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?

[AdaColeman]

Sunlight soap was a popular household soap years ago.
Nice that the thread's got into Classics, I might have a buttered crumpet to celebrate! I always have some in the freezer, as they freeze well and can be toasted from frozen if you are in a hurry.

[wildthingsinthenight]

Sounds like a plan Ada

[wildthingsinthenight]

alwaysready I think you win at Monday with that happy mail!

[wildthingsinthenight]

I've found Lux and Sunlight soap online.
The Lux looks suspiciously modern though

[alwaysreadyforablether]

I couldn't wait - I've changed into my new underwear. Why oh why have I put myself through the torture of underwires for so many years? I swear I heard my boobs sigh with delight when I put this bralet on. And as for the big pants - I was never one for small pants anyway but these are so comfy with no scratchy lace or silly little bows.

[wildthingsinthenight]

Heaven alwaysready!

[DCIHoops]

I’m looking at some Harris Tweed handbags and liking them! Does this mean I can join the thread?

I’m already a massive Agatha Christie fan and I love my crown derby tea set

[wildthingsinthenight]

Yes join us! We are a classic don't you know?

[hippochoc]

alwaysready me too! bralet that is, ordered some last week, so unbelievably comfortable, and I keep popping into my bathroom to get a waft of my new yardley lily of the valley soap.

[Whatthefoxgoingon]

This thread is the most appropriate and fitting choice for Classics ever

[ssd]

Yardley talc

[wildthingsinthenight]

I love the 4711 cologne. I recognise the smell from somewhere. Mustn't drench myself in it as I want to make it last

[hippochoc]

oh another one.. I would like to do a shout out for tan pop socks, not too orangey though.
(sometimes mine end up stuck inside dh's pants if I accidentally tumble them)

[PeskyRooks]

Is the 4711 cologne forty-seven eleven or four seven one one?

[woodhill]

I like the M&S bra lets

Also easier to do yoga in

[wildthingsinthenight]

PeskyRooks
This one. Not sure how you say it!

[PeskyRooks]

Thanks wild lovely looking bottle!

[PearsMorgan]

Four seven eleven surely?

[Imissmoominmama]

Bralet ladies- where did you get them from?

I’m wearing a big mohairy cardi and a pair of Allbirds wool loungers (comfy as clouds). Today is cosy day in the Moomin household.

[alwaysreadyforablether]

I got mine from M&S - wouldn't normally go there for bras as they don't have a great reputation for their fitting service but thought I'd give these a go. I keep going to adjust the underwire at the side and then realise there's nothing digging in. I must do it so often that it's become an unconscious habit. Must look very professional when I'm in the office!

[hippochoc]

Uniqlo , looks like a crop top am a 10 and ordered a medium. Perfect fit.
Also tried an m &s in 12 could hardly get in it so will try a 14, so the sizing is way off but the colours look nice!

[MsRinky]

I have a chanelling-my-inner-old-lady story for you today, now that I've found you!

Way back in the 90s when the now MrR and I first shacked up together, his granny Nellie, a formidable doyenne of the North Yorkshire WI, gave us her qualified blessing by bestowing upon us two lap trays with tartan bean-bag cushions underneath. We thought these hilariously old-fashioned, but soon discovered they were excellently suited to skinning-up on.

Well, twenty-odd years later, Nellie is long gone, but the trays remain, although they're now used for more sedate suppers in front of the telly. However, the cushion bits were little more than saggy shadows of their former selves, much like my thighs in fact. But last week, inspired by this thread, and the old-lady wisdom therein, I ordered a bag of bean-bag filling online, and today I got out the rarely-used sewing kit, which is, in fact, an empty Danish biscuit tin from the 70s which I think came from Nellie's house after she died. The needles are priced in shillings anyway.

I refilled the cushions to their former glory, and then sat with one on my lap and had a nice cup of tea in a china cup with two homemade crumpets and damson jam. And I had a little chat with Nellie in my head, and said well Nellie, I never did give you any great-grandchildren, but I've made your grandson very happy nevertheless, and I did finally learn how to look after him (and me) properly, and felt really at peace.

Then when DH came in and saw the trays he BEAMED and said "God, Nellie would be so chuffed with you", shortly followed by WOW crumpets, and yes, today has been a good day.

[wildthingsinthenight]

Aww lovely MsRinky great story.
Also great name Nellie.
(It's my name )

[Whatthefoxgoingon]

@msrinky I really enjoyed your story. Granny Nellie would be proud of you!

[frugalkitty]

Ooh classics! I've done a history clearance thingy on my phone so had to sign back in to find you all! I was scrolling through S&B wondering where we'd gone. As previously mentioned, I don't drink tea so I'll have a a G&T toast to the thread instead