Sorry. Cheap as chips = dirt cheap in brit speak.

You can do. They take five minutes to make, and are cheap as chips to replace?

Did you know that you can design lotus flowers pompoms at minimal cost from tissue paper? I'll give you some detials if you like?

Well, that got dark fast...

I was once babysitting a 1yr old. She slapped me. HARD. I got very angry. She never did it again, because my face went like thunder. I had to put her down and walk away. (Fortunately my partner was co-babysitting)

We're going through this now, with the added con that when I do acquiesce, because it's not my libido that's the problem, he causes me to be in pain. It's awful and causes this awful cycle of me being tense and that leading to more pain/him treating me like a porcelain doll (= not sexy). I've offered for my partner to…

Thank god I had just swallowed my tea, or you would have owed me for a new one!

Honestly? A little.....

I have the smae thing. Even those supposedly long-lasting ones don't stay on for more than a couple of hours. When I need something especially longlasting, I tend to go for colouring my lips in with lip liner. You don't get the same range, but the staying power is unbeatable.

Hi! I agree with you but I'm reading a book called 'the end of prosperity' which is basically the opposite of what you just said. I'm reading it because I want to see my partner's point of view, but I'd also love some source material for counter arguments. Any chance you have an article or two you could link me to?

OH! OH! and button up blouses that are actually tailored, don't gap, have buttons on the sleeve edges and ever so slightly stretchy materials. They also have almost exclusively plus size ladies in store.

In fact that whole store is AMAZING. They have a basics range (2 for £12 for tops) and they have some lovely teddys and fleece pyjamas. I have been impressed by everything I've bought from there. Decent material, properly proportioned. I would say it's the best plus size store I've found in a while, including…

Do you have the skills or the money to pay someone else to add skirt weights to any skirts that you like? They're often added to wedding dresses, but there's little to no reason that you couldn't add them to normal dresses!

It's a lovely thing. Double check your sizes. The material is semi-strucutred due to the construction, but the material is just stretchy enough to accommodate fluctuations without losing that structure. RECOMMEND!

Damn! The only other advice I have is to try second hand stuff. I consider it just 'pre-stretched'!

I like floaty and semi-structured dresses with leggings or tights. (This is SO, SO recent!). I have couple in jersey fabric that would be empire line otherwise. Bonus points for floaty/frilly sleeves that bring the emphasis up to your neck/shoulder area, rather than your hip area. Alternatively, a skater style dress…

In UK, so class is a little more divorced from earnings.

You know, I had/have this with my current partner. He was told all through his life that he is stupid from his parents. He had dyslexia that went undiagnosed until he couldn't complete his masters thesis. He went to UK college and university with no loans against the wishes of his parents. he'd been given £2000 for a…

My understanding is also that it suppresses appetite. So a pack of cigarettes may mean that you stop feeling quite so hungry. I saw a program here in the UK where a woman was having a cup of tea with three sugars as a 'meal', so that her child wasn't going hungry.

Y'know, I can actually imagine my mother doing exactly that.....