The Bluestocking - the one where the nights start to draw in

[Boiledbeetle]

Previous thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5401672-the-autumn-bluestocking-mist-mellow-fruitfulness-and-hot-chocolate

Settles down in the comfy chair by the fire.

She's spent an absolute fortune!!

Your order madame

Maud has turned into a proper fashionista! Money well spent, darling Maud, you look absolutely fabulous. 💙

Perfect, thank you. Although I'm a little dubious about the identity of the many-legged things on the cheese fondue plate.

My cousin Betty, just tell her to scooch over a bit.

Oh and the kids Bromley and Barcelona

Bromley and Barcelona are unusual names. Womble naming, or more personal reasons?

I couldn't possibly comment on Betty's blokes habits of being horny when the team he bet on in the bookies wins. Or about his habit of shouting repeatedly the name of the winning team whilst doing the deed.

Betty says its sticks like an earworm right through pregnancy to birth. At which point she's too bloody knackered to think of anything else for the registrar to write down.

ETA Betty not Brenda, that's a whole different branch of the family tree

Without passing judgement, if Betty ever finds that she tires of this behaviour, I do know how to lay a patio. Just saying...

Apparently it has its perks, whenever he wins he brings home a quarter of cola cubes and a quarter of pear drops.

Ooh, big spender! But does she have to share them with the larvae?

What an emotional day, with the beautiful blankets.

A friend is coming over in a bit and she has made cake. She is very good at that sort of thing. I won’t be able to hang out at the BS when she’s here…would be rude, innit. But cake is good.

I've felt emotional just seeing the photos but I can't imagine how emotional it's been for you.

A good friend to decompress with, and especially one that brings cake, sounds like a good way to spend the evening.

Enjoy the cake Swashy. It's a good thing for an emotional day. 💙

Oh she eats them all in the first 24 hours, Betty does not share.

Cake and friendship 😃

I imagine when you visit people they just follow you around with a side plate and a cake slice, taking sly swipes of your piped icing.

ETA or is that just me?

There are currently 153 totally insane users on Mumsnet who have voted in Maud's poll.

And the bloody hideous 80s dress is still in the lead!

Oy! Some of those votes are by Bluestockings, are you saying they’re insane? And one was Colin, he’s a good dog not a mad dog.

(the rest though… well, if they’re lurking quietly here enjoying the warmth of the fire etc that’s fine too)

I'm definitely not sane. Although I voted for Something Else. Red sequins in my case!

Well the ones who voted for the 80s dress most definitely!

Oh good lord! Now I see why Maud wears a hat and not a wig

How have I missed this? Thank you for the lovely new thread, @Boiledbeetle.

Although she should have learnt from the blonde one last night

Is she really Dolly Parton in disguise?

Well the cleavage is as false as Dolly's as it only appeared when she put the red dress on!