Creper Roses

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Going to need a new thread soon Crepesses .
Blimey we fairly tore through this one!

And back at you BD. I am amazed…we hail from the same square mile

Good news, lovely supportive crepesters: heartened by your sensible words on dd and her cooking, I bought a book in Oxfam, and she made a meal from it lat night. Quite tricky as the kitchen is a foreign land to her, but she did it in the end and was pleased with the result. So I silently toasted you all as I lay back afterwards on my new John Lewis garden lounger that tips you head lower than your feet, causing a pleasing rush of blood to the head. Cheap thrills.

Lalsy - it's great when they make the odd meal. DD1 had a yearning for a prawn curry and so made Jamie Oliver's for lunch on Saturday. I have bought her a student cookbook which is hidden in the back of my wardrobe.

lovely top OPM - don't wear cardy with it though - is not too much skin at all, v classy

am v jealous of lalsy's lounger - when child always thought those floral printed double swingchairs - like this but much much more floral - were the height of glamour

Did somebody suggest "The Shape of Crepes to Come" as a thread title last time?

addle, I always wanted one when I was a child too!

Hatty, good title

I don't know Hatty... but I like it!

So I was out last night at this fundraising film screening event thingy (organising not guest) and afterwards there were drinks. I had two (2, II) small glasses of red wine, not on an empty stomach and this morning I feel like CRAP. How can that be fair.

Ok all you Birkie lovers…I have found the look of one that I like. But it seems unavailable any where…hope it's not discontinued. Amazon only have a size 4 and I need a 7.

here

Any ideas…can't seem to find any on the web….

AAArgh wrong one, hang on...

Rose, I have some like that but with an extra strap across the whole foot higher up on today! They are very comfy indeed. I have to have the extra strap as otherwise my foot would slip out and I would find it tiring walking (toes gripping!) I can't do those Scholl-type ones either.

try again

Mine are this style but white

x posts! They look comfy too!

And Rose, can you venture south of the river on the 27th? It's only just over the river and QQ and Herbs are N Londoners too

Birkie tip, Rosebag, is go down a size. I'm usually a six, but buy a five in Birkenstocks. This may aid/hinder your searching.

addle, I always wanted one too, still do, the lounger may well just be the start.....

Birkie lovers - I used to be one and I am now a fitflop convert. Much warmer (oddly) and bouncier, tho rarely in sales sadly.

I have fitflops too! Worth keeping an eye on FitFlops own site, as it has regular sales. I bloody love mine, though they're the non-toe-post type.

I have been helping a friend edit down her dissertation. I actually feel rather refreshed by this. It was genuinely useful.

Thanks for encouraging comments about dress - I do like it. Otoh have no idea what is dress code for a book launch / anybody know? And if not a cardi with it, what should I go for if it's a tad cooler - it's an evening thing. And then there's the whole shoe conundrum argh.

A lot of people will be coming from work - I'd say look nice but not terrifyingly dressed up.

What can I buy a refined Indian laydee, aka my mum, for her 79th birthday?

Mother last October was my mothers 80th. No one knows what to give the old folks now. In the end we collected photos of all the grandchildren ( there are 9) from over the years, and got them to write quotes about her which we included. We then had it bound in to a book to present to her. We used an internet uploading company...you probably have heard of these. You can manipulate everything artistically on the screen. Then it arrives by post as a book. She loved it. Dunno if it's the right sort of thing though...
Tilly I'm sorry! I would so love to but there's a problem with Fri nights, and it's a bit far, I'm afraid. Please have a drink for me.

'Nough said

Parents are definitely tricky to buy for the older they get - they are much less interested in "stuff", I find. Fortunately, DM is only in her sixties, so is still delighted with clothes, jewellery, scarves and so on. Or I have a sniff around her kitchen and make a note of things which need replacing (last year I gave her a fancy new salt-and-pepper grinder).

Lovely dress, OPM, as long as you can still wear a bra with it.

It has been a mighty peaceful week without DD1 - I'm astonished at how noticeable it is when one offspring is missing. DS has been at Lords all day today, so it has been even quieter.

Ace view, BD. The view over the fields from my garden table is somewhat ruined by the sight of a 12 foot trampoline and tumbledown shed.