Kaitlyn didn’t expect a thrift store grab bag to come with a plus-one—especially not one from the 80’s. Over the years, Kaitlyn has become the queen of upcycling things she’s found at the thrift store. When she snags a particularly lucky grab bag with a beautiful pink dress inside for just five bucks, she thinks she’s hit the jackpot. Little does she know that tucked inside her haul is a pair of gray sweatpants that will change her life forever. After a night of eating her emotions at the local pizza joint right before laundry day, Kaitlyn is stuck rummaging through the grab bag for something to wear to keep her warm as her stomach loudly protests the amount of dairy she just consumed. What she finds is a strangely pristine pair of men’s gray sweatpants. That night when she wears them to bed, she wakes up in the arms of Matthew, a man who vanished nearly forty years ago. Kaitlyn tries to dismiss the whole thing as a dream, but as the dreams keep happening and Matthew starts to insist she’s the one who isn’t real, she realizes she has a problem. But unraveling a forty-year-old mystery is no easy task and time is running out just as she realizes that Matthew is bound to the sweatpants. Now it’s up to her to break the spell and bring him back for good. Unfortunately, magic always comes at a price—and Kaitlyn must decide how much she’s willing to risk for a man she might be falling for, even if he’s stuck in another timeline.Can she break the curse and give Matthew a second chance at life—and love—or will they be separated for good? My Date With a Pair of Gray Sweatpants is part of The Sentient Object Calendar Series, a shared series curated by some of your favorite off-the-wall Biblio Barbie, Dakota Cockaday, Holly Wilde, Luna Cantrip, Nicole Parker, Sylvia Morrow, Thea Masen, Unfortunate Reads, and Vera Valentine. It is meant for readers 18 and over who are ready to embrace a deeper experience with some unusual holidays.