Crepeys/Hagsnet - the moonlight beckons!

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Because moonlight gives you a nice glow and doesn't show up your wrinkles or grey hair.

Blackduck, congratulations!

Wow, more good news on the crepey career front!

Hi Kerry, nice to see you again. I deduce you've had a more interesting summer than me because (a) you haven't been on here every day much, and (b) you had occasion for suncream.

Blackduck

I am going insane. I have this liking for this distressing garment.

And this.

In my defence I am Very Cold today.

The first one has rendered me speechless. I think it is the colour, which does very little for very few people.

The second one is a little better, but why is it called a "boyfriend cardigan"? I don't think I could find any man attractive who wore something like that. (He would be the sort of man who wore flannelette pyjamas as well.)

They had some much nicer stuff in JL the other week - warm but good colours and vaguely stylish. My friend Alison and I went round cooing "ooh, cosy!" at them.

I had 8 people for dinner tonight, have 12 tomorrow and 7 ten year olds for a sleepover on Friday night. I am demanding a lie in on Sunday.

MI, I just bought this in Winter White, which is similarly cosy (although I notice they've sold out online). M&S also have some nice knitted dresses in their Autograph Weekend range (I also think the colour of the dress you linked too is a little bleurgh).

MI... first link is truely crap and you are indeed insane.

welcome back Kerry. I was only saying t'other day you'd disappeared.

Thanks all, I am deeply relieved as need some stability! MI noooooo to that first thing!

Oh dear. I rather liked the first thing! Is there no hope for me?

I'm being driven to distraction by our surviving cat. He comes into the bedroom four or five times a night, yowling loudly, jumps on the bed, kneads me with claws out for about five minutes, then goes to sleep with his face pressed up against mine. Then get gets off, only to return and repeat the procedure an hour later. Haven't had a good night's sleep for ages. We can't shut him out of the bedroom, as he'll just howl and wake DS up. We could shut him in the kitchen all night, but that seems mean.

I'm hoping it's a phase, with him expanding into the territory left by deceased brother. Or I may have to have his vocal cords and claws removed.

Does your kitchen have a cat flap? We shut our kitchen door at night.

With the cat/s in it, that is. They have access to the great outdoors. We may well be inheriting the cats from the people opposite - she's become allergic, and is pregnant for the second time so her immune system is shot and the allergic asthma is getting worse - which will be, er, interesting given our one very badtempered cat is not, in cat terms, a People Person.

It does indeed have a cat flap, and pre-death he used to spend most of the night outside, coming on to the bed for an early morning snuggle, which was rather nice. It of course means that other cats can come in - and sometimes do - and he'd have to fight them off in a confined space, which would be grim.

He's probably, tbh, reconfiguring his territory. Self-centered buggers, cats.

Right, the dinners for 8 and 12 now out the way. I have to go to the school tomorrow night to meet the teachers, and then only have the sleepover to get through on Saturday, oh and organise DD1 for her school trip on Thursday, with an early start on Friday morning...

We are all home (dog included), but waking up at 4.00....I have, a week to get ds back to normal! Did school uniform shop and threatened ds with dire consequences if his new shoes dont last at least a term. Can't locate sweaters that we found at end of last term so bought more. Back to work today and now giving thought to moving.

MrsS I am in awe - I'd have a breakdown cooking for those numbers!

Back home too , but no DC until tomorrow , but they are not back to scool tll next Wed and Thurs

I must double check all the uniforms and labelling....

Will be shoving a broom up DH's arse shortly as we have to deep lean the house before his parents arrive back with the DC tomorrow - we are both out later and it hasn't been cleaned for 6 weeks as we have been away virtually all the hols!

BTM - I left my DH at home all day yesterday, and he very kindly decided to hoover everywhere. Unfortunately he did not press the necessary button on our new Miele to switch on the carpet beater, so to be honest would have done a better job with an actual broom up his backside ("that new hoover's rubbish!"). Ten out of ten for effort, though; he even made the DDs dust their bedrooms.

I dragged DS1 away from his X-Box last night to "model" his expensive new senior school uniform and check it all fitted - he looks so grown up in his blazer. I shall be spending the next few evenings sewing on name tapes.

Well, DH "cleaned" the bathroom for an hour. He forgot the mirrors and hasn't done the floor. He hasn't put away all the toiletries on top of the cupboard either. But I'd better not complain.

Just met my friend for a coffee - she has got herself a 30yo boyfriend. She is 52!

Fnar.

Nice one. Toyboys are the way forward - DP's 10 years younger than me. Get In.

Spent the day at London Zoo. It was great! DS seemed to enjoy himself, though naturally the highlights for him weren't the lions and gorillas, but the toilets and a biscuit. Though he did like the man who talked about the penguins. An 'explainer', apparently.

Wearing my new 'skinny combats' from Sainsburys'. They seem to be too big in the arse/waist, and keep falling down. This is both pleasing and displeasing.

You saucy lot.

I thought I was doing well, with DH a whole 18 months my junior!

G'wan Kerry, what's the age gap???