tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post3984595995757592433..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: Sunday MiscellanyLucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-67558128615089102692010-04-24T21:48:59.253+01:002010-04-24T21:48:59.253+01:00You have really made me laugh! I love your blog a...You have really made me laugh! I love your blog and you are wonderful. Christina xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-5340455285630631772010-04-23T13:12:30.898+01:002010-04-23T13:12:30.898+01:00Rose - i think it's designed on the same princ...Rose - i think it's designed on the same principles as the haka - your opponents are so startled it throws them off their game. I have to say it's the only time I've found myself Googling replica kit and wondering if I could carry off a rugby top though.<br /><br />Lucy - Hi namesake! yes, I understand the frustration of the online thing, but I am fundamentally the laziest person in the world. If I could go to work online I would be happy (and doubtless several sizes larger). And why can't they just fit an ATM in my sitting-room so I didn't have to go out for cash?????Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-35901410452430933712010-04-20T12:33:11.522+01:002010-04-20T12:33:11.522+01:00In NYC we have Fresh Direct but it seems like such...In NYC we have Fresh Direct but it seems like such a chore, all the verifications and appointments, etc. so I just scrounge around the little stores in the nabe anyway. One person as I am I can't do a big delivery to make it worthwhile. But yes I love living in a place where people will deliver, everything!<br /><br />Loved the hot pink sports guys, being fierce. Talk about cultural non conditioning to pink! Delightful!<br /><br />I found your site through ScentScelf, she is a fellow perfumista who reads like a fiend, as I do...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360598590326695970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-82280920010334387322010-04-19T13:29:31.096+01:002010-04-19T13:29:31.096+01:00that is either the worst- or perhaps best- kit I&#...that is either the worst- or perhaps best- kit I've seen on sportsmen- they must feel like total idiots and it must be very hard to terrify for your opponents in bright pink!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-64736444154664883402010-04-15T12:33:16.313+01:002010-04-15T12:33:16.313+01:00Sgt Pepper - I utterly get your point, but one thi...Sgt Pepper - I utterly get your point, but one thing and one thing only keeps me going back to Ocado - the fact that somebody else gets the pleasure of carrying a hundredweight of wine and lard back from the supermarket for me. Although one might argue that's why God made Mr Fishwife. But I do agree with you about everything else, in theory, apart from the bananas (preferred variety: sunset yellow with black freckles - excellent for making cakes).<br /><br />Laura : If I comment on the oddly shaped balls thing I will make every nightmare Mr F has ever had about Internet Confidentiality come true. So no, I believe it to be a vicious rumour. I do fully believe that most sports are watched by men with oddly-shaped Neanderthal brow-ridges though...<br />Ocado is Waitrose in online form. I love it with the tender love of a newly-emerged snowdrop.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-74182484798335783482010-04-14T21:54:24.248+01:002010-04-14T21:54:24.248+01:00Is rugby watched by 'men with odd-shaped balls...Is rugby watched by 'men with odd-shaped balls' as well or is that a vicious rumour?<br /><br />Feel free not to answer if that's too personal a question ;-)<br /><br />I've never quite understood what Ocado is - some company which couldn't spell 'Avocardo' I presumed. I hate the idea of other people choosing my shopping I must say - and in particular getting it wrong. But then I am quite a fussy shopper.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-34684873558877190002010-04-12T14:42:04.948+01:002010-04-12T14:42:04.948+01:00Yeah, we did Ocado for a bit. Quite liked the col...Yeah, we did Ocado for a bit. Quite liked the colour coded plastic bags and online shopping experience (although Amazon remains the dog's as far as that is concerned, of course). But, in the end, I don't think you can beat the real thing. The Saturday afternoon drive out to Saino's wins hands-down for me because:<br /><br />- you can have a good rummage through the fruit to pick the very least-ripe bananas (english mustard yellow, slashed with lime green), and those perfect bruise-free crunchy Braeburn apples;<br />- likewise in the chill cabinet to pick the packets with the very longest Use-by dates. It helps being very tall here, by the way;<br />- you can marvel at other people's shopping as you kill time at the checkout - All-time favourite being a Miss Brodie type who had bought two bottles of Bells, nine pipes of Pringles and a single tin of cat food (wanted to take her home with me - what stories she could tell, I thought);<br />- you can flirt with other shoppers (the ladies outnumber the men by, err, 12 to one) like no tomorrow, safe in the certainty that it's all 'supermarket role-play' fun;<br />- those lovely Nectar points (doubled up if you pay with Nectar Amex card, as I do of course); and most of all<br />- the dreamy, underwater sensation of gliding along the rows and discovering new things (What's this? I had NO IDEA Lurpak came in such huge cartons - and such good value when you buy two, I see).<br /><br />'Me time' at its best.Sgt Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277544145584759375noreply@blogger.com