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Planet of the Crepes

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DukesOfTripHazard · 17/02/2012 12:51

New bowl of crisps, tuck in Ruby!

I am thrilled at this Pixi lust. Another of their things wot I like is the cheek gel in natural. It doesn't stay on very long but while it does it's well pretty.

I felt a bit rubbish yesterday and spent much too long hunched over the computer looking at not very edifying things. Today is better. Have shredded, spot cleaned the stair carpet, written a letter to DD who will be at an outdoor pursuity place with school next week and am now going out to buy some fabric conditioner at Wilkos. When the mice are away the cat does rather boring things, it would seem Blush.

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TheReturnOfStropperella · 25/03/2012 15:23

I'm a freelance translator, BD, as is dh. We run our business as a partnership, but it is somewhat unequal these days.

I tried to stop being the "one that does everything", but this just turned into "nothing gets done at all by anyone". Hmm

On a way brighter note than my previous posts today: the cultural exchange chez nous seems to be going v. well. There was much giggling coming out of the girls' room until past midnight last night. And today dd announced that she has learnt "lots of useful French". Oh yes? Such as? How to say "you smell of poo" Grin

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/03/2012 15:31

I think I do a lot of unnecessary stuff, like making my own muesli and granola, which could probably be cut out. I only started making it when I went to chuck a box of Dorset Cereals muesli into my trolley and looked at the price, and thought, I could make my own for a fraction of that. And I do a lot of baking.

I am thinking of our holiday plans: house with pool, 3 1/2 hours drive from here, and five minutes from lovely beach, or the USA, no real plans beyond using friends in Atlanta as a base. Or we could do house in France for the summer and go to NY for a week in October (which sounds better and more structured).

And what sort of bras do large bosomed teenagers wear? DD1 needs new ones, and has conceded to underwired. She is a 32F or 34E depending on the fit, and is currently wearing sports bras.

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/03/2012 15:32

I had a look at that site you linked to BTM (it was you, I think) on bras for teens, and it reckoned, when I put her measurements in, that a 36C would fit her. I'm not convinced, as she is quite norktastic. She tried a 36 back, and it was much too big.

MrsSchadenfreude · 25/03/2012 15:35

Oh no, it was OldQueenie who linked.

bigTillyMint · 25/03/2012 15:59

Re bras, MrsS, DD is a 28B (even a 30B is too loose, unlike me with a huge wide back and no tits!) - I think you have to be careful to get a small enough round the ribcage fit, whilst getting a larger cup. I can't imagine she is a 36C(she looked very slim in that video they made), even I wear a 34 and Dressimo or whatever it is said I have a very wide back, 32F sounds right. Anyway, aren't the French loads better at lingerie than us?Smile

I have to admit that DH is doing his bit in the garden today - has been out there for 2 1/2 hours. Pruning and grass cutting for that long in our handkerchief sized garden is quite an achievementGrin

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DukesOfTripHazard · 25/03/2012 18:54

Stropps being good at mess-management in the past is a superb skill to have and it is excellent that you have identified such a positive thing.

I am idly wondering about re-training as a plumber or a hairdresser today. Well, a girl's got to dream...

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MrsSchadenfreude · 25/03/2012 19:25

BTM, the French don't have tits and it is almost impossible to get anything over a C cup here unless you go to a specialist shop. Obv, I don't want DD1 to feel like a freak, so we won't go down that route. I think I will go for something from Figleaves. French women don't have heavy periods either, as most supermarkets only stock regular tampons - you have to buy your super absorbent, extra large, bucket fanny ones from the pharmacy. I have also never seen women with such thin legs as you do in Paris. At DD's school concert, I asked DD1 if X was anorexic, so twiggy were her legs. "No," she sighed. "She's Parisian."

motherinferior · 25/03/2012 19:40

MrsS, it is a revelation re French lingerie sizing. I always imagine them billowing. In manner of Les Liaisons Dangereuses....

We have just realised that next Wednesday is a teachers' strike Shock. HAve been so busy taking time off for sickly DD1 that this had managed to pass us by.

bigTillyMint · 25/03/2012 20:58

MrsS, what about good old M&S?

Yes, even I am Hmm that it is apparently only London teachers that are striking. Why is this? I am in the NUT and cannot see why it is just London teachers that are called to strike.

CointreauVersial · 25/03/2012 22:26

Glad you had a nice day in Bath, Strops, we really enjoyed our flying visit there last month. And it's good to hear your DD is picking up such essential French phrases. Grin

We're not at the teenage bra-buying stage yet, although I had to have a quiet word with DD1 about the use of deodorant, and perhaps not wearing the same school shirt all week. My lovely sweet-smelling babes are all turning into sweaty, grumpy (if not yet lumpy) monsters.

Blackduck · 25/03/2012 22:49

So is there a French gene that precludes heavy periods......

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DukesOfTripHazard · 26/03/2012 14:48

My style and beauty news is that having a zero S&B budget ATM means no point in yearning for anything. No point in spotting gaps in wardrobe. The result is sense of great satisfaction with what I have

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herbaceous · 26/03/2012 15:04

Oh dear. I admired a friend's dress on Facebook, she told me it was from Oasis. The good news is it's in the sale. The bad news is it comes in two colours. I bought both. I now have about a trillion stripey items.

Here it is stripey dress

bigTillyMint · 26/03/2012 18:00

Like the dress Herbs, but it would be yet another tunic top on meSad Why are there no nice dresses that come to my knee to disguise the rugby-player knees and thighs? Not that I have ever played rugby!

Talking periods, DD asked me to get some with wings the other day. I wish she would give the tampons a try.

herbaceous · 26/03/2012 18:57

Oh I shall be wearing them/it with leggings. The legs are not displayed above the knee, EVER.

rubyrubyruby · 26/03/2012 20:29

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MrsSchadenfreude · 26/03/2012 20:57

DD1 doesn't like the thought of "sticking anything up there." I said she will when she's older. She wasn't amused. DD2 had a full on period in November, but nothing since. Thankfully. She wasn't impressed.

I hate wings. They come unstuck and stick to my bum crack.

rubyrubyruby · 26/03/2012 21:22

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MrsSchadenfreude · 26/03/2012 21:56

NINE years? ShockShockShock
And EnvyEnvyEnvy

Mine started last Tuesday and is still going strong. I blame the mefenamic acid - if I take that, the flow drops off a bit, but just seems to go on and on.

rubyrubyruby · 26/03/2012 22:02

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MrsSchadenfreude · 26/03/2012 22:10

Hmm.

The Mirena, you say?

TheReturnOfStropperella · 26/03/2012 22:57

Mmm. I had a mirena for 5 years. It was a strong contributory factor in my developing acute anxiety. But I didn't have any periods. If it works for you, it is absolutely excellent, I reckon.

Blackduck · 27/03/2012 06:01

My last period was at Christmas, have the othe 'symptoms' but no bleeding. Is this the end? Seems early, sure my mum was older!
MrsS how's the various bits of you body that encountered Parisian steps last week?
Herbs nice strips ....
Ruby drunk on a Monday!!
Stropps how's things? When will you hear re MRI?

bigTillyMint · 27/03/2012 08:14

Strops, that is scary - I've heard of women piling on the pounds with the Mirena, but that is terribleAngry How are you doing today?

TheReturnOfStropperella · 27/03/2012 09:24

Yes, herbs, those dresses are v. nice. Would come down too far past my knees, though Grin

BTM, re: mirena - to be fair, I had 2 and the first one appeared to cause no problems. I think having one put in 3 months post-natally was a huge mistake though, especially as I was bf. Apparently in the US they are contra-indicated for bf-ing mothers, but not here, oh no. They were seen as The Solution to all contraceptive probs by the medical profession 6-10 years ago. Not so much now that many, many people have had well-documented side effects. However, because of my first, positive experience, I would still advise anyone to give it a try. Just not immediately after having a baby. And to be aware that it can cause mighty peculiar side effects (but then so can the pill, in fact).

We are still jittery as hell here. No word yet on MRI, but GP says if we haven't heard by tomorrow, to let him know and he will give them a nudge. The wider family are now twitching. Dh's estranged brother was on the phone last night and he's now off to get himself checked out too. Trouble is, with the phone calls it makes it increasingly difficult to keep things secret from the children. Ds is now poorly and I will have to take him to the doc's today as he has had a streaming cold for over 2 weeks, has a bad chest and throat and has been light-averse since yesterday evening. Probably a virus, I suppose. Hope our French guest will not be taking it home with her tomorrow. Which reminds me - I must get her a present...

I need to track down a solicitor for some consultations about financial matters. Work has gone all quiet, which might be a blessing for a couple of days, as we have so much else to sort out.