Dressed to the 9s

I've stopped going to occasions that require getting dressed up .
Don't look forward to weddings, but thankfully haven't been to one in 10 years

Ooh I love a nice family wedding 🥰
We had our son and daughter-in-law's in April, and next year we have our nephew's. Lovely to catch up with all the far-flung family we don't see very often 😊

Wait what? In the UK garden centers, we call them nurseries here in the US, have coffee shops and butcher shops? Here we just have plants and hardware, nails, saws, etc.. I love that !!

We go all out for weddings here.
My friends and I have a pool of hats and fascinators.
I gave my hat at my son's wedding to a guest, who was attending a forthcoming wedding, but couldn't find a hat.

I was a at a wedding a few years ago, bumped into some friends of the groom's mother, who commented: Wow, you scrub up well!.
I'm not sure if it was a compliment or a comment on how I usually look! 🤣

Iam64

kircubbin, I met my sister at the garden centre midway between iur houses. We decided to enjiy a coffe catch up before plant shopping. The table next to us had 8 older women, as you describe, dressed to the 9’s, full makeup and styled hair. Yes a good garden centre with cafe food cooked well in the premises, a good butcher, baker and veg section plus quality ready meals.
We realised this kind of outing is loved by older people like ourselves. I’m not about to dress up though - jeans for me

Completely agree! Love a good garden centre and a good eatery inside.

But, posh or not, it’s a garden centre and I wear nice clean, casual clothes

mh1953

Wait what? In the UK garden centers, we call them nurseries here in the US, have coffee shops and butcher shops? Here we just have plants and hardware, nails, saws, etc.. I love that !!

Sawyer garden centre in Sawyer Mi sells all sorts of things apart from plants.

Nurseries are the ones that only sell plants.They are much cheaper.

V3ra These are my latest red 'ugly shoe' purchase, not at all pretty, but comfortable and good for mucking round with dogs on walks.

Norah

V3ra These are my latest red 'ugly shoe' purchase, not at all pretty, but comfortable and good for mucking round with dogs on walks.

Ooh they're a bit different Norah!
What make are they?

I'm on first name terms with the lady in our local Hotter outlet, much to my friend's amusement and my husband's despair 🤣

I was a at a wedding a few years ago, bumped into some friends of the groom's mother, who commented: Wow, you scrub up well!.
I'm not sure if it was a compliment or a comment on how I usually look! 🤣

Definitely a compliment. They were probably jealous 😊

Thank you nora and misInterpreted. I will look into your suggestions . and also ask GGS who is in the scouts

V3ra

Norah

V3ra These are my latest red 'ugly shoe' purchase, not at all pretty, but comfortable and good for mucking round with dogs on walks.

Ooh they're a bit different Norah!
What make are they?

I'm on first name terms with the lady in our local Hotter outlet, much to my friend's amusement and my husband's despair 🤣

Josef Seibel (German).

Always comfortable well made shoes, imo.

Josef Seibel (German).

Always comfortable well made shoes, imo.

I haven't come across this make before, thank you.
Some interesting styles and lovely colours 🙂

I haven’t got a pair but I’m a fan of Josef Seibel shoes.

I've always found Josef Seibel shoes and boots very comfortable. I'm living in their sandals this hot weather. Quite expensive but well worth it.

62Granny

They probably think we may as well wear our "best" clothes , life will pass you buy otherwise and if you wait for the right day to wear them it is gone in a moment, life has a way of passing us by faster than we are able to keep up.

I think this is me - trying to get good wear from all of the clothes I’ve already got - including all of those dresses I’ve bought for ‘occasions’. I’ve been trying to work out different ways to wear them more informally, with jumpers over the top, opaque or footless tights and chunky boots and trainers. I don’t think there’s such a distinction between dressing up and ‘comfortable clothes’ - I would never go out feeling uncomfortable. But I think that other people do think that I’m quite ‘dressed up’ a lot of the time.

It's never warm enough here to wear my light dresses.

My son visited some garden centres after moving house and he was struck by as -described by the OP and the general atmosphere of it being a venue for meeting and eating amongst shall we say “older people” not to mention the PRICES!
He said he couldn’t help thinking that many of these centres wouldn’t survive without them as younger people will increasingly shop online. They sell fancy soaps and other household goods and “outdoorsy” clothing too.
They are a pleasant way to pass a few hours and to gaze enviously at all those gorgeous plants.

But the garden centre near us, has expanded. It has falconry, a Maize maze in summer, skating ring in winter, host of what I call garden shed shops, in sheds, not selling them, plus a huge delicatessen and fresh food shop. It caters for all people, all ages,

They have two restaurants and the only time we tried eating there you couldn't get in for all the mothers with young babies in there.

Sounds rather good Monica quite wholesome and an alternative to those fun-factory/warehouses known as “soft-play” , better than trying to take them into a pub too as the garden centres are usually light and airy.

This has been an interesting thread.

Does nobody purchase plants at nurseries? Here, the near nursery has trees, shrubs, plants, mulch, pots - people wear gardening clothing.

Winter they sell glorious fresh Christmas trees.

I do Norah! I usually call in at the nursery on my way home from my garden volunteering sessions and it doesn’t matter at all that I’m in my gardening togs.

I go to our garden centre to buy garden-related Christmas presents, and then I usually make sure I have scrubbed my finger nails. It does have a busy cafe where lots of people gather to chat, and they do do a good coffee and walnut cake!

Norah

This has been an interesting thread.

Does nobody purchase plants at nurseries? Here, the near nursery has trees, shrubs, plants, mulch, pots - people wear gardening clothing.

Winter they sell glorious fresh Christmas trees.

Yes, we are lucky enough to have a little family-run nursery near us - their plants are usually much better quality than those in the garden centres too.

We have a huge plant nursery just out of town. It is so popular, it keeps expanding.
I love having a wander there.

We have a local commercial nursery in my road, excellent plants all year round.

We also have numerous destination Garden Centres with restaurants (some licensed), several have animal petting areas, all have excellent gift shops along with magical Christmas displays and gifts.

We always take the GC to see Santa at one.

Norah

This has been an interesting thread.

Does nobody purchase plants at nurseries? Here, the near nursery has trees, shrubs, plants, mulch, pots - people wear gardening clothing.

Winter they sell glorious fresh Christmas trees.

I used to go to one but it's shut now.