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Which dress to my welcome home party?

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MaudfromtheBluestocking · 16/09/2025 19:21

I've been away doing charity work for the past few months and I've just arrived home to a raptuous greeting.

The pub is holding a party this evening to welcome me home.

Which dress should I wear?

Which dress to my welcome home party?
Which dress to my welcome home party?
Which dress to my welcome home party?
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MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:03

Magpiecomplex · 17/09/2025 20:54

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Maud needs to watch out, she'll have a string of Regency beaus after her! Although I do agree about the hair...

@ColinTheDachshund has caught my eye though

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ColinTheDachshund · 17/09/2025 21:05

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:03

@ColinTheDachshund has caught my eye though

<whimper>

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 17/09/2025 21:07

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:01

This is about the only one where I could maybe get away without a hat

Or wig.

Lovely dear. Love the colours.
I feel this is now the pinnacle of my efforts and I might duck out for the night.

Although - WTFuckityfuck is a borg? Obviously not one of these? 😂
www.marksandspencer.com/-nborg-hooded-jacket/p/clp60743646?color=LIGHTNATURAL&_gl=110xisw7_upMQ.._gs*MQ..#intid=pid_pg1pip34g2r1c1%7Cprodflag_srp_ts_CBS_5

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:11

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 17/09/2025 21:07

Lovely dear. Love the colours.
I feel this is now the pinnacle of my efforts and I might duck out for the night.

Although - WTFuckityfuck is a borg? Obviously not one of these? 😂
www.marksandspencer.com/-nborg-hooded-jacket/p/clp60743646?color=LIGHTNATURAL&_gl=110xisw7_upMQ.._gs*MQ..#intid=pid_pg1pip34g2r1c1%7Cprodflag_srp_ts_CBS_5

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MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:15

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 17/09/2025 21:07

Lovely dear. Love the colours.
I feel this is now the pinnacle of my efforts and I might duck out for the night.

Although - WTFuckityfuck is a borg? Obviously not one of these? 😂
www.marksandspencer.com/-nborg-hooded-jacket/p/clp60743646?color=LIGHTNATURAL&_gl=110xisw7_upMQ.._gs*MQ..#intid=pid_pg1pip34g2r1c1%7Cprodflag_srp_ts_CBS_5

Cosy

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ColinTheDachshund · 17/09/2025 21:17

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:15

Cosy

<arf,arf,arf>

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:18

lcakethereforeIam · 17/09/2025 21:14

❤️

Which dress to my welcome home party?
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MyOtherProfile · 17/09/2025 21:23

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 13:44

You are right, the blue is much more me!

I had a rich great great grand gerbil. She invented dental floss, originally using spun gerbil fur, until the Gerbil Liberation Front campaigned against it.

This one looks a bit like a vicar's wife. Are you a vicar's wife Maud?

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:26

MyOtherProfile · 17/09/2025 21:23

This one looks a bit like a vicar's wife. Are you a vicar's wife Maud?

I could be, it would depend on the vicar, do you know any gerbil vicars local to the Bluestocking pub? I currently only have eyes for Colin, but I fear the language barrier would eventually prove too much of gap to bridge

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MyOtherProfile · 17/09/2025 21:28

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:26

I could be, it would depend on the vicar, do you know any gerbil vicars local to the Bluestocking pub? I currently only have eyes for Colin, but I fear the language barrier would eventually prove too much of gap to bridge

Maybe Colin would like to become a vicar?

ColinTheDachshund · 17/09/2025 21:29

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 21:26

I could be, it would depend on the vicar, do you know any gerbil vicars local to the Bluestocking pub? I currently only have eyes for Colin, but I fear the language barrier would eventually prove too much of gap to bridge

<whiiiiine>

ColinTheDachshund · 17/09/2025 21:29

MyOtherProfile · 17/09/2025 21:28

Maybe Colin would like to become a vicar?

<grrrrrrrrr>

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:19

TemporarilyCantDoMyself · 17/09/2025 21:07

Lovely dear. Love the colours.
I feel this is now the pinnacle of my efforts and I might duck out for the night.

Although - WTFuckityfuck is a borg? Obviously not one of these? 😂
www.marksandspencer.com/-nborg-hooded-jacket/p/clp60743646?color=LIGHTNATURAL&_gl=110xisw7_upMQ.._gs*MQ..#intid=pid_pg1pip34g2r1c1%7Cprodflag_srp_ts_CBS_5

Isn't that aprt of the Puffin Airlines merchandise range?

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:32

Maudie really suits a trouser.

Which dress to my welcome home party?
ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:33

I don't want to worry Colin, but she's trying this on now.

Which dress to my welcome home party?
MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:38

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:32

Maudie really suits a trouser.

I look very powerful in the trouser suit. Like I'm about to go in and sack a whole department. I may scare some of the more timid staff members, Gloria 23's nerves are shot since the vegetable cannon mishap during rehearsals the other month, the suit may push her over the edge.

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MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:39

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:33

I don't want to worry Colin, but she's trying this on now.

I'm just recreating scenes from tv. Tonight the episode from Friends where they all wear wedding dresses to watch tv.

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ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:40

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:38

I look very powerful in the trouser suit. Like I'm about to go in and sack a whole department. I may scare some of the more timid staff members, Gloria 23's nerves are shot since the vegetable cannon mishap during rehearsals the other month, the suit may push her over the edge.

Best not, then.

Oh, are you planning a holiday, or a new job?

Which dress to my welcome home party?
MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:43

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:19

Isn't that aprt of the Puffin Airlines merchandise range?

It does appear to be.

Do you think Fuzzy got a good deal buying them in bulk? They look so warm and snuggly.

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ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:43

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:39

I'm just recreating scenes from tv. Tonight the episode from Friends where they all wear wedding dresses to watch tv.

It's so nice to do something together as a family again. We've missed you so much, Maud!

Which dress to my welcome home party?
ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:51

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 17/09/2025 23:43

It does appear to be.

Do you think Fuzzy got a good deal buying them in bulk? They look so warm and snuggly.

I heard she did - but she's spent days now, embroidering logos on them.

Which dress to my welcome home party?
LeilaLandi · 18/09/2025 07:46

Have you got any beer fear Maud ?

FuzzyPuffling · 18/09/2025 08:07

ifIwerenotanandroid · 17/09/2025 23:51

I heard she did - but she's spent days now, embroidering logos on them.

Im applying for next year's Sewing Bee. Everything would be a fluffy, puffin- decorated hoodie. Winner?

MaudfromtheBluestocking · 18/09/2025 09:38

LeilaLandi · 18/09/2025 07:46

Have you got any beer fear Maud ?

I'll be feeling anxious when the credit card bill arrives after all my drink then hangover induced clothes shopping arrives.

So there may be delayed beer fear!

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