Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
May 28th 2011, 6:48 pm
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
My little Geisha is well over 20 I am pleased to say, but I was being dragged around stores. And you are right she is beautiful, and so I forgive her anything. 
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
May 28th 2011, 7:02 pm
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
My little Geisha is well over 20 I am pleased to say, but I was being dragged around stores. And you are right she is beautiful, and so I forgive her anything.
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
May 28th 2011, 8:09 pm
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
Please do not assume that every woman likes shopping.My tolerance is about one hour max & I have plenty of friends who are the same.
Having spent the afternoon looking at TV's & going back to the first shop we stopped at to buy one, I don't think men are entirely blameless either!
Having spent the afternoon looking at TV's & going back to the first shop we stopped at to buy one, I don't think men are entirely blameless either!
But she has never been a shopper. She owns about 5 pairs of shoes and boots - dance training gave her wider feet - so suburban fashion is no good - and gets sent most of her jumpers and shirts by her sisters leaving the only requirement to pick up underwear and leggings from Target.
May 28th 2011, 9:05 pm
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May 28th 2011, 9:31 pm
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May 28th 2011, 10:05 pm
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May 29th 2011, 3:00 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
My little Geisha is well over 20 I am pleased to say, but I was being dragged around stores. And you are right she is beautiful, and so I forgive her anything.
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
My concern is I am off on this island thing, and she is staying in Sydney one her own with a pile of credit cards. Should I be worried?
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May 29th 2011, 8:37 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
especially vis-a-vis 'leggings'. I am no doubt out of touch but in the UK they were a council estate item. I'm sure his Badgeship shall put us straight...
May 29th 2011, 8:43 am
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May 29th 2011, 8:44 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
I hate sale time- but then these days I hate shopping for clothes as I can't find things that fit, or look good, and can't afford to shop where they might. I look like a bag lady in fleece and jeans, and padded jacket atm as it is so cold.
I've just asked MIL to get me some knickers from Tescos- you can't get plain white cotton high legs/bikinis in the stores here, they all either have ghastly patterns or only come in size 16 and above. I'd need braces to keep them up. (Lets hope MIL remembers that I asked for bikinis, and not full briefs- her comment to me was "oh you mean like mine"- er no, I DON'T actually.)
I've just asked MIL to get me some knickers from Tescos- you can't get plain white cotton high legs/bikinis in the stores here, they all either have ghastly patterns or only come in size 16 and above. I'd need braces to keep them up. (Lets hope MIL remembers that I asked for bikinis, and not full briefs- her comment to me was "oh you mean like mine"- er no, I DON'T actually.)
May 29th 2011, 9:10 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
I was shocked and dismayed too - I thought, being Badge's wife, she'd have her leggings personally tailored and imported from London.
May 29th 2011, 10:01 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
Thought someone might say that - she just gets basics - underwear and exercise wear from there. The incidental stuff.
As for leggings, I'm not really sure what the name is. The sort of stuff you wear under something, or when exercising, or when teaching. You would know more about it than me. And she has this nack of looking good even in gear that would look council estate on other women - but I put that down to good posture. She herself sometimes comments on this - she's not mean about it - it's just one of those things.
As for leggings, I'm not really sure what the name is. The sort of stuff you wear under something, or when exercising, or when teaching. You would know more about it than me. And she has this nack of looking good even in gear that would look council estate on other women - but I put that down to good posture. She herself sometimes comments on this - she's not mean about it - it's just one of those things.
May 29th 2011, 10:36 am
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
Mrs B often looks great in sweatpants because she has a nice bottom and also a good lower back so her silhouette is great. She's not skinny with it, either, perhaps she has more of a classic figure. Again, I'm not very good with this sort of thing so I might be wrong....I sort of find it interesting (he he) the way if women get the basics right they don't have to spend money after all - and that stuff that is seen as low quality looks good after all.
May 29th 2011, 1:11 pm
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Re: Life’s Great Mystery No1. Women and Shopping.
What is it with women and shopping?
I just burned a half day of my life walking from shop to shop with my wife as she tried to buy a belt.
Men buy a belt to stop them being arrested when their daks fall down, but apparently for women its part of something bigger.
I was dragged from shop to shop examining what looked like identical belts. None were right. Shape, size, material, all failed to meet the specification.
In the end we didn’t buy one anyway, on the “I don’t like the colour” basis, but we DID by the boots to go with the belt that we didn’t buy. The boots were bloody expensive, and then came the shock announcement “I need to find trousers to go with the boots”.
Is there a guide on how to handle this? Is it just me?
I just burned a half day of my life walking from shop to shop with my wife as she tried to buy a belt.
Men buy a belt to stop them being arrested when their daks fall down, but apparently for women its part of something bigger.
I was dragged from shop to shop examining what looked like identical belts. None were right. Shape, size, material, all failed to meet the specification.
In the end we didn’t buy one anyway, on the “I don’t like the colour” basis, but we DID by the boots to go with the belt that we didn’t buy. The boots were bloody expensive, and then came the shock announcement “I need to find trousers to go with the boots”.
Is there a guide on how to handle this? Is it just me?
