Hushistas drinking gin and planning their holidays

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Old thread :)

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soups just realised that jacket was JIGSAW, not WHISTLES which comes up huge, so the M (which is OOS now) probably would have fit me just fine!!

I don’t know what happened, I must have been very confused. I looked at it numerous times over the space of at least a week or two and never once twigged that it wasn’t whistles sizing I was looking at. Or does jigsaw come up huge too (hopeful)? I’ve only got one top from them which I haven’t worn yet because it’s cashmere and I’m keeping it for winter.

sheep I’m a perfectionist and really very harsh on myself in a way that I’d never be to anyone else. I work really hard to not listen to that inner critic because I want to be free to live.

@ninka Jigsaw does come up big. The M in the jacket was huge and billowy on me. What size do you wear normally? Keep checking because stock does come back in sometimes.

@sheep the skirt and top look fab! And your feet look fine too!

I’m a very big size 12 atm, and busty.

@Ninka then a M MIGHT fit you but I suspect you will still find it big.

Yeah I don’t want it to be billowy and oversized and I’m aiming to be on the very small side of 12 in a month or so, so I expect you’re right. Okay phew I can let it go now.

Maybe a S will come back into stock for both of us!

So the trainer saga continues - Daniel have confirmed that there has been an issue with their supplier and ALL the pairs of trainers in this style have the wrong colour sole. So I won't be getting a replacement pair at the moment sadly. Oh well I can save the money.

@sheep are you keeping the pink Boden jacket? I really like it.

Trainer update - found my size in stock in a branch and they are keeping them for me until I can get in. Just when I thought I would save £200, now they have been dangled in my face again They have assured me they have the right colour sole. I'm going in on Thursday to try them.

Lol @ the whistles/ jigsaw confusion! I do that too. Seasalt and saltwater are my worst. i just can't get them straight. But I hope there is a sudden deluge of that jacket anyway so you can both get a reasonable size .

Thanks soups - and promising news on the trainers. They sound like their customer service is pretty good! I never even realised Daniel had actual real life shops - I've only come across them online.

I caved and have ordered a 10 in the pink boden jacket which had been oos earlier. I sent the other one back at lunchtime - I just thought it was too big - even if the 10 is too small...I asked for an exchange in the smaller size in either the pink or navy, so I'll see if that comes through, and then I can send the one I've just ordered back and keep the use of the £10 voucher...hopefully.

Just popping in for a quick hello. Have nearly finished that piece of work, and quietly chuffed about the unexpected bonus of it. It’s my wedding anniversary today, so if I can get this finished - I promised it by 9 tomorrow - we’ll go out for dinner - although will probably require some serious effort on my part, have barely cleaned my teeth since Thursday, never mind look in a mirror.

Happy anniversary @cherries Hope you have a lovely meal out. Your last line reminds me of a Victoria Wood quote from dinnerladies:

'Are you too busy to have an orgasm?'
'Orgasm? I haven't blown my nose since Wednesday'

Happy anniversary Cherries hope you get out for a nice meal🍾
Not the skirt & top combo tis lovely, would be rude not to keep.
Soups yeahy cheering again, those trainers may yet be yours.
Nink yy we should learn to just embrace ourselves & enjoy being brilliant women, may join you on the crying bench though as my search for clothes seems to be a particularly fruitless & am bored with keep traipsing to the post office, RL shopping for me I think for a while.
Not my seamstress ability is nil as well, I once repaired the hem of trousers with staples as I couldn’t thread the bloody needle😂 I think if the dress had been plain rather than a button placket, it would have been possible to alter it, but seems a lot of faffing about.

Happy Anniversary Cherries
It is our wedding anniversary today too!

Awww happy anniversary to you too fuzzy Have you got anything special planned?

Fuzzy happy anniversary 🍾 hope you have had a lovely day.

We went to a Farm Shop for lunch! (We know how to live!) It was really nice...half the menu is veggie or vegan, not just one dish as an afterthought.

Happy anniversary, fuzzy. In the end, DH went out for dinner and is currently cooking. I just have some tables to check for the final paper but I am knackered. We know how to live as well :)

Happy anniversary cherries and fuzzy

New jumpsuit today but now mustn’t buy anything else this month!

@goodluckandgodspeed that's lovely where's it from?
@NotAnActualSheep love the skirt and matching top - looks fab.

Happy anniversary cherries and fuzzy
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Oh, happy anniversary cherries and fuzzy!! 🎉🍾💐🎉

But what a pain you've had to work cherries - hopefully you can celebrate properly once you're done! Your lunch sounds lovely fuzzy... being veggie I know the pain of a huge menu of carefully considered meat dishes, and a veggie lasagne or mushroom risotto as the token veggie thing (and vegans don't stand a chance!)... TBH, I don't really mind only having a choice of one or two things (I panic a bit if faced with a huge menu I can choose from!) but it is so nice if it's interesting or unusual!

soups snigger love dinner ladies!

len - but you know about plackets which is more vocab than I can dredge up. And cunning plan on the staples! Yy, real shops can be so much simpler, as long as they don't have sales assistants saying "oh, no, we don't have that in stick in your size...but look, you can order it online..." Aaaargh!

Ooooh, amazing jumpsuit goodluck! Where's that from? Love it with the necklace and sandals.

Thanks ella and len by the way. It is so nice and swishy, and will not require any leg prep, which is what I like about maxi skirts...

Oh, we've had some exciting news... a team from CBeebies came to DSs school a couple of weeks ago to run a workshop, and scout out children to go on "swashbuckle" (which will mean nothing unless you have DC/DGC of the right age... basically, pirate themed game show). We've just been told that DS has been chosen to go on it, and he's over the moon (practicing jumping off things etc. Not sure our furniture will withstand this...). I'm so pleased for him, but also a bit worried as he can get overwhelmed by people watching him do stuff. Goodness knows how he was chosen over all the outgoing, confident children, but hey... Anyway, we have to go to Glasgow for filming in a few weeks which is all very exciting.

Not aaaargh forgotten that, yes we only have one size in stock in some god awful colour, lol at plackets twas my lovely Mum who tried in vain to pass on her superb dressmaking skills, alas it was not a success.
Soups 😂😂
Good lovely jumpsuit.

Aww Not my dgd loves loves that programme, I have to do all the actions & sing the theme tune, well done young Not maybe because he really enjoys the programme he overcame his shyness a bit😍