The Crepe Escape

[Cremolafoam]

We were getting to the end.

Hatty, I had heard that they repeat a year - not sure how often this can happen though. I can't believe how blase the OP was about saying it

MI, is your OH wining and dining you tonight?

Dinner out..for four

Happy 50th, MI!

Hope you have a nice evening.

Happy Birthday MI.
Hope your party on Saturday is stupendous... as it surely will be with the crepey contingent and curry! Sorry I can't be there.

In s and b news my black maxi dress arrived yesterday (bought it with 35% off a while back then had to wait ages for it...) and it's FAB. The material is really lovely heavy drapey jersey with a bit of stretch and very flattering / forgiving. Can you tell I'm rather pleased with it?!

BTM -"redoublement" seems to happen quite a lot and a general rule of the thumb is only once in each section of school ie. only once in primary and once in college (not sure about Lycee). There is a child in DD's class who has repeated two years of school. I have a friend whose DS repeated the last year of primary as his grades were bad and there was a feeling that he wasn't mature enough to go into college. In fact this has worked quite well for him - he is a happier child. I'm not convinced it's like this for everybody though.

DD2 is outraged today because the sports teacher told two girls off for not working enough starting with "I know you think you don't have to work because you're both 'hot'"

Have fun MI - we've got the rosé out as it's finally sunny. I'll think of you whilst sipping away.

QQ, I got the very same - it's lovely, isn't it!

Ruby, great job for this weather. Am loving the hi-vis V!

Happy Birthday MI! Many crepey returns.

PS could someone PM me the details of the party? Such as time and location? Or am I gatecrashing terribly?

I spent today at Knole, an NT property in Kent, with two NCT pals and our boys. They had a brill time clambering over logs in the sun, and DS ended the day utterly filthy all over, with dirt stuck to ice-cream, stuck to gingerbread man. The sign of a good day.

I wore my royal blue Gap 'broken in straight' trousers today, and jolly nice they are too.

Of course you're welcome! All you lot are.

Have PM'd Herbs!

MI, are we arriving as the MN massive, or are we incognito to preserve your anonymity on MN?

Er...you probably won't be the only people there I met through MN! I'd say real names () but no particular need to disguise origins

No MN badges then?!

Very happy birthday MI. Sorry to miss party but dd will be just back from residential trip. Would love to meet you all, hope it won't be long.

QQ would you mind if I buy that dress to wear for concerts? Looks ideal.

MrsS, sounds like you're more than ready to come back

MI - happy birthday and sorry I can't be with you for the party. Mr Amazon is delivering a small gift in my absence.

Somebody's going to have to post photo's of this party! Just saying ...

Quite like the concept of Mr Amazon!

Off to Lycee to help to distribute caps and gowns for graduation - which they have to pick up in the middle of their exams poor kids.

Hi laydees , happy belated birthday MI
I am being utterly crap at MN just now, but have read through. Dh has been pretty poorly and dd up to her eyes with sodding exams. I feel like the brace holding general chaos and misery together.e

Anyhoo I am dying to hear all about the party on Saturday . i will also need evidence of all frockery in advance please.
So wish I could be there to meet y'all and experience the style

I have been luxuriating in the sunshine this week and avoiding work as much as possible. We have G8 fever going on here. I have been playing 'spot the CIA agents ' which is not much of a challenge tbh as they stick out like sure thumbs. Some nice fodder for 'mum-crushes' though.
Hope to get a good close look at Obama. Shall report back...

I have no idea what to wear on Saturday - my summer clothes are currently spilling out of a half-open underbed bag as I haven't got around to properly getting them out. Still, sorting through them tomorrow may reveal some pleasant surprises as I can't remember what I put away last October. Weather's supposed to be lovely though .

I don't know what to wear either! A summer frock beckons ? Uniqlo or Sains, natch ? but then it's going to get reet chilly later on...

The old bolero cardigan hags!

I will be wearing one of my frocks. And a fur for the chilly evening air. Fake, of course - from your fav shop actually, Herbs

Am getting excited!

I don't have any suitable "frocks"; mine are either black and wintery, or patterned and country-bumpkin.

I am off to a mahoosive Sainsburys this afternoon so will see what they have (Herbs dress-clash alert!), although I have to be careful to leave myself enough time to get the food shopping done and not get too distracted by the lovely clothing, leaving a furious DD1 standing in the street outside her drama class at 8pm waiting to be collected, not that I've ever done that, oh no.

Don't worry CV - I've only got one Sainsbury's dress this year, so we're unlikely to clash!