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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

When it comes to shopping for clothes men are worse at buying items then leaving them in draws and wardrobes with labels still attached than women.

Rachel · Guest

I spotted a stripe jacket in a shop window.. a Ben Sherman... light blue with pink, white and dark blue stripes, beautifully cut and fitted.......I fell in love with it, they didn't have it in my size ... so I bought the next size up and had it, adjusted to fit.(waited for ages)..... over all it cost near to £200..... ... so I waited for that special occasion , put it on ... went down stairs, where my (now) hubby was waiting .... and he said; Gosh! What time does the show start? Back up the stairs, put it in the wardrobe .... it won't ever come out again.

Cherskiy · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

Rachel · Guest

I heard that too Chersiky Wink

that's what prompted the memory ( nightmare) of my striped jacket... I'm quite certain .... Alex and I are different people Wink

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Natasha · Little Miss Lovely Smile Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 790

I'm your original woman at Oxfam. I have my own cheap style. If it fits I buy it. Very Happy

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SantaFefan · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:27 pm Post subject:

I hate buying clothes and even more so to waste money on "expensive" clothes, I look great in any old thing Laughing

but seriously,

I do! Laughing

But one thing really annoys me about my wife, she HAS to cut out the labels from the neck! because "they irritate her", she even cuts labels from MY t shirts!! quite why I don't know Shocked

I think she's crazy.....

I'm happy with plain blue jeans and loads of cheap t shirts which go through a process of "going out" quality followed by general work standard, then covered in paint but still ok before ending up in the garage as cleaning cloth.

I worked with a "very fussy dresser" chap in the 70's who methodically cut out labels and replaced them with posh brand labels! Shocked

I nearly fell over one time when he told me his shoes cost over £80 back then! I couldn't believe it. He got quite angry when I questioned the sense in it.

Julia · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:47 pm Post subject:

I love shopping in the sales when things are even cheaper Smile

woohoo!
but I prefer wearing more bohemian things - eg strippy tights, polkadots, brihgt colours, etc etc Smile

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John W · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3367 Location: Warwickshire, UK

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Julia · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

have I not spelt it right? I get mixed up - is it stripy or strippy?

stripes all the way! Smile

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Cherskiy · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

Stripy. Looks wrong (stripey?) but that's English for you.
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Julia · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject:

english is def wierd
raies
or
Streifen

much better words with no spelling confussion
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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Cherskiy · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

Julia · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:

oh dear, have I spelt it wrong and said something with a completely different meaning to vertical lines of colour? Embarassed

which is why I should be allowed to type en francais ou auf Deutsch
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