101 Things to do in your Everyday Dirndl
The Everyday Dirndl is a dirndl closet must have. It’s not only comfortable and versatile, but at first glance… it totally looks like a great sundress! This means you can get away with wearing it out to more than just Oktoberfest! AND it’s machine washable, so you can wear it to do your regular day-to-day activities too. Below are 101 things to do in your Everyday Dirndl:
- Work from home
- To work for casual Friday (or as they do in Bavaria, trachten Freitag)
- Attending a Zoom call
- Wipe down your counters and most frequently touched things such as your phone, light switches, remotes, door handles etc
- Wash your hands
- Shop the farmers market
- Shop at the grocery store
- Shop online
- Go to class
- Attend class virtually
- Change a flat tire
- Host a Backyard Oktoberfest
- Have dinner at a local Hofbräuhaus
- Have lunch at your favorite German Restaurant
- Have dinner at my favorite German Restaurant, Laschet’s Inn
- Have a meal at any other restaurant for that matter!
- Eat a carry-out dinner at home
- Cook dinner for the family
- Cook dinner for just yourself
- Bake a strudel
- Bake brownies
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Bake anything!
- Give a presentation for the high school German club
- Volunteer in the kitchen for your German club
- Volunteer at the ticket table for your German club
- Volunteer… at any station for your local German club
- Volunteer with a local non-profit
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Volunteer at your kids school
- Go to your cousin’s Bavarian themed birthday party
- Go to your other cousin’s non-Bavarian themed birthday party
- Host your own Bavarian themed birthday party
- On a brewery tour
- For picture day at school
- Go to a pretzel making class
- Have a beer tasting
- Have a pretzel tasting (if that’s not a thing, then it should be a thing)
- Make your own pretzels
- Frolic in the fields of Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Frolic in a generic midwestern field of corn
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Frolic in your own backyard
- Visit a castle
- Visit that friend you haven’t seen in a while
- Watch a movie in a theater
- Watch a movie in your home
- Watch a German soccer game
- Watch a basketball game
- Watch any sporting event on TV
- See a play
- See an opera like: Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Go on a family picnic
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Go on a personal picnic
- Take a nap on the couch
- Sleep in bed
- Binge watch a new show on Hulu
- Netflix and chill
- On a date night
- Visit a zoo
- Visit an aquarium
- Visit a museum
- Visit an arboretum
- Mow the lawn
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Work in the garden
- Sit and admire your garden
- Sit and admire other people gardens
- Clean the kitchen
- Clean the living room
- Wash the floors
- Sort laundry
- Put laundry in the washing machine
- Hang clothes out to dry
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Fold laundry
- Pick up toys your kids left all over the place
- Pick up toys your friends’ kids left all over the place
- Do a puzzle
- Do a puzzle with your kids
- Teach a class
- Homeschool your kids
- Have an afternoon wine while you homeschool your kids
- Have an afternoon wine for no reason at all
- Enjoy Kaffee und Kuchen with your Oma
- Enjoy Kaffee und Kuchen with your best girlfriend
- Have a kitchen dance party with your family
- Practice the accordion
- Play the guitar
- Watch someone else play the guitar
- Sing a song
- Go for a drive
- Go for a nice quiet walk
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Snuggle with a baby
- Meditate
- Shop online
- Play a boardgame
- Play a card game
- Play Mensch ärgere Dich nicht
- Listen to a podcast
- Watch the Sound of Music again
- Celebrate a family member’s birthday
- Celebrate your friend’s birthday
- Celebrate your birthday!
- Eventually to attend Oktoberfest in Munich
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To do anything you want to!
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