I know I have reached 'that age' when

[Soon2bC]

I treat myself to an electric blanket.

Now, I will clarify that I don't know what 'that age' is but I feel that my excitement over my new electric under blanket probably means I have reached it!

How did you reach 'that age'?

I am well at 'that age' (I also love my electric blanket), but am not having hot flushes. Tbh, i was I was, because there's no heating in this house and I am FREEZING for most of the time!

And I know I'm at 'that age' because I love a nice sit down with a cup of tea and Midsomer Murders...

Leopard - when I moved house I finally had a larder cupboard. After spending a small fortune in Ikea I then happily spent hours printing labels on my 'old fashioned' label maker and filling jars with pasta, rice, pudding rice, pilaf rice (I even bought different rice and flour for my new jars because I liked the names). When people came to see the new house the first thing I showed them was the larder!

p.s All - BHS online is back!

I was very excited about my dehumidifier when I was 24. More recently, thrilled to receive some thermal socks for my birthday at 28.

I reached into my pocket for a tissue and found a Werther's Original . . .

Am I the only person who loves a cold bed?

Buy bathers at BHS

Maybe that too, until it folded recently. My thing from there was beach towels.

Ah yes, Soon is right. I did read the other day that BHS was planning a comeback as an online business. I do intend to go and look there.

Zaphodsotherhead

Midsomer Murders, Murder She Wrote, Rosemary and Thyme...

Coming away from my aunt's funeral when my sister and I realised there was no-one left of her generation and that we were next.

Apologies if not sufficiently lighthearted but we did actually have a good laugh about it.

I saw a vicar the other day and my first thought was: "Goodness, isn't he YOUNG?"

PMSL at "A young girl was eyeing up my special trolley bag. I think she was impressed". :o

Topseyt I'm looking for a trolley like that. Nw we have to pay for plastic bags I want one for all my shooping. Either that or a "Roy Cropper Shopper" type bag.

I keep getting tempted by the GTech Air-ram vacuum when the advert comes on telly. It seems good and also I found myself thinking that the bloke on the advert seems "a nice young man".

Shooping?! Meant shopping!

I'm looking at Volvos online this afternoon, DD is tutting at me and I'm saying 'but the safety and reliability!'.

Plus last week, I nearly bought a poncho/blanket hybrid thing with a hood.

It's happening right now, isn't it?

I read the White Company catalogue and the Lakeland catalogues with great pleasure

I look forward to Autumn because I can wear thick tights

I only go to pubs etc if I know there will be seats so I can have a nice sit down.

Flo, thats so sad but we have had similar conversations in our family

Ooh yes.
My husband calls it "Lakeland porn" 😀
And the Xmas catalogues from the bigger stores like boots - I never buy anything in there but love a flick through 🙄

I so want one of those shopping trolleys....idea do them. My DC have told me they won't be seen with me if I get one.
Result!😀

When you stand up and your knees hips and ankles go off like pistol shots.

Needing a hand to get up off the floor.

Reading things over the top of my glasses.

Throwing the duvet off as I'm too hot only for OH to tuck it back over me as "don't get cold"

Some of you on this thread are very young.

Thanks Soon. It is sad but I have to confess, we also found it hilarious. As in, fuck, how did we become the older generation?

I bought my first ever tumble dryer today. I can't stop looking at it.

This was a godsend when I was PG.

I'm starting to get unexpalined aches and pains. My knees are so painful just now, I can't even walk down the stairs properly. (I'm going to the doctors tomorrow about it)

I also managed to pull a muscle in my neck the other night just by turning around in bed. It was bloody sore!

I know I'm not 'old' but I definitely feel more fragile than I did a couple of years ago.

Just as an aside, Aldi are stocking heated Airers for £29.99 this week, as you were

Since the advent of the 5p charge for carrier bags I have started taking even more of those flimsy bags from the supermarket veg counter than I used to - the ones that say 'take only those you need'.

I used to use them instead of freezer bags but now need a lot more of them now I'm charged 5p for the carrier bags that I used to use to discard rubbish after using them a few times.

I use canvas bags and a shopping trolley for most of my regular shopping, as I used to before the charge.

The council issues me with free recycling bags but I refuse to pay for rubbish bags.

I think there's an intersection going on there between being a person of a certain age and a Daily Mail reader.

Though it was the Daily Mail who were at the vanguard of the carrier bag levy.