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After a week of resisting temptation, (a Boden denim dress and a Country Casuals navy jumper with multi coloured small embroidered dots all over it), I succumbed today….. A pair of TU petrol blue 'girlfriend' jeans for £4.45, a cream ME+EM merino wool hoody top for £3.99 and 2 books - Deliciously Ella & Delia's Vegetarian Collection, 50p each. All from Thirsk 😊
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OH is in a tizzy about his car that needs fixing before we go on holiday in about a week. So when I was at Taxco I looked at their charity book shelves and someone had left a number of recent issues of Private Eye. I thought they would be a nice diversion for him.
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@Miró Love those jeans.
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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Forgive me, @Miró but what the Dickens are
'girlfriend' jeans
Says she utterly baffled by fashion language…
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@Miró - lovely top and I hope you enjoy the cookbooks.
I went a bit mad in Oxfam in Summertown yesterday and spent an enormous amount of money so here is what I bought. First an Aretha 2cds, a Gloria Gaynor 2cds, Flanders and Swann and Tom Lehrer single cds and a very cute mini cake stand which was £1.99.
Then in the music books section I found these two song books which were £19.99 for the two and an unusual shape Pyrex dish.
And last of all I found this Harold McGee 2004 revised edition £11.99 and this fascinating book about women in the American West £3.99 and a pretty copy of Heartburn for £2.99. The book about American women includes both black settlers and the stories of Native American women too and has lots of photos, diaries, letters etc.
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@goldfinches Gloria Gaynor ~~ that takes me back! ‘I Will Survive’ was my mantra when DH & I split up.
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
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I honestly haven’t a clue…it just said that inside the waistband! I have heard of ‘boyfriend’ jeans before but likewise….am in the dark. I just go by the cut…these looked.ike straight leg jeans. Dunno why life has to be soooo complicated these days…..😩🙄
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@goldfinches Love Tom Lehrer….so funny and clever!
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Hear, hear, Tom Lehrer is Great Fun! And he put all his songs into the public domain so you don't have to pay anyone or ask permission to perform them…
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Very envious of the ME+EM top @Miró - I don't know if you watched The Split but it was one of the brands Nicola Walker's character wore for filming. Lovely clothes, but a bit too expensive for my wallet. I'd wear that under a blazer or a denim jacket, what a bargain though.
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