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Tidying

Tall Tom is due to come to my flat for supper tomorrow for the first time since our first date. Inevitably, this evening has been mostly spent folding, tidying, baking and other general domesticity (I realise this probably counts as false advertising but hey).

So having wasted lots of time on all this stuff he probably won’t notice (he is a bloke, after all), I now have left myself not much time for the thing he will notice. The outfit. Or the cleavage thereof.

Rats.

I’m off to throw my clothes over the floor and try to find the perfect solution. This is when I need Cat to live round the corner as my wardrobe advisor.

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  1. Comment by Annie | 2008/01/25 at 00:09:59

    Answer the door in your underwear with a surprised ‘oh you’re early’ look on your face. Clothing problem solved

  2. Comment by LondonGirl | 2008/01/25 at 00:38:17

    Brilliant solution. Sadly I have a housemate. Whose boyfriend is also coming round… so I’d have a 50:50 chance of flashing the wrong bloke…

  3. Comment by Bloke | 2008/01/25 at 00:44:21

    Why not get your housemate to wander round in undies as well? Problem solved and I’m sure both chaps would be more than happy.

  4. Boy
    Comment by Boy | 2008/01/25 at 01:01:42

    In fairness, even if you got the wrong bloke, I don’t think there’d be much complaing :D.
    Either way, as a man, I’ve always assumed women have different categories of clothes: surely you just need to pull something out of the “drop dead stunning” section?

  5. Comment by Kenzie | 2008/01/25 at 04:39:17

    oh good luck! can’t wait to hopefully read about it. :)

  6. Comment by KaBtalk | 2008/01/25 at 09:53:31

    Oh how fab! I’d say go one step further than all the rest above & open the door with your towel on…that way you don’t have to worry about laundry!

  7. Comment by Ginny | 2008/01/25 at 10:50:56

    Just don’t open the door wrapped in leather from head to toe…that might be a bit scary

  8. Comment by Annie | 2008/01/25 at 12:35:02

    Sorry LG I probably steered this away from the advice you were looking for!!! Obviously we all have mucky minds!! Well it is Friday after all

  9. Comment by James | 2008/01/25 at 12:58:48

    Keeping it mucky, I’d like to know if the photo attached to the post is the cleavage in question?

    If so TT’s a lucky man! …and I’m a sad old pervert.

  10. Comment by Make mine a merlot | 2008/01/25 at 13:43:10

    Ooh what have you been baking for him? Do tell! And remember the golden rule of flesh bearing - cleavage out legs in, legs out cleavage in - and you can’t go wrong. Good luck - is he very fastidious/anally retentive when it comes to his own place?

  11. Comment by LondonGirl | 2008/01/25 at 15:19:52

    Bloke. I like your thinking.
    Boy. You’re probably right re neither bloke complaining. But no, I don’t have a drop dead stunning section because it’s all about matching the right outfit to the right bloke to the right location (what you can wear to go bowling obviously isn’t what you wear to go to a nice restaurant…)
    Kenzie. Thanks
    KaBtalk. Humn. Interesting…
    Ginny. Don’t own anything in leather other than handbags and shoes and would be challenging to cover my decency in them…
    Annie. Don’t worry – I’m liking it – suitably lighthearted and stopping me going into panic mode.
    James. Not mine. But could be.
    Makemineamerlot. Been baking brownies… And yes, his place is pretty tidy, but not anally so, fortunately!

  12. Comment by The Blonde Blogshell | 2008/01/25 at 15:55:12

    Haha! I love Annie’s idea…thats excellent!

    I must say though, you are very sweet :-) Good luck for the dinner!

  13. Comment by treacle | 2008/01/25 at 16:19:29

    Hope it goes really well LG :)

  14. Comment by DiehardPessimist | 2008/01/25 at 20:35:01

    Bet he hates brownies.

  15. hb
    Comment by hb | 2008/01/25 at 20:46:13

    have fun tonight! anything clean, showing cleavage, and nice undies will do, believe me!

  16. Comment by everythingbutthegirl | 2008/01/26 at 01:27:05

    I dare hope you are still in date with Tall Tom. I do. Hells, some of us 30 somethings should be getting some snogging!

    Long time reader, first time commenter. Lies, not long time reader…I actually, in post-brunch (read: 3434 Bloodies later) mode, googled something (don’t recall what…see previous parenthesis) and came about your blog. It was a Sunday and I was a wee drunken, so I likely googled something like “I’m 32 and pathetically single and think dates are ONLY small wrinkled fruit”.

    I read through the archives, tea (bloody. tea sounds more grownup) in hand and giggled my way through. Damn, why is it that Brit men are available for dates past the age of 22? Hell knows US men of that age are a) divorced with kids and miserable or 2) never married. for a reason.

    Anyway, thanks for giving us something to live vicariously through. Looking forward to hearing your culinary/cleavage adventures, sister.

  17. Cat
    Comment by Cat | 2008/01/26 at 02:03:47

    Damn, I am too late - and too far - for the wardrobe critique! Sure you looked fabulous, lovely.

  18. Comment by Miss A | 2008/01/26 at 07:50:38

    yeah you’re right - he won’t notice. Just hide embarrassing self help books and you should be right ;-)

  19. Comment by London-Lass | 2008/01/26 at 11:31:04

    But it doesnt matter if TT wont notice .. it’s the fact that it makes you feel better (sort of setting the scene for the date) which is what counts. I remember the first time the chipster came back to mine .. I’d managed to turn myself into some sort of whirling dervish .. and although seemed a bit of a waste of time (i.e. the chipster wouldnt’ve really minded if there’d been washing up in the sink still or dust on the sideboards) it still made me feel better in an “Ok, ready for inspection now, sir!” type way. Although I didnt dress up in uniform too. But did have cleavage (and stockings) on maximum impact (which the chipster did notice).

  20. Comment by LondonGirl | 2008/01/27 at 13:15:49

    BlondeBlogshell. I liked it – outside the box thinking! And thanks for being nice.
    Treacle. Thanks
    DiehardPessimist. Nah. I checked. Planning and preparation you see.
    HB. You’re so right.
    Everythingbutthegirl. Glad you like the blog – and I’m sure there are some good single men in the US – there have to be. Law of averages, right?
    Cat. Thanks!
    MissA. Noted.
    LondonLass. You’re absolutely right – in the same way that great pants put a spring in your step even if no-one knows you’re wearing them, feeling confident that your home is presented in the best possible way does make you feel more confident.


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