Tag Archives: wedding dress

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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An unplanned wedding and retro hooligans (Belle)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Dreamaticus

When I checked the agenda at the Women in Industry event, I was horrified to see that an afternoon session had been set aside for me to marry D, a married man with a thousand children I’d crushed on for … Continue reading →

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Miss Haversham awaits her husband while Rousse loses hers

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We’d never seen snow on Uig sands before. It really was a beautiful sight, and you would have thought it would be an absolute pleasure to be snowed in here. However, after only one night at our favourite guest house … Continue reading →

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How to do well in REF: check your soap bag (Rousse)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Without full details of how to submit to the Research Excellence Framework, UK university staff had two broad options: (1) to guess the requirements and work towards them; (2) or to ignore the whole exercise until the actual criteria were … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s nightmare nuptials near-miss

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was all so wrong, and I almost did it, but thankfully I pulled out at the last minute and didn’t marry NM. His last marriage floundered when wife number two had started hinting about babies. This was not part … Continue reading →

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Shoes lost and children found in Oxford (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We were just taking our seats for breakfast at the guest house in Perth when suddenly the phone rang. In Oxford P, S, L and T were missing us terribly and demanded our company there and then. Miraculously we joined … Continue reading →

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Belle’s bare bottom beauties

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dreamaticus

I don’t know how anyone had talked me into taking a four line speech in the company pantomime but I had handled the situation in an adult way by ignoring it and hoping I would get run over before the … Continue reading →

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