We used to view dry cleaning as a necessary evil: yes, it felt like a waste of money, but wearing stained or wrinkled clothing is not an option. But then the Bureau of Labor hit us with a statistic that was too painful to ignore: women spend an average of $2,155 a year on dry cleaning, and 65% of those clothes are machine washable. Suffice to say, the time had come to wise up on our laundering habits.
