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Tag Archives: dress
Feather shift mini-dresses on trend for Spring 2011 (Rousse)
My university friend JS excitedly told me all about her new boyfriend Alan. Occasionally she would forget a detail. Fortunately he was just a little further up Dundas Street, so whenever she needed any additional information JS simply ran the … Continue reading
Nigella Lawson versus Gordon Ramsey, and information retrieval with Winnie the Pooh (Rousse)
The terms “August” and “camping” go well together. However, when the word “Scotland” is thrown into the same sentence, a small alarm bell should sound in your brain. Unfortunately TPR and I were so delighted when my sister J and … Continue reading
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Tagged August, bathroom, book, butchers, camp site, camping, car, conference, dress, Edinburgh, Edinburgh airport, Finland, fishing, Gordn Ramsey, information retrieval, lobster, Nigella Lawson, party, programme committee, rain, Scotland, shirt, sister, social media, spaghetti, steak, tent, TPR, washing, Winnie the Pooh
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Rousse battles unconvention at a funeral, naked on the train, and with her man
It was a tragedy. Cousin R caught a cold on the golf course and promptly dropped dead. Now everyone was gathered for his less than conventional funeral. This included not only a scruffy, elderly bride in a dirty mauve dress … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bride, chapel, coffin, commercial, cousin, date, dead, dress, drug addict, drugs, Edinburgh, father, funeral, Golf, homeless, information service, librarian, mother, mourner, naked, order of service, pale, pew, rap band, sister, train
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Brutal BBC boxing match and a black-eyed avatar (Rousse)
The finalists of BBC Scotland’s Sports Personality of the Year limbered up for the last round in Edinburgh, jogging up and down Cathedral Lane between the Paolozzi sculptures and the St James Centre. While EMc and I watched the preparation … Continue reading
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Tagged avatar, BBC, BBC Scotland, BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year, boxing, cartoon, competition, dress, Edinburgh, eyes, Facebook, LinkedIn, Paolozzi, red, Scotland, St James Centre, St Mary's Cathedral, Twitter
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Burns Night lover (Rousse)
He was my secret older man and I loved him. After Auld Lang Syne I made my move, pushing past the other dinner guests to grab the hem of his tweed jacket. He turned around and smiled at me kindly … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, Auld Lang Syne, beard, Burns Night, dress, ladies, love, lover, tweed
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Rousse’s new career as a dress-making waitress
It was so thoughtful of my colleague EH – mother of Christmas twins and a waitress like me – to think of giving me a fabric shop gift voucher as a house-warming present so soon after we moved into our … Continue reading
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Tagged burglary, Christmas, dress, dress-making, house-warming, jacket potatoes, Mac, soup, twins, velvet
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Assessment extensions and the draw of the Ring of Brodgar (Rousse)
I was so terribly ill that I couldn’t possibly take the Knowledge Management exam. My tutor, Professor BC, was extremely sympathetic (and – most bizarrely – looked super-cool dressed in distressed denim jeans). He granted permission for me to take … Continue reading
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Tagged dissertation, dress, exam, Isle of Lewis, knowledge management, leaflet, library, meeting, Northern Ireland, Orkney, Ring of Brodgar, THS
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Collie dog lies, fashion for red-heads, and a sad trip to Australia (Rousse)
Nobody knew why the couple took the tablets, but we inherited both children and the two dogs. We would go out for a walk to take our minds off the double suicide. Unused to herding kids and pets, within minutes … Continue reading
Trop Belle pour moi
My affair with Don Draper was going from strength to strength and I decided to introduce him to the Turkish restaurant at the back of my house. We accessed it through tunnels and caves and eventually came out into a … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, Arizona, bathroom, cave, Christmas, Daily Mail, Don Draper, dress, fairy lights, restaurant, seaside
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Belle has a makeover
Everyone was thrilled with the charity shop buy – a paisley pink and gold silk mini dress, with only minor fading. They all said it looked as if it was made for me. I wasn’t so convinced by it, or … Continue reading
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