The Greatest Crepe

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I hope I have remembered the chosen title correctly - I have used Crem's title (think it was Crem's) as the old thread is full.

Herbs - will be fab to have lots of time en famille in the summer but eek re new job on horizon.

Inspired by CV and Rose I have put 10 things on Ebay. They range from size 10 to 16. WTF.

....earplugs. Eyemask. Own battery opped travel alarm clock. Rescue Remedy. Nail file. Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. Lavander oil. HRT. Hiatus hernia meds. Extra meds to ameliorate slack eating habits... both the necessary and the neurotica. Am off to a conf in a couple of weeks. Would love to sling a bag over my shoulder - it's only two nights - but will be a gimmer with a wheely suitcase.

Pile cream. Gaviscon sachets.

The Inferiorettes took charge of their own packing years ago, leading to inevitable trips with no pants or socks. These days DD1 tends to depart with my stuff .

This is making me feel a lot better . I honestly thought it was just me....antihistamine tabs and cream, other hay fever meds, repellent (DS2 gets eaten alive, even at home...) antiseptic wipes, pocket tissues, hand sanitiser, travel sickness pills, immodium, indigestion stuff (several types), ..all this is addition to most of what waf said, chargers, each (avoids rows), plug adapters, each (avoids murder), assorted apple devices, plasters, blister plasters, vaseline... Gimmer and a wheely here too..

I'm sure we took less when they were both in nappies

x post, yes anusol and oh, I do like those sachets...less weight than the bottle....

Oh I am proper cackling now, esp at 'several types'.

I give you laxatives. two (ii, 2) types if I'm away.

I have decanted Gaviscon into smaller plastic bottles in my time. Sachets not big enough.

Glad to hear that I am not the only one who doesn't want to be separated from the Gaviscon. I have forgotten knickers and bras before on two separate trips. DH now has a packing list on the laptop and we update it according to the kind of holiday we are having. Apart from personal medication and Gaviscon I don't think we take anything else like that, although possibly paracetamol.

It's absolutely glorious here and I am about to go outside and continue weeding the Forth Road bridge, otherwise known as the front paths.

Nasal spray. Current book, plus glasses. Tweezers.

I always forget hairbrush and/or toothbrush. I therefore have many small versions of the former that I've purchased in small branches of Boots in rainy seaside towns.

Spent a jolly few hours taking DS on another transport odyssey - bus to newly opened Lea Bridge station, train to Stratford, Wagamama, All Star Bowling, walk to Stratford International, javelin train to St Pancras, tube home. Now, cuppa.

OMG, get you lot! Anusol?
But that reminds me, I need a new eye-mask.

I take my inhaler and anti-histamine tablets and some paracetemol for possible hangovers on trips in the UK/Europe?US/NZ/Aus as you can go into a pharmacy easily but we have to take more meds if we go far-flung.

Tweeeeeeezers!!!!! Hell, yes.

(Floss, bottle brush.... come on, join me on the dental essentials...)

NU, glad you are getting some good weather

Herbs, I think you have earned your brownie-points there!

Here DD is watching that bloody Jeremy Kyle - IT IS AWWWWFFFFUUUUULL

I very rarely need Gaviscon but then it strikes like a viper in the midnight hour. Ditto Anusol although perhaps not like a viper. Either way, it's not really feasible to go and get any.

Oh yes. One has to have indigestion remedies to hand for small-hours emergencies. A Gaviscon in the hand is worth 25 in the Boots.

Just had another massive downpour. I fear for the school opening tomorrow. It is on a road called Brooke Road which became a river last night. Seems there's a clue in the name.

Brownie points be damned - I'm now putting together the blasted wardrobe. Again. Labours of Sissifys, or however you spell his stupid name.

I think the only thing I have never needed is laxatives
I am not taking my BBH but have slipped in my GHD's who no one was looking If I forgot my HRT I reckon I'd get arrested....

I am sniggering at anusol striking like a viper.

I always take nurofen, toothpaste, toothbrush, mosturiser and make up plus yes gaviscon, chargers and deodorant. I love those mini travel packs they do in Boots.

Hair colour - whichever permanent colour I put washes out after two or three washes. Have yet to find a solution.

It is suddenly 30° here after torrential rain on Monday.

BTM - I once watched Jeremy Kyle and was convinced they were actors as I had trouble believing such horrible people existed, and then that they would want to air their dirty laundry on the telly.

Fingers crossed for remain.

Rose - you always have such wise words - thank you.

No Hatty they are real people - I have known the offspring of a few. But actually, the worst thing about it is Jeremy Fucking Kyle himself

Rose, I agree re the HRT. And of course my High BP meds. Maybe I should investigate Gaviscon as I am finding it hard to digest rich food eaten later in the evening

Bloody hell, you lot don't travel light. The only essential for me would be contact lens paraphernalia, and a corresponding variety of eyewear. Talking of luggage, DH arrived home from Geneva last night at 11.30pm; he was particularly knackered because the handle on his eye-wateringly expensive wheely suitcase wouldn't extend, so he had to carry it everywhere. You can imagine how amused he was when I reached over and immediately popped up the handle with no trouble at all....

at carrot and turnip hair. I really don't mind my grey bits.

In Referendum news, having avoided the subject for weeks, there was a full-scale shouting match in the office today about it. I could have predicted the Brexiteers who came out of the woodwork, waving their copies of the Daily Mail. I haven't bothered finding a polling station, because DH and I are postal. So much easier!

Rose - you know that grey boho top you bought from Next recently? I have two pairs of shorts in "difficult" colours; one pair in a peachy-orange and one pair purple-brown....well, your lovely top popped up in a window when I went into the Next website, and guess what colours the embroidery is...? So I bought it!

I don't really have any essentials except comfy shoes, and enough nickers and socks. MI, we have had years of that - so my holiday is spent defending my socks. Now they have both been on holiday without me they are better.

dd has spent the day canvassing, is very wet apparently. And ds is on his way back from open day - I think at your place, BTM - has texted to say it was "good". Which is high praise. He normally just texts one letter, which means I am alive, on track, and haven't lost my phone.

Knickers!

I concur with the hrt. Did it once and ended up crying in deep sobs on the plane coming home.
I am also a complete whore for miniature toiletries and sample sized items. I have to avoid-swerve past superdrug. They have a big selection and yes to both Dioralite and Sennacot. You have no idea how embarrassing it was to have to try and explain such things to a young man in the pharmacy in Bratislava.
Surprisingly I am a very efficient packer and Dh and I went to New York for 2weeks with a carry on. We were young and in love and perhaps didn't need much in the way of ahem, clothing.

Flippin eck CV, that (your DH and suitcase handle) takes the Even my clueless DH isn't that bad

At my place, Lalsy?

Enjoying having DS (banter) to myself for a couple of hours before I go out with friends - how to avoid panic about the result?

Your uni, I mean, if I remember correctly? Where addle's dd is?

I have just been inappropriate at Pilates, where although the PP ( Pilates Posse) is made up mostly of Crepies, they are mainly quite Good Living Christian type Crepies. I was regaling the finer points of the novel I have just waded through finished , which is full of gay sex and sweariness. Oops , got the Wrong Crepers.

Crem

Crem .

Blimey, get yous lot and your medical packing lists! I just need to remember ADs and emergency ibuprofen and that's it. I generally feel like a substandard specimen for having to take an AD/anxiolytic every day, but you have all just made me feel a lot better about that.

Cast my vote, but am hugely concerned about what we will wake up to tomorrow. And there are a few people of my acquaintance whose Brexiteering has bemused me.

This week has been a harsh one for dd. I don't think she's going to feel like celebrating the end of exams tomorrow. She is the colour of a piece of paper and gaunt with it. And she says she has 'lost all hope'. There was an unfortunate Maths exam on Tuesday. I think Biology today was so-so, but tomorrow is the last Maths and dd is already fearful that it will be even worse than Tuesday. I think she's done bloody well getting to all the exams, all things considered. Sadly, dh continues to be a bit of a tosser where dd is concerned. Considering his niece has just finished her PhD at 33 and continues to dictate where her parents can live so she can continue to parasite off them, I feel he should stop spaffing on about dd's shortcomings and look to sorting out his own. Grrr.