The Crepertoire - put on your peignoir and get into the boudoir

[MrsSchadenfreude]

And out of the armoire.

Oh Herbs tell me how the curry is - I looked at that recipe...

Bloody Gorgeous. Even without the fennel seeds and curry leaves. Where the blazes do you get curry leaves? We live in the most diverse part of the UK imaginable, and no shops stock curry leaves.

It's a bit of a faff, but worth it. Especially if someone else cooks!

Are they not scrapping AS levels now? I thoroughly enjoyed my lower sixth. It was sex and drugs and rock n roll all the way.

Well, I think it depends on each school. I think next year all subjects will have switched to the new A levels so I guess there will be no need to do any - just internal exams?

And yes my lower sixth didn't involve much work at all

Just signing in...thanks for the new fred, MrsS. Sorry to hear about your stepmum, CV.

Likewise Mrs S, with regards the lower sixth. Complete doss of a year involving all you mentioned with a bit of inter-railing.
Herbs, off to a party? Get you. I love that recipe and anything to do with Thommi Myers. In fact. Thought of you as I scoured the Cos rail sale today.
I have been getting actual beauty advice on another thread and apparently we should all be into niacinamides, which I've never heard of until now. I have been advised of quite a regimen.! Much in the way of serum.

I loved my AS year.... had the bestest English teacher and we read 11 Shakespeare's. Was the soundest grounding I ever had and gave me a lifelong love of the Baird. Can't thank him enough.... unfortunately, I don't think they'll ever get back to that freedom.

The lower sixth was the nastiest year of my life to date. And I've had some quite testing times over the years. But there have always been some fun bits, or some nice people, or pets or some interesting work thing. Or cuddles from small children. Except for that LVIth year when there was just wall-to-wall nasty.

Herbs - I can get curry leaves in my local Tesco. Good old Schwarz do them.

But fresh? That's what dear tommi m prescribed.

It appears to be well after 1am and I'm in an Uber on the way home from party. Don't know how it got to be so late, other than googling 'Samantha' quotes from ISIHAC.

I do love the serene thrill of the Kate night taxi home.

Do you not have an Asian supermarket, Herbs? Ours sells them fresh, along with vast quantities of coriander, mint etc. Alternatively, just substitute with some curry powder.

Off to see Dear Mama this morning.

Fresh are relatively hard to find but not impossible - some shops also have them frozen, and the fresh leaves freeze v well - just use from frozen. Personally I wouldn't use curry powder. Fennel seeds are in sainsbos etc.

MY DAD IS DRIVING US ALL MAD

is called for, MI??

Hope your visit goes as well as it can, Mrs S.

Have never used curry leaves.

I am feeling very proud as I have managed to sort out my slow running computer & do a system restore with a little help from Google. It is now running at the speed of light.

The garden beckons today - I got a lot of bargain plants last week & must plant them.

Lots & lots of Gaura which is one of my favourite things.

Already have a hangover from last night, Magi. DP spent a large amount of yesterday with him and is clearly at the end of his tether.

MI, when is he staying till?

MrsS hope your visit goes well.

I think we will be going out for another country walk this afternoon - hopefully with a nice pub at the end!

DD had a summit yesterday with the group of girls she has booked the hol with including the 2 non-friends. It went reasonably well (in terms of DD not getting upset!) so she (and they) now need to think about what they want to happen.

DD1 has gone - won't see her till graduation now ... uni has gone soooo fast. Have just clocked that she's arriving in London in time for the boat race.

We're off on a country walk today too BTM, as part of a silver wedding party. So glad that spring has finally arrived - I'm not a gardener but do like the fact that we now have colour other than green when I look out of the window - still far too cold for me to actually sit outside.

Did any of you see the Almeida Hamlet? It's transferring to the west end and I'm thinking of going but would value informed views if there are any.

2days into the holidays and it's still peaceful - hope you all have a refreshing day too.

The garden beckons but it's cool here, so am bundled up.

Yes Mrs W, I went to the Almeida Hamlet.
Acting fab, some of the more innovative aspects ?able imo. Definitely worth seeing. .

Country walk for DH and I today as well... (as much as it can ever be countrified in these urban parts...). DS2 has landed in Barcelona but I know nothing else. He has to try and meet up with fellow student whose flight lands 20 mins later and then make way to their billet for the week. DD has her last two shows back to back today.

Good luck MrsS. Hope you find DM a bit better than anticipated.

MM good on you. Our iMac "hangs" appallingly....it's driving me mad. Which advice sight did you use?

I haven't seen it MrsW but I don't think the Almeida programmes anything really bad, does it?

Hatty Does this mean more opportunities for London MUs?

MI re DDad... How's the cold? And yours Crem?

I am still disproportionally upset by that thread I linked to up thread...

here
It's tapping into a very bad experience I had with a vile teacher in primary school and I just want to roast some of the teachers that are posting. I need to stop reading it, but I'm compelled.

Anyway, at least I can't read and spit nails whilst we're on our walk. Will try out my lovely new Geox trainers Getting loads of compliments on them!

Hello Crepies. I am amidst my packing neurotica of earplugs, eyemasks, lavender oil and numerous meds plus binoculars, money belt...... Need to make an itinerary and get busy making a Spotify Playlist Of Excellence or I will be treated to wall ti wall dd's choices through our headphone splitter. I do like a lot of what she plays me but music is a bit like farts, ones owns is better.

MM those flowers is perdy.

Monty are you winning? I miss hearing from you.

He's bogged off to Tate Modern. I tried to be welcoming but am really not up to doing anything today - I want to loll in my nice sunny bedroom with the papers, and nurse the cold/slight hangover contracted when downing enough cava to be polite to him last night. Also DP was getting to the point of tears, having picked him up yesterday and spent all afternoon with him. He is quite quite impossible and is possibly getting more impossible. My mum kept him a bit more normal. And he is of course still horribly grief-stricken.

In a way it's quite good DP has finally been exposed to him and now realised what I've been whingeing about all these years.

Feel rather sad to think about how it would have been had my mother been the survivor - having her to stay would have been quite fun.

MI, .

ooomph! Weekend of delightful young people, flatteringly keen or politely pretending to be to eat, drink and cycle with creaky crepey has left me exhausted. dh keeps dropping off mid-sentence. may plumb new depths of easy dinner tonight.

This title is my favourite ever
and now I want a peignoir!

PS I forgot to say, I have Almeida Hamlet this week! I am so excited! It was a birthday gift from a friend but I think she's a bit taken aback at the running time!!