Greetings from sneeze, itch & scratch central.
I haven’t been outside, but the grass pollen levels are dangerustly high today, & medication advised.
I was making Béchamel at 5-30am.
Sigh
I expect to Flump later.
Carinthia. xx
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[tappity] on the Carinthial winder.
I sometimes used to commute through Canary Wharf and half the female persons in the carriage (this was before they declared it trendy for men too) were moving in their own personal clouds of pong, presumably for marking their prey
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Not a like dear Chatelaine
We are in the hotel room now and it’s measured in acres
A large bed in the middle looks forlorn and there’s even an bit for a dressing area
The bathroom is accessible for me and the shower is big enough for at least three tubby folk at a time
We are not used to this kind of luxury
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Sounds amazing, Twellsy. Enjoy the luxury! The horses seemed to love the sunshine, today:
It was good to see them and the pollen count, here, was favourable to a walk.
For dinner - mushroom stroganoff, steamed tender stem broccoli and rice. Melon, strawberries and creme fraiche for pud.
Soo xx
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Beer brewed for the hotel and Josper gorillas steak here
A scotch egg to start
I may start slimming soon
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I love perfume, but can only wear certain ones with a high oil content, as the smell goes orff/disappears within 10 minutes.
I can’t bear the synthetic fruit & bubblegum smells emanating from the likes of Lush, & the staff in The Body Shop know better than to suggest anything fruity to me… 
The Body Shop used to sell a fabulous rose oil in refillable bottles, but they haven’t done so for years.
Sigh.
A lot of the old perfume houses have reformulated old favourites in line with more up to date thinking about ingredients/conservation which has resulted in the ‘real’ stuff selling at very high prices on eBay & the like.
According to MN, roll-on & spray deodorants have been reformulated too, so we are probably all ponging slightly differently.
Carinthia. xx
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Ah. I am clearly ignorant of such things (and long may it remain so), and in that case I’m also deeply puzzled as to how, in practical terms, they work. Don’t bother explaining though, I could google if I cared enough.
By george I think you’ve got it!
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The morning school run was rendered hideous for years by the mis-matched chemical warfare of the various mums who had ladled on the stinks ready for work before delivering their brats to the doors. When three or four were gathered together at the gates arranging the little darlings’ after-school dates with each other, I had to send my lot in on their own lest I vomit at the stench.
My dear Mama used to suggest gently that the idea of scent was to allure a man at three or four paces, not knock him out at twenty.
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I thought I pretty much had, tbh [grinnity]
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Oh Yuck!
Isn’t the very worst example though, when you’re having a meal out and some woman drenched in a strong scent comes and sits at the next table? You can actually taste it sometimes, it completely ruins your food.
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I think you are right and that is the absolute worst; I would ask for a different table.
There have been one or two occasions I have had to move from my seat in a cinema when three women with incompatible niffs have been sitting on three sides of me.
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Perfume? Hmmm…When nursing, I avoided wearing scents that patients might later associate with poorly/unpleasant times, as these could trigger unhappy recollections. Now? I often wear a small squish of cologne. Must I sit alone with my Jo Malone?
Soo xx
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Oooh! Would it be cheeky to ask which one?
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Lime, basil and mandarin, Cheeky? 
Soo xx
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Nice stuff, Soo.
The scented Candles are lovely too, but a shocking price.
I am using up some Tesco tealights ATM & they are Bluddy Awful. Half of the wax is left in the cups, so I will save it for the ones I make.
Carinthia. xx
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Oooh, lovely.
Dunno what you’re laughing at, mind, young Bee.
Gxx
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Soo xx
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A small squish sounds very pleasant, Soo, and welcome near me any time.
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I’ll buy the first round, TFM. 
We’d placed a bid on a pretty decent house near Embra, but were out-bid, yesterday. We’ll survive.
Soo xx
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I think that we may need to open an bottle of summat nice
Carinthia. xx
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