I'm 'slightly' glad that we are not spending the Christmas holidays with friends, we were invited but she had already made committments and had accepted an invitation, so we are spending the nights in our own home and this, Dear Readers.. aka mes amis.. is what the 'slightly' is all about!
For her winter dressing gown and her bedroom slippers are, well, they're pretty strange (to say the least).
This dressing gown is older than I am and dates from 1996, gosh, exactly twenty years ago today! She was spending the Christmas holidays in Fredericksburg, Texas. No, I don't expect you to know where this is, suffice to say it's North East of Austin, up in the Hill Country and is a very charming place.
Dagga Parrot and Peter Pigeon were staying with good friends whom they liked very much and she was in America for both work and fun. She kept a wardrobe of clothes in New York so she didn't have to drag heavy suitcases back and forth but she didn't have a cosy warm dressing gown.
The day before Christmas Eve, the weather turned cold and it rained, not a good combination as ice lay thick and wickedly upon everything and only essential traffic was advised. 608 East Creek was a charming house and with log fires in most room it was very snug but she needed a thick gown.
So off up the road she walked to Walmart's, which was quite a long walk but it was dry underfoot and she was well dressed. She got there and went to the clothing dept. Only to find that everyone else in town had had the same idea and all that was left was a fleece gown.
'Splendid' she said and paid $7.50, reduced from she cannot remember what. "Your child will love that" said the sales clerk and they wished each other a "Happy Christmas" and she walked home. I can hear you think 'Why did the sales clerk say that?
Well.. the fleece is scarlet, full length to her ankles, has a ribbed collar and cuffs and is veryvery snug making BUT.. it has black 'Scotty' dogs allover it.. need I say more?
And yesterday she was in the North End Road heading for her hairdressers to give her much loved Anissa a gift of Crystallised Ginger. She spoke to all the usual suspects on her way through and then a sign in a shop window caught her eye.. two pairs of slippers for £8.00.. it said!
Zoom.. in she went and asked the sales assistant where to find these slippers, "they're at the back but I am sorry, they're children's slippers Miss" said the assistant. 'Even better' thought my mum and headed to the back of the shop.
Where she squeaked with glee, for she loves slipper boots with rubber soles and had found just what she loved! A ridiculous leopard fleecy pair and another pair in cyclamen pink fleece decorated with white snowflakes and a mad looking reindeer with a very big round red nose, just like Rudolf!
What was there not to like! The price.. perfect! The styles.. happy & glorious.. no more cold toes or ankles! The size.. they fit like a glove at size 3-4!
Upon her arrival home she showed them to me and I laughed so much I nearly fell off the top of the bathroom door! To you folk out there, she 'appears' to be pretty normal. Now, I do admit that a select few of you are privy to as to how mad she actually is but to the general public, she appears quite sane.
They would have been pretty shocked to see this mornings attire, that's for sure! And the place where we were asked to stay, they unpack for you, yes, it's a very smart house indeed and what would their staff have said about her scarlet Scotty gown and pink Reindeer bedroom slippers?
After all, I have my reputation and this Blog to consider, do I not?
GeeGee Parrot.
December 23rd, 2016.
For her winter dressing gown and her bedroom slippers are, well, they're pretty strange (to say the least).
This dressing gown is older than I am and dates from 1996, gosh, exactly twenty years ago today! She was spending the Christmas holidays in Fredericksburg, Texas. No, I don't expect you to know where this is, suffice to say it's North East of Austin, up in the Hill Country and is a very charming place.
Dagga Parrot and Peter Pigeon were staying with good friends whom they liked very much and she was in America for both work and fun. She kept a wardrobe of clothes in New York so she didn't have to drag heavy suitcases back and forth but she didn't have a cosy warm dressing gown.
The day before Christmas Eve, the weather turned cold and it rained, not a good combination as ice lay thick and wickedly upon everything and only essential traffic was advised. 608 East Creek was a charming house and with log fires in most room it was very snug but she needed a thick gown.
So off up the road she walked to Walmart's, which was quite a long walk but it was dry underfoot and she was well dressed. She got there and went to the clothing dept. Only to find that everyone else in town had had the same idea and all that was left was a fleece gown.
'Splendid' she said and paid $7.50, reduced from she cannot remember what. "Your child will love that" said the sales clerk and they wished each other a "Happy Christmas" and she walked home. I can hear you think 'Why did the sales clerk say that?
Well.. the fleece is scarlet, full length to her ankles, has a ribbed collar and cuffs and is veryvery snug making BUT.. it has black 'Scotty' dogs allover it.. need I say more?
And yesterday she was in the North End Road heading for her hairdressers to give her much loved Anissa a gift of Crystallised Ginger. She spoke to all the usual suspects on her way through and then a sign in a shop window caught her eye.. two pairs of slippers for £8.00.. it said!
Zoom.. in she went and asked the sales assistant where to find these slippers, "they're at the back but I am sorry, they're children's slippers Miss" said the assistant. 'Even better' thought my mum and headed to the back of the shop.
Where she squeaked with glee, for she loves slipper boots with rubber soles and had found just what she loved! A ridiculous leopard fleecy pair and another pair in cyclamen pink fleece decorated with white snowflakes and a mad looking reindeer with a very big round red nose, just like Rudolf!
What was there not to like! The price.. perfect! The styles.. happy & glorious.. no more cold toes or ankles! The size.. they fit like a glove at size 3-4!
Upon her arrival home she showed them to me and I laughed so much I nearly fell off the top of the bathroom door! To you folk out there, she 'appears' to be pretty normal. Now, I do admit that a select few of you are privy to as to how mad she actually is but to the general public, she appears quite sane.
They would have been pretty shocked to see this mornings attire, that's for sure! And the place where we were asked to stay, they unpack for you, yes, it's a very smart house indeed and what would their staff have said about her scarlet Scotty gown and pink Reindeer bedroom slippers?
After all, I have my reputation and this Blog to consider, do I not?
GeeGee Parrot.
December 23rd, 2016.
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