Category Archives: Shopping

Tarka the Topcoat

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

It started when I tried on a mink coat at a yard sale, just to see what it would feel like. Even, perhaps especially, on the inside it felt great. Silk lining and oh so heavy and warm. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Sinamay and Stripograms. The Crone gears up for wedding season.

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

I am in the market for a new hat. Tom and Mike have provided the excuse, for they are getting married in the spring. I am thinking of something in sinamay and am shopping ebay for something rather more Downton … Continue reading →

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Note: Read this one out loud

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

I couldn’t believe my luck. The butcher was telling me why he no longer bothered with a stall at the weekend market. “Just couldn’t make both ends meet”.  He said it. He honestly said it. A real live butcher. I … Continue reading →

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I smell trouble.

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

“It isn’t right that I have to drive 25 miles to get hold of a Yankee candle” complained Peggoty the other day. We agree on most things, but here I beg to differ. One of the reasons I love Itchy Ankle … Continue reading →

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Treat America like Ireland

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

When the musical of my life is written and performed there will be a massive, sour-faced chorus all singing “why don’t you have your phone?, oh, where is your phone? oh why why can’t you keep your phone?”. The chorus … Continue reading →

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Secondhand car shopping

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

I picked Fitzgerald’s because of the Irish name and because Jack looks so cosy on the advertisements. Jack’s pitch is that you don’t have to haggle because the cars are already priced to sell. Suits me Jack. On the website, … Continue reading →

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The First Annual New York Girls’ Weekend

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

To New York City to celebrate the birthday of Ramadan Susie. It was a snowy weekend, which gave us the opportunity to loll late in our high-thread-count sheets and repair to the bars of the Royalton (hot buttered rum), and … Continue reading →

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#stuffubuyatnite

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

What it is about the middle of the night that makes a normally prudent person reach for her purse? I woke up to Hoda and Kathie Lee ( I know, the stuff of nightmares) this morning at 2am. NBC provides … Continue reading →

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