Missing sock mystery

What is it about socks? Why and how in the world does one go missing and the other is right in front of you all the time?! I'm sure everybody must've experienced one time or another the exasperation of rummaging the drawers trying to find matching socks delaying the 'weekday' morning...

It does happen to me once in a while but lately it seems all the time with my little one. I do buy a few pairs every couple of months. The new sock pairs look so cute and almost like they are made for each other until their first wash. And after that hop into the dryer, one sock mysteriously disappears and seems like the other couldn't care less. I think the dryer loves try out assortment of socks by gobbling up one of the pair each time they come to it. And sure enough we never hear from the missing sock again. But even after six months, I'm not sure why I hang on to the hope that I might find it one day. The fact that my peanut would outgrow them long before there is any chance of finding them does little to dash my optimism..

About a month ago, one of the fun friday themes at my baby's daycare was a mismatch day. You can imagine my excitement at having gotten a chance to atleast a couple of single socks to use. I think I took more time than ususal trying to make a great looking pair of mismatched socks that day. Oh well.. what can I say - Though I'm game to an occasional mismatch day, the mystery of missing socks will haunt me forever :-)