Crepey Corner

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Where the cool and the discerning hang out. New one.

Chat now, innit.

BD, dog is much happier since he has had his fill of chicken. Especially as it was properly nice chicken breast that would actually have been for our supper (I had no cheap and skanky dog chicken in the freezer and it was an emergency). Our supper was instead a "pizza" that dd made today in food tech. It was like a stone with some cheese on top. Not one of her better efforts in my opinion, although ds seemed to find it excellent and told her that her teacher should give her an A. No accounting for taste.

That is v. cross-making about the house. Hope the stars align themselves correctly for you soon.

Wish we had some other way of getting the dog looked after when we go away. Will investigate other kennels. He needs more TLC than yr average hound, weedy little mutt that he is.

I was given some dog vitamins as a freebie last week. V glam, my job.

MI - step away from the fairisle! It always seems like a good idea, but actually just makes most people look like 1970s geography teachers. Well, that's what I reckon after making an expensive Brora mistake a couple of years ago...

Have just realised that the Paris branch of Penhaligon's is in the next street from where I work. Must shuffle on down.

I like the idea of calling it Mother's Ruin as well!

Hum pizza sounds yum (not :) )
Our hound is also a tad needy and high maintenance, luckily we are able to off load him on in laws (saves on kennels, fresh chicken and carpet cleaning costs) I am trying not to think about house....

at dog vitamins, MI. Did someone think your nose was a bit hot?

hi there crepeys... (am lurking crepey myself).
what pray is "mothers' ruin scent"?

My coat was clearly not glossy enough....they were, in truth, part of a much bigger bag of vits, including ones for Skin, Nails, Joints (not in that way), and Various Times Of Life.

My beauty colleagues get proper freebies

Suspect you are right and that I would look Respectably Frumpy rather than Quirky and Eccentric. The subs inform me I have a nice sense of style, which I preened myself on. (Mind you the subs are our kind of age...)

Mothers' Ruin

Mmm, sounds v. nice, but I don't think I will be getting any Mothers' Ruin. I am hideously allergic to Juniper (hives, breathing probs, death etc). Have always thought it might have something to do with the vast overdose of gin I had on my 18th birthday.

I want that perfume .. And I am not a perfume person...
Oh stropps how awful (I love the aldi tea bag/ gin ad makes me :) )

My sister still cannot touch vodka after an unfortunate incident involving a stolen bottle of the stuff back in 1981.

S'alright, I've always got my adrenalin syringe on my person, so will be fine if someone accidentally sprays me with any variety of Mothers' Ruin at the next Crepey Convention.

hmm. for me the mere thought of martini rosso makes me dry heave... and the "incident" involving martini, a swimming pool and skinny dipping was, ooooh, about 30 years ago...

has anyone actually smelt the Mothers' Ruin? or is just the idea of smelling of gin that appeals??

Port, now, port does it for me. Because port is usually produced at the end of drinking many, many other things.

Yes, OQ (love the name!) I have before me a freebie tester phial of the stuff, courtesy of friend who works in said aromatic emporium. I have dabbed on a bit, and shall slosh it on tomorrow.

ice and a slice with that?

I cannot even sniff Cointreau since getting very drunk on it in Majorca at the age of 17. DH's is Drambuie. He got v drunk on it when we were living in West Africa and the cat ate his sick. All of it. It was waiting expectantly for more to appear, whereupon it lapped it up with gusto.

Thanks, MrsS. I have just snorted wine onto my keyboard.

MrsS at the cat story! I can't believe that there is a drink you can't stomach!

Mine is cider and cherryB. Mixed. Definitely lives up to the name Knicker-Droppers

And red wine. But that was down to pregnancy and I have never got the taste for it back again!

oldqueenie - love the name

Another good reason to not get a pet

what do you mean?! surely better to have sick-eating cat than to have to clean up the sick... result if you ask me.

oooh. i like it in here. can i hang around a bit?

Ooh yes, please do. You have to be prepared to share middle-aged insecurities, mind. This is not the thread for the pertly soignee and/or youthful.