Hagsnet - the crepey quiche

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Over here all you 40s and fading!

After a certain age, one pays dearly for a good piss up.
That anxious waking at the crack of dawn with impending sense of doom is God's way of saying 'You is old woman!!!'

It takes me three days to recover properly for a good night out. After the anxiety comes the exhaustion.....

I can't believe I used to go to the pub nearly every night at university and spring back, fresh as a daisy the next morning.

I played tennis with my teenage sons yesterday and had to wear trackies under my tennis skirt as my bare legs would give everyone a fright. Why do all women at our tennis club have looooong lean, brown legs?

Small children have both gone back to school today after their chickenpox, 15 year old also at school, 19 year old gone to work ....... so have a whole day to myself (with just a couple of hours' work to do). First free day since before the Easter holidays. DH also here working from home today so he's doing most of the school runs.

So this is my theme tune for

I think bandwise I have always been wearing the wrong size (too big), so I now have these norks, which, maybe in the great scheme of things aren't that huge, but they look huge to me and I don't LIKE them! (I have never been keen on big norks) (and there is some fat there too...)

Oh tell me about it Moondog - I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that it isn't worth it! (plus I am even more grumpy that usual)

On the plus side I am wearing a pair of trousers that I couldn't get into a while back, and whilst they are a tad snug they do fit (hooray!) Have also been googling hip pain and have some stretching exercises to try so maybe get back to the running soon!

I agree about drinking now! I just feel awful and can even feel a difference the next day after one glass of wine. We are having a bit of a party here next weekend with old friends and I really can't bear the thought of the hangover! I could easily not drink in fact I rarely do now but these particular friends are huge wine buffs and have a seriously high threshold! Do you think they would notice if I sipped a soft drink all day?

I feel very dried out. And the cause is sitting on the kitchen table: two bottles of cava, four of wine, one 'cooler', and some beer between six of us.

Swedes - I can't wear skirts any more in the summer as MY INNER THIGHS CHAFE. Too gross. Leggings are my saviour.

If I drank that I wouldn't be up! So you must be hardcore .The less I drink the less I can tolerate it.

Ohh Herb.....I'd be laying in a darkened room if that was me ;)

Noddy - white wine watered down (but don't tell dp as he gets mighty pissed off...)

I also did a ruthless purge of my wardrobe and bagged up clothes that no-longer fit, I never wear, and I wonder why I bought in the first place!

I am about to write another feature on the virtues of exercise

"Only a c cup"

An a is generous on me.
The only upside is that being small bobbed tends to make people think I am much leaner than I am.
But then my increasing arseage looks even more disproportionate. I am a human weeble.

Blackduck I do that too sometimes! Or drink a pint of lime and soda before I go home. Have also bagged up all unflattering clothes and did a boot sale 2 weeks ago and so am not tempted to add anymore impulse buys as I sold ££££ of clothes for £80 such a waste

I used to be a 34B, now I'm a 36DD. But it balances out the arse.

And yes, the darkened room sounds ideal. Instead, I shall be going to playgroup. Yes, a loud room full of shrieking toddlers. Just the ticket.

MI - I'm a journalist, too, going through a dry spell of work. I'll do it for you.

All right, all right you hags have guilted me into doing some sodding exercise. The bike is all ready and I'm ready to start the cycling that I told dh I'd be doing daily when we bought it a month ago.

Btw I've been using wrinkle cream on crepey lines on chest area (am a side sleeper) for two weeks and they are much much improved - so yipee.

Bad news is that I weighed myself and have put on 3lb's in the month since I stopped Dukan, I really can't face all that bloody protein again though.

I was whistled at this morning on the way back from school.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Part of me is quite offended, and I wish I'd been awake enough to make a witty retort. But, another part is quite oddly gratified that I'm not completely invisible.

On the bright side the house is empty today and I am having botox at 1 so should be looking better at least by teh weekend

KM, sympathy -- I've had that bug and now DH has it too. It seems to linger. After the initial nausea stage I've been left with mild vertigo while DH has more of the tummy symptoms.

Anyone see the Sunday Times story on the carb diet? It's all about resistant starches apparently . . . having pasta tonight, hurrah!

So how are you going to get sitting in the garden, drinking wine and reading gory novels into that then MI? :)

Oh Herbs - don't envy you at ALL. I did party with rowdy 8 year olds on Saturday with a slight hangover and it wasn't fun (rictus grin as I greeted all the other parents....)

I know noddy - is depressing isn't it. All that money wasted. I am going to try to only buy what I need going forward (won't last...) I did, however, discover stuff I had forgotten I had bought!

Herb, this is my only regular gig and I am clinging on to it! After this piece, and the piece about mental health and sleep (v glamorous, my life) I am going to starve in the gutter. I may have another on Anxiety accepted...

I hate to tell you this but I've had it for nine days now. The queasiness passed off after about 24 hours and I never did throw up but the dizziness is really persistent. It must be a bit nasty, though, as DH never gets sick.

MI and Herb I can guarantee you my journalism "career" is going worse than yours are . . . feel a total loser in that department.

So will I then, Kerry and ignore the fact that the sun was in his eyes.

I've got a Big Night Out coming up in 2 weeks. Really got to put some work into looking half-way decent, but haven't got the motivation.

Another one here who can't take the booze anymore. Hangovers last 2 or 3 days now. And champagne is my migraine trigger. What sort of sick joke is that?