We May Be Crepey.......

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.....but we are still Stylish (if not Beautiful).

Eh, CV, by "sleeves" I mean them thar things that come down below the elbow I have a particular fondness for the 3/4 length sleeve. Although I sometimes wonder if it doesn't just make it look like all my clothes shrank in the wash...

Yes, we are not all sophisticated urban types on this thread. I am an impoverished bumpkin. Well, tbh I would be a lot less impoverished if I didn't keep upgrading my (so-called) wardrobe after following crepey recommendations. Although to be fair this has also resulted in me looking a lot less of a bumpkin.

Now, if all those who have met me in RL could just make some (kind and naice) recommendations about what sort of new haircut I should go for. I am utterly fed up with pretending that this is a good look.

What? This is NOT a glamorous thread?

I have the biggest bingo wings in the world. I have mastered the wrist-action wave

Stropps, your hair looked lovely on the meet-ups.

Survived the "do" - children come in handy though when they are home-alone and need you to come back And at 8, DD will be in charge again as I nip round the corner for a gossip with my chums!

Oh and Hi sidsmissis - love the name, makes me think of Sid James

Strops, we have similar hair. And no, I don't know what to do with mine, either. It is too short at the moment and sticks out in clumps of curls. I hosted a farewell lunch the other day for Someone Important the other day, in my boss's absence, and the Important Person leaving was filmed by either French or American TV. There was this really fat, middle aged woman with bad hair thundering down the steps in the film, and it was me.

I am loving the fact that we are attracting New Hags to our thread.

I live in Paris and am neither glamorous nor sophisticated, and look like some yokel that has wandered in from Picardie for the day.

Ruby, the print of the dress is just lush - I was praying it would fit (as opposed to hang sack-like, as many Boden dresses do).

Haven't modelled it for DH yet, though, or showed him the credit card bill.

Hello fellow Crepusculars! How very nice to meet new ones too. I am a small cross sarfeast Londoner who is urban but recalcitrantly unsophisticated, with two daughters of 11 and nine. And I should probably admit declare that my lovely DD1, unlike other 11 year olds on this thread, did not get a full house of 5s in her SATs . Phew, now I've said that I can get on with being here...

I have new varifocals . They are quite stylish IF you are a 49 year old matron like wot I am, but as I am surrounded by glam 30 somethings at my ostensibly glam job I cannot really fool myself. Worse, I've been offered a bit more lecturing and if I do it will be surrounded by Truly Young People who make my reflected glimpses of haggardness look quite terrifying. Haven't talked to bosslady yet about hours, days, etc from Sept. At the moment am busy negotiating the last frenzied days of school, and of course DD1 has only two days left there.

BTW if anyone wants to blag earn a few nice beauty things from my work, I need to find a willing victim subject for my Health page. Bizarrely, it's for next summer (we are working on the November/December issue at the moment and just starting to plan Jan/Feb. This is the honest truth); I'd love to get someone trialling sunscreen, just seeing if it makes a difference using the recommended amounts, but as we'll be planning the May/June issue in November or something, I really should ask around now. Mind you, asking anyone to try sunscreen at the moment will probably elicit a hollow larf, I know.

I may fit in well here.
Definitely crepey, been wearing reading glasses for about 6 years now, live in the countryside and for me too, the Co-Op is the only retail emporium of note. They don't sell clothes. Well not in mine anyway.
I work at home and this, in addition to a protracted divorce, has led to me takng no interest in clothes for about 5 years, looking like a slob all the time. Maybe I should change my name to Waynetta . I tend to doss around in 'yoga pants' which can be stylish but they're not on me with my humoungous arse and a grotty t shirt. It's not very good for my morale and in some ways I do miss getting dressed to go out to the office.
I'm fat as well as crepey but am on a crusade to lose a little ton of weight, update my look especially hair and wardrobe and generally just feel better about myself.

Hi Blackden!

Just realised I haven't "profiled" myself (too busy waffling about my clothing purchases).

I am a Surrey crepey, with DS (12), DD1 (11) and DD2 (nearly 9). I am known for my tact and quiet discretion, and I never touch alcohol. I do not always tell the truth.

MI, those of us off to hot and sunny climes might be good for sunscreen testing However, I realise that I have already had my share of beauty freebies!

Yes, and CV what was that about a dress showing all your lumps and bumps? You have NO lumps and bumps!

Hello all lovely new crepeys! I am an over-anxious old boot and reside in Dorset with dd (14), ds (7), a small ginger canine and a dh who is knocking on a bit. I have been proudly wearing varifocals for about 5 years, although increasingly I find I still cannot read the small print without a magnifying glass/ handy child.

MrsS, I completely sympathise with the too-short-sticking-out-clumps-of-curls situation. This is pretty much what I have too. Have wasted a large amount of money on an assortment of trendy unguents to try and "tame" the frazzle, but none of it bloody works. (Moroccan oil? Meh!) I had to sit through a classroom slideshow at the end of today's school trip to the beach which showed me just how shite my hair (et al) was looking today. Can't quite top your TV appearance, but still...

MI, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for that convo with the bosslady.

BTM, you given up on that camping in the New Forest idea then? :-)

Mr Inferior, btw, is Ill. This is Wearing

Welcome back, Kerry!

MI - Mr Schadenfreude is also ill and existing on Lem Sip and Nurofen. Apparently I don't realise quite how ill he is.

Do I need to profile myself? I live in Paris (about 5 minutes walk from Bonsoir - this is MN Central) with a grumpy husband, 2 DDs (13 and 11) and two very furry cats. I work full time at being an International Woman of Mystery (according to MI), but this will come to an end next summer when I will return in a sulk to Sarfeast London.

Hey kerry - welcome back! And hello to other new folk and lurkers.

Stropps - I laughed at your sheep picture - it's nothing like you, but it does make me want a sheep of my own and perhaps a few of <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.theenglishroom.biz/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/frizzle-chickens.jpg&imgrefurl=www.theenglishroom.biz/2012/04/04/chicks-are-not-just-for-easter/&h=332&w=468&sz=61&tbnid=EhBCLkSC2NTNaM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=127&zoom=1&usg=__dCOxLTnDKPMQ1RVFEeFpJTVDln4=&docid=oV-xRU3aJv56PM&sa=X&ei=iC0HUJO-HKfE0QWpkqzCDQ&ved=0CFEQ9QEwAg&dur=494" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">these to keep her company.

MI - what's wrong with MrI? Presumably it can be cured via a few nights complaining from behind his car magazine?

Hi lovely crepey folk.
Am going to try to JOIN IN PROPERLY with this thread rather than just pop in randomly from time to time....
Very encouraging to meet all the new hags!
I am in norf london. Am the proud owner of a dh and two teenage ds (15 and 13) and have only my lovely lovely dog for some female company...
I am the oldest student in town, fat but not too frumpy, and refusing to age quietly and beigely....

KERRY! I haven't seen you for ages! How are you!

How was the BBQ, Ruby? Any rain?

And long time no see, Kerry!