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It's not often Cunard issues are mentioned in the same breath as religious orders! Blessings on both. 🙂

Oh goodie. Love Roscoe's reports from my favourite ship.

The single syllable and short o in both could, I suppose make ''posh frock'' easier on the ear than ''pretty frock'' or even ''posh dress'' but that's taking things to the extreme so sorry to go off piste Hattie. 😀

I am aware of the etymology and as the original inference was with regards to ladies cruise wear I think we can disregard any attire which doesn't fit that description as we might even find ourselves travelling down the ecclesiastic route by mistake if we delve into the history of the word. 😀 You missed out the Wikipedia paragraph with regards to contemporary connotations which states the term can still be used for girl's, child's or woman's ''light dress'' so it is indeed down to interpretation and probably, contemporary interpretations eg. I wore frocks, according to my grandmother, as a child but I wear dresses as an adult. Now if we mention gowns are long dresses but not all long dresses are gowns, then I fully concur with the men/ gentlemen analogy. 🙂

and frocks, apart from the frock coat, are dresses so I ask again, where does the analogy fit?

Not sure where your analogy fits.

My Grandmother used to. 🙂

Talking pegs, I bought some novelty mega pegs, goldfish, swans and flip flops, and they act as towel pegs for windy days. Keeps the deck towel from whipping around my face in the wind/keeps the towel in place.

Necessity is the mother of invention! I borrowed the concierge's stapler when I caught my heel in a hem. Perfect solution until I got back to the cabin and fished out one of my many saved emergency sewing kits!

As is ours and it doesn't begin with any letter mentioned so far!

Forget any Wellness dining, I'll be on holiday. I''d eat every meal in the Pan Asian restaurant if I could. Wonder if they'll do take aways or whether QG galley will recreate a dish or two, as they do on QV for me. 😀

Yes, I counted that. I had Afternoon Tea down in the Queens Room too

Yes, they're both on deck 9. Add Indian restaurant also on deck 9, and Queens room for Afternoon Tea and that makes fifteen.

Fourteen if Afternoon Tea is counted and fifteen if any of the lounges serve snacks! serves snacks

I've found thirteen so far but that included the Gelateria which I guess is an eaterie of sorts.

No Green Tea at the time in the Lido or I would have snaffled a couple of bags there. Add a darn good squeeze of fresh lemon, or lemon slices from the Lido and that's so refreshing.

A full box? That's pushing it. I've asked for a couple of tea bags in the past and was very happy with half a dozen!

On one of our longer World Cruise jaunts, Redbush tea or Rooibos as it was referred to by ''those who knew'' almost became a trading commodity in its own right due to its popularity and of more significance, its scarcity as supplies waned. 🙂

I've bought some lovely floaty silk tops from them too. They go really well with pedal pushers during the day.

Now that, is a DRESS!! I wish I could wear that. My first visit to Lord & Taylor was the Rittenhouse Square store. I've still got two articles of clothing I bought there and that was so long ago. Classic stuff. Just had a look at their web site. Some great long dresses. Next time I visit our Boston friends, I might order online.

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We too love ''just being there'' to relax' and have cruised many times on QV in August. I wouldn't say it's quiet [one ''shortie'' we did over August Bank holiday and was slightly manic 🙂 so definitely not quiet] and there are more children onboard but the atmosphere is super and we have yet to be ''bothered'' by the children. In fact, I would say they enhance the cruise.

My mother used to love her ''charity runs'' and being a fabulous seamstress, would alter and adapt whatever she bought into one offs. I have a wonderful photo of my parents at a Cunard World dinner in Hong Kong and I know for a fact her outfit pre tampering was under £10. Although I do have expensive clothes, I also like M&S which I use for some day time basic separates, mostly white jeans and denim cut offs, and camisole tops. Very affordable and easy to co ordinate with other items. One of my favourite long dresses is an M&S Sale item. Not seen it anywhere else and I love it. Looks very expensive and yet I know how little it cost. To Holidayfun141, don't get hung up on clothes. There will always be the be peacocks around and then there will be the rest of us who dress to suit our wallets and more important, our figures which in my case, is most definitely not of the Vogue model variety.

For me, all depends if it's tax free/import free and can be bought cheaper than the UK. I didn't get my Master's in shopping for not being aware of these things!! 😂