Preparedness for when

D&DD

Nothing wrong with a bit of slap only problem is I have no idea where mine even is :rotfl:
Am I the only one who walks through debenhams makeup/perfumery dept and never gets a squirt,for some reason the counters are always devoid of humans when I go past,maybe they can see I'm a lost cause lol..
Hope you enjoy your day out MrsL

I've just come back from the walk from hell with Rosie and DS1 she's now sat sulking after a telling off.
She sent son flying literally..took his legs out from under him cos she was going mad then decided to take off down a huge ditch (almost sheer sides 20 feet deep, with brambles)which I could never have climbed down to retrieve her,got stuck and then after finally finding her way back out shredded to pieces went back down into it again,naughty poopy!

ETA DAZ my karrimor walking boots took a couple of weeks to wear in but they are so comfy now worth persisting with I hate new shoes!

2tonsils

We have another glorious day here and I think we are in for a very hot, humid summer...never mind, it's good practice in case I get the job in Thailand! My OH is up the ladder painting the balcony (though he did rush in when tourist started taking his photo lol). The builder did a good job of the plastering so a coat of paint will finish it off nicely.

Here I am trying to stay all optimistic about the future and my visitor friend just told me not to get my hopes up as I might not get a good job.....hmmm.......if she carries on being negative she might just get a few home truths thrown her way!

Off to a restaurant opening night this evening and I am really looking forward to it, although the comments about us leaving are wearing a little thin....and to think I woke up feeling happy and positive this morning!

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I wish to report my safe return from the foray into t'city - and even more I wish to report the success of the mission - I've got a wedding outfit and I only went to one shop too - all the pain, the sleepless nights, the anguish - what a waste of time!!!!! I went to EV*NS and looked round on my own and couldn't find trousers to go with the top I thought I liked and asked the assistant - bless her, she said 'I'm not busy at the moment, a wedding you said?, want some help?' so I had a personal shopper who pulled some things off the racks I'd never ever have looked at and she has done a much better job than I ever could have. I have a pair of black flat sandles with plaited leather tops and flexible soles, so comfy, a pair of loose crepe trousers in a soft pinky beige colour, a silky top in ivory and black with a rose design on the front and a plain black back with little cap sleeves, and a very smart black 3/4 sleeved black blazer with satin cuffs. She has my undying thanks for making it actually a pleasure to be there, YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! Some of you have, however evoked the spectres again at the mention of Make Up! I hadn't thought about that, so I'll have to wait until I'm with one of the DDs and take advice. The only negative aspect of the whole thing is the vision that faces you in those brightly lit little changing cubicles that have

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mirrors on all sides, oh my, there is some work to be done on the corpus christie, years of avoiding mirrors, and shop window reflections lull you into a false sense of security don't they!!!

Never mind all that though, welcome in to all our new friends who have joined us this last couple of weeks and thank you all for feeling that this is home, we're not odd, it's definately the rest of the world!!!!! Have just come back from a lovely walk across the common and through the woods with my boy and his pal Charlie in the sun and it's a lovely day, hope you all have one too, Cheers Lyn xxx.

GreyQueen

PattiPickle wrote: »

Just been reading my way through this thread and want to say thanks to everyone for making me realise that I'm not weird, strange or in need of psychologial assessment just because i get a huge amount of pleasure (was going to add guilty to that but hey...I don't need to anymore) from opening my storecupboards and seeing them full and healthy looking.
I'm still not brave enough to be the full real me in work so I have the work persona,( I have a quite a demanding job and need to at least fool people into believing I have a firm grip on proceedings), and the real me who doesn't do make-up, suits and heels. I'm getting braver all the time though so watch this space lol.

In the middle of management meetings I catch myself daydreaming about bulk buying or how to grow my veg without it losing the will to live after the first few weeks.

Looking forward to many happy times spent here :j

:T Lovely to have you with us, PP, and I shall treasure a mental image of a stylishly-competant managerial lady, frowning pensively as a colleague delivers a presentation, whilst secretly calculating how many cabbages per square foot or if she has enough baked beans in the larder.

And if you're read the whole thread you probably qualify for a medal of some description. Perhaps Vanoonoo will pop in and oblige us?

My local authority call centre is liberally-peppered with management refugees, a happy band of reprobates who have escaped from proper jobs in big business or education and just enjoy clocking on and clocking off and not carrying any baggage out of work hours. The stories they tell from the coalface are a constant source of horror and wonderment to me. And the salaries weren't that much better than ours, either.

MrsLW, glad you are safely back and had such a fab helper. Sounds a great outfit to be worn together and all the separates will give long and noble service in their own right. I've decided that I don't do dresses anymore and anything requiring dressy-uppy clothes will be covered by fancy trousers and a nice top/ jacket and flats. Life's too short to suffer irritating clothes.

pineapple, I don't have a line on my face but Mum's the same so it may be genetic or it may be a shared habit of not-sunbathing and not wearing makeup. Happily, despite being the offspring of a mixed marriage (one brunette and one sandy blond redhead) I inherited dark brows and lashes, so never bother with making up my eyes.

I've long ago decided that whatever other people do is their business and what I do is mine, and I'm a soap-and-water gal. I prefer me with my natural colouration rather than me jazzed up a bit with warpaint. I recall a quote I read once from a famous and aging beauty which made me laugh; Wearing makeup after a certain age is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic; you can do it if you like but it doesn't make any difference.

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Been pootling around the cheapy shops and have bought a new dishmop and some sardines and tinned mackerel. As you do. Got to keep working on the preps, a little a day gets you there and doesn't draw attention.

A small example from RL today of the importance of not attracting attention to yourself. A chap driving a brand new top-of-the-range 4WD was stopped in a roadblock being run by Customs. Hadn't done anything wrong that they knew of, the guys who stopped him just wanted to have a snout at the motor. But they went thru the motions and caught him using red diesel. Tsk-tsk.

Sooooo, if you are chosing a vehicle from scratch, aim to have something really dull. I can recommend my parents' M0ndeo saloon. Its so dull that I have to find it in carparks using the numberplate. Perfect stealth vehicle on grounds of being common as muck and entirely forgettable. It's a bit vroom-y on the open road, but don't tell them I said that...............

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GQ what is this 'dresses'thingie? Ize a trousers girl, actually jeans but you can't I'm told fairly forcefully by the bride to be wear 'em to weddings!!! and we always had Ladas until they stopped making them, so now we have a Skoda, are we sad or enlightened???

ginnyknit

In my firmest headmistressy voice I would like to say 'no we are not sad, we are collectively wise and supportive' (and talk to lurchers online:D)

We had a Skoda for many years and it was probably the toughest car we ever had, ok it didnt look as much like a BMW as silly people wish but we certainly had our moneys worth out of it.

I really cannot be doing with this whole expensive clothes being important habit. I bought a leather handbag several years ago ion a CS and love it to bits though its now a bit worn and needs urgent surgery. A week or so after I bought it I was sat on the bus playing with a wooden bead attached to the bag and realised it said 'John Rocha' on it. I was amused at the fact I didnt care but have to say its a damn good bag for £3.99, goodness knows how much it would have been new and why on earth give away a brand new designer handbag

Pattipickle love the name, the attitude and welcome to a place of refuge

Well done a pain free shopping trip MrsLW your outfit sounds elegantly comfortable.

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Hewo ANTY GINNY Ize gottid onnn gud orfority vat Mumi gotted hers larst Handybaggy fing fer 20p's atta jumbly sail Cor sheza spendyfrifty Mumi, frum yer frend Docky xxx.

nuatha

GreyQueen wrote: »

:beer: Hooray to news of Herself's improvement and may it continue apace. You'll have to tell us when the wedding is so we can raise a vitual champagne glass to your nuptials.

Thank you.
Tis Summer Solstice

I (mostly) pass as normal. I feel I have to work at it, tho. One of my oldest friends recalls meeting me for the first time a quarter of a century ago at a party at someone's house. He says I was wearing purple and being scary.

Some 20 years back I had to adapt my wardrobe to things that I could put on and take off easily due to the ME and living on my own. When the health improved a bit I just didn't see the sense in making my wardrobe any more complicated, at least for everyday use. (and having a predominantly black wardrobe means I don't have to think about what goes with what

D&DD wrote:

Nuatha thats great news your OH is finally on the mend very pleased to hear it,not long now til the wedding is it?

Thank you, 50 days and counting.
Just a huge amount of cooking left to do.

I've always just pottered along through life just being me..I don't deliberately try not to fit in but a lot of the time I just don't for whatever reason..but hey I'm comfortable in my own skin.

Which is the best way to be in my opinion.

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I wish to report my safe return from the foray into t'city - and even more I wish to report the success of the mission - I've got a wedding outfit and I only went to one shop too - all the pain, the sleepless nights, the anguish - what a waste of time!!!!! I went to EV*NS and looked round on my own and couldn't find trousers to go with the top I thought I liked and asked the assistant - bless her, she said 'I'm not busy at the moment, a wedding you said?, want some help?' so I had a personal shopper who pulled some things off the racks I'd never ever have looked at

Well done MrsLW, you deserve the luck that put you in the right place at the right time.

BigMummaF

Hey Peeps..I'm BAA-ack :wave:...have I missed much *looks around to see what & who is new* I've been busy altering millions of trouser legs--well, it felt like it but was actually six pairs--as our family have not been overly blessed with longer-length limbs I may have called The Offspring 'little monkeys' a few times over the years, but orang-u-tans they ain't

Un/fortunately, I found some thread that is about the thickness of a human hair & 20x stronger which is fine for invisible stitches but an absolute balooga to work with :mad: hence the time taken on such a project. Never mind, tis done now & means I have an extra few pairs of kex I can wear (just don't tell anyone that my girth has both grown & shrunk respectively in the [STRIKE]years[/STRIKE]time since I brought them home )

I invested in the d@ily mayul at the w/e for the sewing suppliment & will definitely *crosses fingers & offers up a quick prayer* be using the pattern for pj trousers. My lot have decided they like them now, so a mooch around fabric suppliers (we don't have any habidasheries within a 50 mile radius now :wall: ) & I'll be happily zigzaggin' & a'cuttin cross the bias till either they or I get fed up of 'em
Any advice on which sites I should head for--or more importantly, avoid like things you should always steer clear of!--& what constitutes multiples of 'fat quarters' ( ) will be gratefully accepted.

Notahope of catching up--sorry --especially the way Mar yatters on :rotfl: sssoooooooo...What have I missed?

lovefullshelves

pineapple - where did you find bulk vinegar?
OOoh Makro call today, I can have a card, ever seen a smile so big and I WILL stay away from the sweetie aisle I promise (Im sure a jar of toffees is good for instant energy or bartering..or maybe eating?) Why do some of us have such a joy in bulk purchases, i always thought I was alone and its so good to find others!
Hello BigmummaF, I have to be escorted by son if I go in the fabric shop, Just another metre son, ooh isn't that pretty! Thankfully as its in 't big city I only get to go once every six months! How do you resist temptation?! Cheap fabrics is quite good online(yes that is its name) and abakhan has haberdashery if I remember rightly x