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Sleeps to go...

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  • Started 10 years ago by Christine Berrett
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  1. Brigitte Gant
    Member

    For me only 32 sleeps till I hit the road to Germany again.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. Carol
    Member

    I have my tiara ready just need to find the ballgown and I'm ready.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. Rachel H
    Member

    My boob tube and ra ra skirt have been donated to charity (aka too small!!). I shall however be searching high and low for a stunning outfit for Saturday night in Leicester, to match or indeed complement Carol's tiara!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. Rachel H
    Member

    Suggestions on a post card please....

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Well my dears, you've only got 21 sleeps to come up with something!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. Carol
    Member

    Should I suspect that you never intended to wear a boob tube and ra ra skirt Rachel? I totally expect you to trawl the charity shops to find a replacement in an appropriate size. I look forward to whatever you do get.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Yo peeps, 20 sleeps to go...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. Rachel H
    Member

    A thoroughly good browse of the charity shops in my town has come up with precisely zilch! Lots of really nice clothes, but nothing that was quite, you know, quite the ticket! Perhaps I'll just wear a ticket!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    15 sleeps to go...

    Time enough for you to whip up something special, Rachel, they do it all the time in the Great British Sewing Bee. I estimate no more than a couple of hours for a boob tube and a ra-ra skirt! :o)

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. Helen Hawkins-Ainsley
    Member

    Christine, I like your thoughts
    Wouldn't be any good for me - the sewing machines are my nemesis
    I've finished my Christmas box & all the bits to go in it. I'm really pleased with it (if I do say so myself).
    Pat G, if you're ready this it's not "yours" it's Mick's !!
    Helen

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. Carol
    Member

    I can trawl the local charity shops for you Rachel but the size 8 may be an issue

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. Rachel H
    Member

    Ladies, thank you for your most helpful suggestions. I make the following knowing comments:

    1. Size 8? You're 'aving a laugh, Carol!!
    2. Sewing machine? Yes, well, my mum had one of those black and gold Singer ones fitted on a sort of table thing.... I have had one go at dressmaking. I was 14, at my convent and in the dress making class I decided to make a stunning red and white striped shift dress (all the rage in the 1960s my dears..). Cut it out, sewed it up with the help of a) sewing machine, b) teacher, c) anybody else.

    On donning the finished article, I looked absolutely like a crooked tube of toothpaste, as I had cut it out crooked, sewed it up crooked.... If I stood in front of the mirror, listing slightly to the right, it improved matters.

    So, I think sewing Bee is out.

    3. I shall just make do with my Ferragamo black trousers and my Valentino top together with my Jimmy Choo shoes.... yes of course I will!!!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  13. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    ...as befits the driver of a Maserati, natch!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  14. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    10 sleeps to go - the countdown has begun...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  15. brenda midgley
    Member

    Dunno about the number of sleeps to Leicester....I'm still trying to get my head round the thoughts of Rachel in a convent..... A boob tube, ra ra skirt and wimple!! Hilarious........

    Posted 10 years ago #

  16. Carol
    Member

    Excitedly thinking about next week and I am wondering whether the hotel is very hot, so teeshirts required or quite cool so jumpers needed. Any views from those of you who are Leicester veterans.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  17. Helen Hawkins-Ainsley
    Member

    Hi Carol
    Bring both - the air con in the stitching room can be temperamental. We can easily go from hot to cold & back very quickly.
    The dinning area tends to be cooler than the beds rooms.
    Hope that helps
    Helen

    Posted 10 years ago #

  18. Carol
    Member

    Thanks Helen. Layers it is then.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  19. Helen Hawkins-Ainsley
    Member

    Hi Brenda
    I now have a really strange picture in my head!!
    Thanks
    Helen

    Posted 10 years ago #

  20. Rachel H
    Member

    If Helen and Brenda have strange pictures in their heads, wot about me!! I was there; I was that person! Crooked dresses can have a hell of an effect on your future life you know! I can't look at a tube of toothpaste without saying a Hail Mary!!

    Posted 10 years ago #

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