Tag Archives: store

Sister shoplifter (Rousse)

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Dreamaticus

When my sister S ‘accidentally’ dropped an ornament into her bulging handbag, my other sister J exclaimed ‘So what else from this shop have you dropped in there?!’ It was a mistake to speak so loudly within earshot of the … Continue reading →

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Supermarket shelf stealer looks forward to a weekend away at the Balcary Bay Hotel (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Since we ran out of storage space in our house, I had taken to secretly commandeering some shelves in Tesco. There I left a dozen Moomin mugs in a raffia basket, and several spare duvets in John Lewis boxes. On … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Antiques Roadshow, Auchencairn, Balcary Bay, basket, box, cauldron, detergent, display, dolphin, doorknocker, Dumfries and Galloway, duvet, hotel, John Lewis, manager, mermaid, Moomin, raffia, sculpture, shelf, space, steal, storage, store, supermarket, weekend | Leave a comment

Love at the cosmetics counter (Rousse)

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My young charge and I ran a cosmetics counter in a department store. Customers were few so we enjoyed a lot of free time to get to know each other and – eventually – fall in love, despite our 36 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A level, A*s, application, assistant, black, conference, cosmetics, counter, customr, department, dress, employment, HE, higher education, hopeless, love, shop, spots, store, university, white, work | Leave a comment

Meeting a metal-framed monarch mother at the New York mausoleum (Rousse)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I was auditioning for the role of mistress of an American millionaire. A small Jewish Italian New Yorker appeared to have taken a fancy to me so I did my best to impress him by spending the afternoon with his … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American, blue, British, cage, calorie, car, children, chocolate, clothing, commentary, department, Elizabeth, frame, funeral, glory, grandmother, granny, hat, impress, Italian, Jew, journey, knickerbocker, knitting, mausoleum, metal, millionaire, mistress, mother, mourn, navy, needle, preparation, Queen, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Mother, reassurance, rib, rod, stay, store, sweet, verbal | Leave a comment

Confusion over raw steak and murder victim body parts (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I asked my sister-in-law J where I should store the raw steak. I didn’t want to put it anywhere near the butchered corpse in case it was mistaken for part of J’s murder victim. J suggested that I put it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1950s, American, blue, body, boot, butcher, car, charity, colour, confusion, corpse, detective, display, donate, entertain, fund-raising, invite, John Lewis, murder, musician, pale, part, police, raw, shopper, stationery, steak, store, supper, Tuesday, victim | Leave a comment

David Tennant leaves wife at home (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Dreamaticus

When I married David Tennant I expected to be invited to all the showbiz parties and premières. Unfortunately I was unaware that he always left his wives at home. When I dared to ask him about this he bundled me … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coal, dare, David Tennant, Dr Who, home, hotel, kitchen, lie-down, marry, nap, parties, party, première, premières, showbiz, store, Victorian, wife, wives | Leave a comment

Bedroom and bathroom makeover with Moomins (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I was so tired on the first night back at home after a long period away with work that I didn’t notice that anything was different. Even the next morning my first thought was only that the bathroom looked very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bath, bathroom, bed, bedroom, bird, blue, chandelier, clean, colour, dressing, duck, egg, exotic, fabric, family, garden, gold, green, Helsinki, ice, lamp, lighting, makeover, Moomin, Moomins, purple, redecorate, scheme, shower, shrine, soak, store, table, tired, trinket, troll, tulip, turquoise, wallpaper, work | Leave a comment

Live ‘badgers’ for sale in Edinburgh store (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Dreamaticus

KD and I stumbled across a new set of interesting shops in a mews building at the west end of Edinburgh. Amongst them was one that sold ethnic goods such as Turkish rugs and handcrafted wooden furniture from the Far … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged badger, claustrophobia, colour, display, dog, dye, Edinburgh, ethnic, far east, furniture, goods, live, mews, rug, sale, shape, sheep, shop, smell, store, Turkish, wood | Leave a comment

Bare-chested business (Rousse)

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I’d dressed in such a rush that I had accidentally ended up in a shirt that did not match the rest of my outfit. I’d also forgotten to put on my bra. I could not possibly make an appearance in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bare, bra, business, clothing, code, colleague, council, department, dress, escalstor, lost, lunch, Marks and Spencer, match, meeting, naked, navigate, network, nude, outdoor, polite, research, semi-naked, shirt, shoe, shoes, shop, store | Leave a comment

From igloo filmatography to sign language, by way of cliff-top croquet and cycling (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

“I’m looking for an expert in igloo filmatography. Do you have any recommendations?” asked CM, freshly arrived at the T family’s house after a long journey from Australia, where she headed up a major international charity. I suggested that she … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, bicycle, bike, brochure, charity, cliff, confess, conversation, croquet, cycle, cycling, experience, expertise, Facebook, family, filmatogrpahy, gate-crash, glade, holiday, hug, hut, igloo, international, journey, language, lawn, lean, lighting, message, New Zealand, photograph, photographs, pieces, problems, recommendation, reunion, rural, school, sign, signing, ski, snow, store, surprise, tree, venue, wheels, wood, world | Leave a comment