The Creped Crusaders - new thread!

[wilbur]

New thread for chatting. Oh and swapping S&B tips.

Having a manic day here - INSET day at school and I have 7 kids (inc my 3) over for lunch. While also trying to "work from home" and talk to removal people.

Hello crepeys after the endless sodding rain yesterday at least it is dry here. Whole jubilee thing seems halfarsed here and as ds is at in-laws I havent really bothered.
House is full of dog hair despite hoovering on Friday and Saturday. Working way through dp's laundry and a tad pissed off there was no present...I know Tampere is lacking in the gift shop dept, but he had several hours in Helsinki...

I have been more productive now. I have cleaned the DDs' and the cats' bathroom (but have not yet washed the floor), changed our bed, which seemed to have a fur lining (ugh), ordered a Furminator , tidied the kitchen a bit, thrown out some more rotting strawberries, but not yet washed the kitchen floor.

We seem to be fighting a constant battle against dust bunnies - the combination of living on a dusty corner, having three females in the house with lots of hair, and two very furry cats. I think if we had carpets instead of parquet throughout the dust bunnies would just nestle in the tufts instead of flinging themselves with gay abandon across the floor or scuttling into the corners of the rooms.

Have survived a second afternoon of dns (pissed-off aunt emoticon). Been to arts festival jolly in the park and disappointed dh by not dancing to the ceilidh band (well, I would have danced if I'd had a pint like he had). Had very nice walk by the river this morning with ds and dd when we made the acquaintance of some baby bank voles who didn't know they were supposed to run away. Cuuuuuuute, as ds said.
Now watching Jubilee concert (holy shit whatever Grace Jones is on, I want some. Dd wants to know where her bing

We've been banned from our local pub! We've been going for six years, taken friends and family for meals there, etc, and today the landlord - who is a self-important arsehole - told us to 'piss off and not come back' because DS wasn't sitting in his chair.

Corking.

I know! It bills itself as a 'family friendly gastropub', which is frankly pushing it on the food front, but the owner today said having children out of their seats is 'not the sort of pub we want to be'. I am spreading the word among my considerable network.

Maybe the 'sort of pub he wants to be' is 'empty'.

Name and shame, Herbs.

May I offer you the latest in French revoltingness? After the 74 hour deodorant (because the French clearly don't wash their armpits every day), I bring you...the 2 in 1 pantie liner. One is stuck to the other, so if you want to feel fresher, you just peel off the gunky one. If I was going to be charitable, I would think "oh, what a good idea, a fresh one for the afternoon". But I am not, and I am thinking "how to make a pair of knickers last three days" (two with pantie liner, the third au naturel.

How does anyone manage to go 3 days without washing their pits? Then again, if you can go 3 days without bothering, why bother at all?
And why anyone would really think a double-decker PL is a good plan? Although maybe it is aimed at people who have titchy clutch-type bags and only want to carry a lipstick and a credit card. Unlike yours truly who lugs around a giant holdall which has room for several jumbo packs of sanitary protection.

Ds and I and the dog managed to get very lost in a wood in the pouring rain this afternoon. I was feeling a tad, er, delicate due to an unfortunate combination of a hangover, lack of sleep and raging PMT and somehow failed to realise that I had no idea where we were going until we had been walking for the best part of an hour. I thought we were walking in a circle. But it seems we weren't. Anyway, we eventually had to retrace our steps in order to find the car again. So the walk was about 2 hours and we were very wet indeed. Ds wasn't pleased.

I always thought the French and not washing was a myth until I worked with a French girl who was tres chic, but my god, the underarm odour could fell from 50 yards...
We had an unexpected house viewing today - house looked like a bomb had hit it....oh well..take us as you find us!!
On S&B note Jilian, swimming and 10 minute flat stomach DVD seems to be having an effect (largely undone by bottle of Malbec last night, and very nice g&t tonight)

Well, that's it, long weekend over. Booooo.

I have just about recovered from yesterday's Pimms binge at our village picnic; a great time was had by all, with only a couple of gentle rain showers to dilute the alcohol spoil the fun. There was a hog roast and a DJ with an interesting choice in music (the DCs thought Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-Ling" was very amusing, and have been singing it ever since ).

Nothing doing today, so we went to see Men in Black 3 at the cinema. Entertaining.

I have only just got over my hangover

Sounds like you have all been drinking faaarrrr too much, tut, tut

MrsS, those panty-liners sound vile. WTF? And the not washing. Bleurgh.

Had a great night last night - we took my 86yo uncle (family friend) out for dinner and one of his sons turned up with his wife. I haven't seen him since he was about 14 (just turned 40) and had never met his wife - both lovely, did some reminiscing...

Kids windsurfing - was sunny this morning but has just started to piss it down, but they are wet anyway..... At least we got 6 1/2 child-free hours

I'm still on for Friday! DP is in da house, so I am free to roam.

Have put on a few pounds over my holiday, not entirely unconnected with diet mainly consisting of fish-n-chips, ice cream, bitter shandy and red wine. I thought that maybe the odd carb-free dinner and walking up Lyme Regis's many steep hills would have worked some kind of magic. But no.

Spurred on to weight loss by hideous holiday snaps. I know the camera adds 10lbs, but how many cameras was DP using? Boom boom.

Yes just remembered it is tomorrow! Are we meeting in the BFI? I could be there from 6.30, or should we make it later? Should we book?

Herbs, I am going to have to dress to hide the holiday pounds too. Only mine aren't only holiday pounds

Maybe booking is a good idea. Tilly?

I shall probably be sporting my latest Sainsbury's dress. I bought two, £10 each, and they proved most useful on hols.

Oooh yes to Sainsbo's dress - you always seem to find a baaargain, or maybe the stock in your local is just better?

OK I will try to book bar for 6.30 and table for 8pm? Five of us? - Me, ruby, Herbs, CV and MI? Anyone else?

My favourite is a blue-and-white stripey number that seems to give me Joan Holloway-like curves. Like the infamous MN Phase Eight favourite - the Janice, was it? - but for £15.

I am very much hoping to come: will probably join you at table stage as work lets us out early on Fridays so I might go home.