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Anyone want to come and mourn the reality vs expectation of new purchases with me?

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Swimminguphill · 07/12/2017 15:16

I bought this beautiful jacket online. In my mind I'd look like Blondie in the 80s, very rock and roll and all round awesome. In reality I look like a giant angry teddy bear/yeti. I have broad shoulders and a bust although slim in general, and it doesn't do me any favours. I wanted it for ages and it's now sold out, and so the joy of getting it in my size just in time is sadly wasted. It is a beautiful jacket - just not on me! Anybody else want to come and mourn reality vs fantasy with me?

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HearMeSnore · 08/07/2026 22:09

Oh the perm stories! Grin

I remember it well. Mine started when I strode hopefully into the salon clutching an early photo of Kylie Minogue.

Reality? Keith Harris.

My hairdresser at the time said the perm would "drop into a loose wave after a few weeks....". Well no it didn't. The spiral curls had to grow out. One and done. Never again!

I think I spent a year with my hair tied up!

Interestingly (to me) I recently asked my hairdresser if people still have perms; she said she won't do a perm on anyone.

fishonabicycle · 02/08/2026 14:33

Going to the supermarket in horizontal striped leggings, and fake uggs (look cute and quirky). My teenage son refused to get out of the car with me 'dressed as an elf'.

Tortycat · 09/08/2026 22:11

I came downstairs in a new chic jumpsuit. Or so I thought.

Ds1 - where are you going?
Me - to have dinner with a friend
Ds1 - is it fancy dress?
Me - no.... what do you think I might be going as?
Ds - a vicar

He was serious. But I wore it anyway:)

Thegirlwhowent · 30/09/2026 06:44

I woke in the night feeling anxious and needing distraction. I'm glad I thought to look in the MN Classics and found this thread - so funny!

Gettingbysomehow · 30/09/2026 07:20

My vet nurse in Seaford used to be Jordan, punk Jordan from the 1970s aka Pamela Rooke. She still looked like Jordan but fatter in her 60s. She once punk hairstyled my beautiful half persian moggy. He was properly matted. She completely shaved his trousers off from the waist down and left the front fluffy and had the nerve to snigger when I picked him up. The poor boy didnt go outside for weeks!!

coffeeagogo · 30/09/2026 21:10

I decided to go red à la Christine Hendricks and treated myself to a brow tint whilst the colour was lifting. I got home and my daughter nearly died laughing, she called me angry bird for about 2 months

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