@Compleat_Reader

Provincial bluestocking. Not waving but frowning.

 Wiltshire
Joined January 2014
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Discussed putting Christmas decs up with son yesterday because it is so gloomy 🎄
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I'd be a TERRIBLE maiden aunt.
Sally Bayley@SallyBayley110 Apr 2024
Sally answering phone on train to PA: PA: "Hello dear." Sally: "You sound like my maiden aunt." PA: "I'd be a terrible maiden aunt." Sally: "I'm not going to speak long cos I get embarrassed speaking on trains. Maiden Aunt: "If only everyone got embarrassed." @Compleat_Reader
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Tastes like mouthwash.
Compleat_Reader@Compleat_Reader17 Feb 2024
Citrus & spirulina kombucha. In France. Whatever next?
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Citrus & spirulina kombucha. In France. Whatever next?
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Heading off for the weekend. Something for the journey.
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They don’t make ‘em like they used to.
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Saturday afternoon pick-me-up
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Currently reading
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I posted a photo of my pedicured toes on insta & Miss R said I should take it down before it ended up on a fetish site and now I’m wondering if it’s something I could monetise? I do have very nice feet.
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The dream.
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We're looking for a new Finance Director, a Visitor Services Apprentice and an experienced Designer and Maker. Head over to our website now for more info and how to apply. Please share!💫 👉storymuseum.org.uk/about-us/…
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Miss R: Just had a lobster roll! Me: They mate for life you know. Miss R: That’s ok, my friend just ate its mate.
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On the long trek north to the ancestral homelands, kids (24 & 22) delighted to see A1 Sex Superstore still open. Miss R: .’it’s a landmark’
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Wonderful thread - thanks @lauravarnam for drawing attention to it!
Anne Louise Avery
@AnneLouiseAvery10 Dec 2018
There's a fleeting scene in Brief Encounter when Celia Johnson nips into Boots the Chemist to change her library book: “Miss Lewis had at last managed to get the new Kate O'Brien for me. I believe she’d kept it hidden under the counter for two days.”
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Sally Bayley@SallyBayley121 Dec 2023
If you get stuck in a charity shop because you can't get limb lift-off sit by the boots on the chair left there & if you fail to sell as "The Boots Lady" (nearly sold 1 pair) read PARADISE LOST on your phone until you find your divine "raise and support ⁦@Compleat_Reader⁩
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It’s nearly that time again.
Compleat_Reader@Compleat_Reader21 Dec 2021
A new festive tradition - rereading The Dark is Rising through the solstice & Christmas #TheDarkIsReading
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Time to break out the Nuit de Noel
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Love this. It’s giving Margo Leadbetter.
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Why is it that no matter how much I need everyday basics, I always end up looking at frocks like these?
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My review of @L_Vardiashvili’s superb debut Hard by a Great Forest in this month’s @Perspective_tw. @BloomsburyBooks @helenkupton
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