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Are you still in your dressing gown?

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Riverwalk Sat 28-Jan-23 09:33:40

I am, although been up for three hours!

I have errands to run and it's a balmy 4C outside so really should be up and out but I can't get going - might have another coffee instead cafe

Floradora9 Sun 29-Jan-23 21:35:17

Wyllow3

Indeed, especially in the company of M Gamache, preferably in the Bistro in Three Pines...

Oh how I enjoyed the latest of the books . Do you know you can see "Three Pines " on Amazon prime video . There are three episodes going back to the first book .

Whitewavemark2 Sun 29-Jan-23 07:30:48

Sat in bed with a cup of tea. Then will get up and go out for an hour or so with the dog. A young couple are just starting to sell coffee etc from a van they purchased before Christmas, so I shall buy a coffee from them on my walk as I like to support them. The coffee is really good too. The dog hangs around with his nose in the air smelling all the croissants. Pain au chocolate etc. I shall resist those though (possibly) .

BigBertha1 Sun 29-Jan-23 07:21:19

I shall read not shamelrss. This bloody kindle!

BigBertha1 Sun 29-Jan-23 07:19:00

Its 7.16 so I shameless and snooze for an hour, get the breakfast at about 8.30, we will read the papers for an hour, make telephone calls the after I've tied up and made the bed I will get a shower and dress. If we aren't golfing most days are the same.

Whiff Sun 29-Jan-23 05:27:11

Of course it's 5.27am

AussieGran59 Sun 29-Jan-23 03:55:52

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AussieGran59 Sun 29-Jan-23 03:51:22

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Wyllow3 Sat 28-Jan-23 23:10:08

AussieGran59

Never! Promised myself that when I retired I wouldn’t be one of those still in my dressing gown at midday. I do sleep in until 8:30 now but then it’s teeth brushed and straight into the shower. Husband is a different story but it’s his retirement too and he can do whatever he likes.

Interesting...

what does "being in your dressing gown at midday" mean to you?

I love my fleecy dressing gowns and have one suitable for answering the door in after 9.30am....but I have washed and combed my hair...

AussieGran59 Sat 28-Jan-23 21:50:59

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Oreo Sat 28-Jan-23 20:27:54

I love a cosy dressing gown, fleecy if possible.It goes on at any time of day if I’m feeling chilly.

Oreo Sat 28-Jan-23 20:24:48

Kate54

The noble dressing gown is known as Welsh national dress in my family!

😂
Oh I like that.

VioletSky Sat 28-Jan-23 19:11:28

Lol

It is entirely logical

Peartree Sat 28-Jan-23 18:34:18

I am exactly like you*violet sky.* I wear my dressing gown over my leggings and hoody it keeps me snug. Im a bit like Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes he always wore his dressing gown over his clothes.Elementary.

Grandmafrench Sat 28-Jan-23 18:34:10

You clearly have standards, Tilly - me, not so much, though I did Zoom last night fully dressed! 🤣
I probably win today because the only thing that prompted us to shower and dress AT 4PM ……was the impending visit of a Nurse to give DH his daily post-Arthroplasty injection !
We’ve had a really busy and somewhat difficult week, which included a broken rib and the sudden loss of a good friend here in France on holiday. No calls on our time today so we thought we’d just chill, and for that we feel better. Duvet days, dressing gown days, we all need them.
Feel lots better soon, Lucky 💐

TillyTrotter Sat 28-Jan-23 17:57:00

Often in my dressing gown at 10.30 a.m. but I don’t have any dogs to walk or newspapers to fetch.
I will make phone calls - even Zoom calls to family - in my dressing gown. It’s a smart one 🤭

LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 28-Jan-23 17:25:21

Dressing gown? I'm still in my pyjamas!

Luckygirl3 Sat 28-Jan-23 16:39:06

Still in dressing gown - feeling crap with a virus - I have never not got dressed! But hopefully the rest is therapeutic.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 28-Jan-23 15:46:33

On a bad day it take take me a while to get going but I really don't like still being in my dressing gown beyond 9 am or so as it makes me feel slovenly - I'm lazy enough as it is so I don't need any encouragement.

Serendipity22 Sat 28-Jan-23 15:41:35

I feel really awkward, like its wrong to be in my dressing gown past 9am.... its a really odd feeling and 1 that I THINK came from childhood where I never ever saw my mum downstairs in any form of nightwear, strange. So I'm up, washed, dressed well before 9am.

I have friends who stay in their dressing gown allllll say, when they tell me I say "and why the heck not" but
I know that I couldn't do it..... so each to their own...

😃

VioletSky Sat 28-Jan-23 13:04:00

Im cold and its a wearable blanket so yes I'm still in it

I'm technically dressed underneath though in leggings and a tunic but they may as well be pyjamas and I refuse to wear a bra in the house unless there are visitors... and even then it depends on the visitor lol

Zoejory Sat 28-Jan-23 12:52:41

Yes, lovely lazy morning in very comfortable attire. Due to pain I'm thinking of going back to bed for a while. I'll eventually surface, have a bath and get dressed in clean PJS and gown.

PammyHoops Sat 28-Jan-23 12:44:55

Yes, sat with a coffee in my dressing gown. I met with friends on the beach for a swim and breakfast at 9.00, came home to warm up and have a shower. I will remain well wrapped for a while longer.

aggie Sat 28-Jan-23 12:13:57

I’m out for lunch with family , teen granddaughter has a wrap around camel coat , very stylish with cinched belt , waiter opened his mouth to say something just as she took it off to sit down . Seems he thought she was wearing a dressing gown and was relieved she was dressed and not in pjs , caused much hilarity !

OnwardandUpward Sat 28-Jan-23 12:02:25

No because I'm still in bed drinking coffee, but about to get up.

IrishDancing Sat 28-Jan-23 12:01:07

No, but I was at 9.10 am. I got up at 7.30 am, took a cup of tea back to bed and read my book. Got up, reluctantly took off lovely cosy dressing gown, had a shower, washed my hair and went downstairs to sit and have a coffee with DH. As Maw says, “why not?”.