To realise I like old lady things

[AiryFairyMum]

I bought some Yardley perfume for my grandmother and haven't been able to give it to her due to lockdown. I really like it and am going to buy some for me.
Also, I've started looking at those pointy cross-your hearty bras and thinking they look comfy and I quite like the shape, without having to cope with underwires (which I hate).
I'm 37, not 73. Are there any other old lady things I might like please?

Trolly bag for shopping

I love this thread by the way!!! I have found my people

I haven't enjoyed a thread this much since the cosy audiobooks one the other week. I feel happy just reading it!

Poirot
Midsommer murders
Reruns of Tales of the Unexpected
Putting my dressing gown on to potter around the house.

Oh yeah drinking out of pretty bone china..but I've liked that since I was a child.

Yes. The lido is great but too many people went there recently so it got closed

I must really be an old lady because I didn't even realise some of these were old lady things!
Petticoats/slips - if your skirt isn't lined then surely you need one?
Washing powder - I've also used a big box of washing powder, never even tried liquid or pods
Pop socks - I'm at work today wearing wide leg trousers and flat form brogues. What else should I wear on my feet? Socks would look weird!

Oh and I spend hours watching location location location

IntermittentParps
I like the sound of the showers gels. Can you link the website please!

Poofing up cushions on the sofa, fleece blankets, slippers with firm soles, zoflora, buying Christmas presents in June and definitely triumph Doreen

Wallpaper, especially Sanderson back catalogue stuff. I have a 1930s reproduction called Swallows. Silk lampshades. Standard lamps, bedside rugs. Eating at the table, with no devices.Mashed potato made with lots of butter. Porridge with Demerara and clotted cream. Sylvac. Wooden furniture in brown. Fresh flowers and honesty dried for winter.
But I also can’t do big knickers. I like a medium coverage, preferably cotton.

wildthings, here
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Obviously I can't vouch for any of them yet as I've only just ordered them, but fingers crossed and let's compare old lady notes!

The excitement I have just felt at being in a Ringtons door stop area is real.
I am a definite old lady, always have been and happy too!

Cosy audiobooks thread you say?! How did I miss that?! Must investigate.

i hate you all i've just listened to a sample of a miss reads book (never heard if them before) and i felt so relaxed and am now tempted to get one on audio. I also ordered some violet creams and a word search book off amazon

@Bioprepper

i hate you all i've just listened to a sample of a miss reads book (never heard if them before) and i felt so relaxed and am now tempted to get one on audio. I also ordered some violet creams and a word search book off amazon

They are lovely. You'll get to know all the characters - Mrs Pringle, Minnie, Joseph Coggs - and they are so easy to visualise, even without the lovely line drawings in the books.

But getting physical copies is better.

Oh don’t hate us Bio, have a sherry in a pretty glass, you’ll soon feel better!

Also Elizabeth Goudge (The Little White Horse etc) for serious vintage comfort reads...

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a refined thin "lip" on my drinking cup or mug

Oh yes I love Elizabeth Goudge. The Dean's Watch is my favourite, lovely book.

Popping into The Edinburgh Woollen Mill on a girls weekend away (not in Edinburgh) to see if they had any nice new blouses in stock was a moment when I realised I was unusual , I told the other girls I'd need them in the cocktail bar after I'd had a browse.

Meet them

@PrivateSpidey

Oh yes I love Elizabeth Goudge. The Dean's Watch is my favourite, lovely book.

Oh thank goodness, I thought I was alone!

Sanderson wallpaper is a fabulous shout. I love big flowery wallpaper with old wooden furniture.

@Bluesparkled and @PrivateSpidey I am presently re-reading the Eliots of Damerosehay trilogy again.
I remember reading The Bird In The Tree when I was in the process of leaving my XH and I found it intensely comforting.