Tag Archives: skirt

Snails in the veil (Belle)

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I was wearing a vintage wedding dress, ironically but also for admiration. I was so thoroughly in love with how I looked in it. Silver lurex threads ran through the puffy skirt and I kept glancing over my shoulder to … Continue reading →

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From a picnic in Glencoe to cheating the GMC (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I picnicked with my sister-in-law JLR, her partner J, and daughter F on a heather heath in Glencoe. The moorland beyond us stretched for miles with not a soul in sight, save a small herd of deer. The only evidence … Continue reading →

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Students, school skirts, and Swindon (Rousse)

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

It might appear cruel, but I insisted that the students sit their exams at desks lined up outside on the main road in the pouring rain. If they got soaked, I had a supply of grey school skirts in a … Continue reading →

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Fashion disaster spots hidden features of ‘new’ British Library (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It was time for me to return to work after a long absence due to sick leave. I found some smart clothes to wear: black tights under a long tweed shirt, a back polo neck top, and a tweed jacket. … Continue reading →

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Lumpy legs and a football cure for bad posture (Rousse)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I showed the lumps on my legs to my office-mate BR. ‘You’d better get those checked by a doctor’ he said. I replied that I would do so – just as soon as I got dressed. Forty-five minutes later I … Continue reading →

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A top quality charity shop in Leith (Rousse)

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We’d never before noticed this charity shop next to the Leith cycle path. The window display of 1970s ballgowns tempted us in. The clothes for sale were more ‘vintage’ than second-hand, and the knick knacks genuine antiques. While TPR picked … Continue reading →

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Open plan living and outlet stores (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR came out of retirement to do one last rotation in the US. We lived ‘open plan’ in a gym-sized hall alongside many other people. This meant that we had to share furniture and dress in front of the others. … Continue reading →

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Princess Anne, a posh prat, polar bears, and perfume preferences (Rousse)

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We’d all worked hard on the show for months. Even S played an active role, kindly agreeing to deliver the opening address. I did wonder, however, if she now regretted this offer given the fuss that I was making over … Continue reading →

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Australian dinosaur surprise (Rousse)

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Although it was the middle of December, I was luxuriating in the warmth of summer thanks to a speaking invitation at a conference in Australia. Dressed in a light cotton skirt, I wandered through the grounds of the conference centre … Continue reading →

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British Airways’ abandoned brides (Rousse)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We were just boarding the plane when it became obvious that the passenger in tears was not alone in her predicament. Two women in this queue were the victims of heartless men who thought nothing of dumping their fiancées just … Continue reading →

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