You know you've entered the Respectable Middleaged Mummery when...

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...you dig out the skimpy little Pulling Frocks which have lain unworn in the drawer for the four years since you first got pregnant, and concede that it's time to get a few (remarkably few) inches shortened so that you can wear them as Attractive Yet Practical tops with jeans

BTW you are at Ikea one evening and you hear a tannoy announcement saying "Come to Ikea on a Friday night and get great bargains in Bargain Corner and there is a free barbecue" and you think (just for a moment, mind), "Ooh, that sounds good. Wonder if we could get a babysitter?".

No someone else does tho
hold on will find thread

btw WHAT article?

A piece about catalogueaholics for Eve. Beety's quoted in it!! (anonymously tho)

does next directory coun too?

can you please out in it how toally implausible Michelll is and that her house must be full of tat

What tat are you thinking of Michelle?

Next directory isn't fun though. Have mentioned Argos clown jewellery after someone posted a priceless link to it on another thread. See! I AM doing work!

wwhen you look in laura ashley and think " oh those print curtains would look nice in...." then you stamp on your own foot and tell hubby never to let you near the shop again in case of middleageritus

Am still trying to resist middle age, although the thought of wearing slippers to a nightclub is getting more appealing.

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cardies and slips are v. trendy though, but not with a dress on in between!

when you only consider going to concerts that are all seated

Actually, I'm trying to find the right cardie to go with the one remaining (slip-like) Pulling Frock...

I have just baked 2 fruit crumbles in my dressing gown, does that make me an official middleagedmummery slob ?!

Galaxy

that's me!!

I don't stay out late unless I am promised that I can lie in the next day!!

I am jsut unable to function on less than 8 hours sleep a day (and that's the bare minumum!)

NDP, you're Nigella, aren't you?

Obviously a sign of R.M.A.M -Caught myself getting excited aboutthe M&S thread. But also pleased to realise after a swift check only my socks are from them today :0

its br and the clown thing

dsses addited to argos

Lou33 don't you dare join the ranks of slippers in nightclubs, You traitor

It's a result of 2 nights clubbing in your town this weekend! Feet are just starting to regain sensation.

Did somebody mention going to the disco in your slippers? Rod does!!!

OMG Janh, are you some secret Rod fan or what? how the hell did you come across that?

No, lmb, I'm a secret celebdaq fan, was searching ananova for hot gossip!

i think my worst is when i go into town for a drink and a meal with dp and i see them wearing all the short stuff and the first thought comes to mind god aint they cold in that until dp reminds me that i used to have shorter the last time i went through my wardrobe i nearly died at what i used to wear and wouldnt be seen dead in now never mind outside the house

When someone at work tells you that you dress very young.

Especially when you are only in jeans/trainers and are only in your early 20s!

im with you there jenni