The mommies of all the three year olds I know (hmm..four of us!) are abandoning the little monsters to hit the town tonight. Starting off with a jolly to the theatre to see Chicago and ending who knows where. Or when. Please God not too late, we have go to a family fun day at Finleys new pre-school at nine o’clock in the morning…
Part of the fun of escaping these four walls is in the getting ready. Singing while I iron my outfit. Spritzing perfume into the air in my bedroom to get me in the mood. Taking extra care creating a Roxie Hart-esque red pout and tonging my hair into theatrical ringlets…
It’s kind of like my very own pre-show party. Blue cheese and black pepper crackers arranged artfully on a plate. A glass of something fuzzy at my side and music loud enough to offend the neighbours as I pluck too many eyebrows and paint toenails no-one else will see…
I dance a lot. Jump about on my bed and ring friends to discuss respective outfits like a gaggle of teenage girls. (Kath has informed me that she will be wearing something "snazzy". It’s a worry on my mind.) I try clothes on that don’t fit and grow temporarily depressed, then put on the same old same old and run to the taxi feeling temporarily beautiful…
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I am as you are all probably aware in a permanent state of befuddlement, a look rather becoming with my bed head hair and constant expression of random cheerfulness. But at night I lie awake pondering. Not the meaning of life or…
 A house full of broken glass. An Anthropologie tumbler destroyed by little hands. A glass lamp shattered across the living room. A lantern flung across the garden by the wind and smashed in to tiny pieces. But then they do say…
It has happened. I have become one of those miserly sorts who won’t put the heating on despite the fact that my blood is turning blue and I am wearing the pale feet of someone already dead because I cannot tolerate slippers….
And after all the trouble I went to, to make the house as twinkly and tasteful as possible, the only Christmassy thing Finley really likes, is a ludicrously ugly Father Christmas wearing sunglasses and a bandanna that sings “Santa Claus is Coming…
What we want is never simple. We move among the things we thought we wanted and these things bear our names- now they want us. But what we want appears in dreams, wearing disguises. We fall past, holding out our arms and…
Love the pic. Had a good laugh at what I probably look like if I ever get the courage to look in the mirror.Hope you had a smashing time out with the gals. Annabelle
Hi Alison! What a great photo! Where did you find it?? I could very much relate to your nite outings! My 4 sisters and I do this on a regular basis! We rotate on where we are going…wich is always a secret! Nevertheless we always get dressed up after a drink and snack and then we're off to that secret place! We have lots of fun as you can imagine!! Good to hear that you take good care of yourself in this dep. aswell!
Hi Alison! What a great photo! Where did you find it?? I could very much relate to your nite outings! My 4 sisters and I do this on a regular basis! We rotate on where we are going…wich is always a secret! Nevertheless we always get dressed up after a drink and snack and then we're off to that secret place! We have lots of fun as you can imagine!! Good to hear that you take good care of yourself in this dep. aswell!
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Have a fantastic time!
Have a fantastic time!
Who snuck in my bathroom and snapped a photo?
Who snuck in my bathroom and snapped a photo?
Have a great time Queen!
Let us know what its like!
Sarah
Have a great time Queen!
Let us know what its like!
Sarah
Have fun Alison!
Have fun Alison!
Oh, no! Not temporarily, surely!
I hope you had a wonderful time last night with your girl friends. It sounded like great fun!
God bless.
Terri
Oh, no! Not temporarily, surely!
I hope you had a wonderful time last night with your girl friends. It sounded like great fun!
God bless.
Terri
That photo is a crack up!
That photo is a crack up!
Love the pic. Had a good laugh at what I probably look like if I ever get the courage to look in the mirror.Hope you had a smashing time out with the gals.
Annabelle
Hi Alison! What a great photo! Where did you find it?? I could very much relate to your nite outings! My 4 sisters and I do this on a regular basis! We rotate on where we are going…wich is always a secret! Nevertheless we always get dressed up after a drink and snack and then we're off to that secret place! We have lots of fun as you can imagine!!
Good to hear that you take good care of yourself in this dep. aswell!
Hi Alison! What a great photo! Where did you find it?? I could very much relate to your nite outings! My 4 sisters and I do this on a regular basis! We rotate on where we are going…wich is always a secret! Nevertheless we always get dressed up after a drink and snack and then we're off to that secret place! We have lots of fun as you can imagine!!
Good to hear that you take good care of yourself in this dep. aswell!