Ginseng And Tonic

Before I start, just a quick word of thanks for certain people who said nice things about me and my blog after the last entry. No names, no pack drill - but it's nice to know you care :)

Anyway, I spent Sunday with GroupieGirl in the city core having fun. We enjoyed a frappucino from Starbucks which are rapidly becoming a favourite of ours - this time we went for the raspberry one, which is actually tea-based. What am I doing drinking tea-based drinks? My fan club in New Zealand won't be happy... We had this discussion which degenerated into a massive laugh-in, which would take far too long to describe to you - we do tend to have these conversations which go off on the most obscure tangents, but you really need to share our sense of humour to appreciate them, and not many do. Plus, they tend to be of a "you had to be there" nature. Still, let me just say "a Star Wars version of Wimbledon" and you can imagine the rest...

We also went round the shops to see what was on offer, and having looked through the womenswear section of New Look and found nothing special, Groupie said "let's go to the men's section, you might find something you like". Well, there were some really cool threads there, but I wasn't in the mood for buying anything at the moment. Groupie however saw this shirt with a fly pattern on it and thought "now then..." and asked "if I were a guy, what size would I be?" Next thing I knew she was removing her jumper and trying on the shirt! And after a minor difficulty with the buttons fastening the opposite way to what she was used to, she was admiring herself in the mirror. She looked pretty good in it...although the fit wasn't quite right, but that's because it was designed to be worn by people with a little less padding in the chest area :)

So now she's looking at men's apparel and I'm buying nail varnish. I'm sure there's a sitcom script in there somewhere...

One thing I did buy though was some ginseng tablets in a bid to do something about my continual tiredness. I've been taking them for a couple of days now and I actually feel a lot less tired than before. Whether this is due to the tablets or not remains to be seen, but I'll work my way through the packet and see what happens. At least I'm not wanting to sleep all day anymore, although the real test will come on my next day off (Thursday)

Mind you, it could just be my age. I had a little conversation with one of my online friends who informed me that nightdresses were well and truly "out", and the fashionable girl-about-town now uses pyjamas to cover her blushes at night, even in high summer. To be honest, I have no real preference to what a lady wears in bed, but I still think there's room in a wardrobe for both options :)

Funnily enough, Groupie thinks of herself as an "old fashioned gal" but she's always worn pyjamas (usually with things like astrological symbols on them) She does look nice in them though. Very nice.....mmm.....where did I put those tablets??

MOODY BLUES - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
(from the album "Days Of Future Passed", 1967)