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23-FEB-2008

23rd February 2008 - old and decrepit

OK – it’s Saturday night and what are we doing? Going out clubbing? Party? Dinner? Meeting friends? Pie and a pint with friends?

No to all of the above. What we’re doing is lying on the sofa in our slippers in front of the fire watching movies on the telly.

That’s what happens when you are old and past it.

In fact we’re both tired, not just me, Mrs Moody.

Technical note for anyone who could care less…….my slippers – Sainsbury’s £6.99 fake ugg boots, DMs slippers, the real McCoy from the Celtic Sheepskin Company £43.99. I got mine at the start of the winter and was worried about bringing them home in case alongside the Bridget Jones pants, they’d be a step too far (too close to Hilda Ogden and too far from Kate Moss) for DM. Not so. DM not only said he liked them but whinged for England about his cold feet and how he wanted a pair.

I tried Sainsbury’s (sold out), M&S (only super-frumpy-old-man slippers there) so I google-uk’d slippers and found the Celtic Sheepskin Company, making slippers in Cornwall from completely natural local resources. OK so they were six times more expensive but I suppose that’s the price you pay for ethically supplied stuff.

Now you know what will happen next don’t you? Some silly person will leave a comment saying what a filthy old slut I am for putting my feet on the sofa and allowing DM to do the same. What you don’t think that’ll happen? Well, it’s happened before……

Last year, I took a fairly crappy shot of Prince Charles's house!

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Rene Hales24-Feb-2008 17:24
Kick back, relax and put your feet up. If you can't be comfortable in your house on your sofa, where can you be comfy?--Rene
Eric Hewis24-Feb-2008 09:48
looking forward to the Ovaltine picture.
Nicki Thurgar24-Feb-2008 09:44
Sounds like a great night to me (my slippers are very similar to yours!!) and yes! My feet go up on the sofa too! :o)
Ray :)24-Feb-2008 00:10
I surprised a friend this week by revealing that I'd always worn slippers around the house. She responded by asking if I wore a 'cardy' too! Well, actually I don't because I don't find them comfortable!
And it is quite normal to stay in and watch something. It's a sad fact of life that we can only burn the candle at both ends for a few years of our life!