer under their arms.  I’d also laid on some dips and nibbles, like hummus, salsa, tortilla chips, that kind of snack food.  I know how they like to eat almost as much as they drink while the game is on.  Another tradition is for them all to order in pizza.

Anyway, as usually happens on the day of a big game, I spent a pleasant afternoon out shopping with some friends.  By the time I arrived home, later that evening, the game was over, and the place was deserted.  I guessed they’d all gone out to the pub to carry on the party – their behaviour is fairly predictable!

I went into the living room to survey the damage and found the inevitable signs of beer spillages and pizza droppages on the couch.  Was I glad I’d had the foresight to put those slipcovers on beforehand!  I gingerly removed the sofa slipcover, which was the dirtiest of them all, and shook all the debris, crumbs and such like, outside.  I then stuffed it into the machine.  The fabric underneath was perfectly clean, as I knew it would be.  My chair slipcovers had worked just as well.  I dread to think what state my furniture would be in without my slipcovers!