A CAUTIONARY TALE

Last night, when everyone was settled down, I decided to turn in myself and went for my bedtime bath. (I love having a bath at bedtime and was really looking forward to it. Shower in the morning, bath in the evening.)
I was busy taking off my jeans, which you will recall were brand new, only purchased on Saturday from Dorothy Perkins.
Anyway as I looked down I thought, 'Hmmm, my legs look a bit dark, that sunshower that I had on Saturday must have been a bit strong'.
Then I looked again and thought, 'hang on a minute, those legs aren't brown at all! They're BLUE! And not just any old blue they're NAVY BLUE!'
At which point I began to panic. 'Aaaaargh! What's wrong with my legs? Have I got gangrene? Am I going to have to have them cut off. CHARLES, CALL AN AMBULANCE! MY LEGS HAVE GONE BAD!'
They were completely blue, apart from my feet and when I looked closely there was a quite distinct line where my ankle socks had been!
Bear in mind that it WAS quite late and I had had a long day with the puppies, and I WAS pretty tired and clearly not thinking straight, so it took me a few minutes before I realised that this wasn't in fact a life threatening (or leg threatening) medical condition but was actually THE DYE THAT HAD COME OFF THOSE £15 DOROTHY PERKINS JEANS!!
It is absolutely no exaggeration to say that the bath water turned dark blue as I scrubbed my legs clean - and it DID  take some scrubbing! How can the dye come off the jeans so easily, but I need a Brillo pad to get it off my skin!
Eventually my legs were restored to normal (Although some would say that my legs have never been normal because they are not long enough - but those people need to watch out because NO ONE IS PERFECT!) and I was able to finish off the bedtime ablutions, but not before thinking, I  MUST WARN PEOPLE ABOUT THIS IN THE MORNING.
So, if you were thinking of going to Dorothy Perkins to buy a pair of dark blue, skinny jeans for £15 - DON'T DO IT! Pay a bit more and keep your legs their normal colour. (Unless you like navy blue of course!)