One day you're gonna get caught ...

D'you remember that old advert for Rio (?) undies?

Well, today I went to work undressed, by mistake ... I was distracted (and a wee bit tired) and I just plain forgot.

Distracted? Half way through my morning shower the water went off, while I was soapy. But at least I had a chance to get soapy, Peter totally missed out. We have since been told that we have a water tank on the roof (of our new apartments) and it has to be filled by a tanker. (Easy to take Mains water for granted!) Now we are hoping that they do it before we get home from work today. We had been vaguely wondering where our water comes from in this incredibly parched place ...

Well, after all that kerfuffle and hassle, we got ready and got on the work bus. I was sitting there chatting, everyone was discussing water and the like, and suddenly I looked down and realised aaaah! I forgot to put on my abaya! Here I am in every day clothes! I felt so naked!

It doesn't really matter, we don't wear them at work. But I had to scurry quickly off the bus and through the women's gate into the college!

Invisibility Cloak

It feels like it should be magic!

So you want to see my new abaya?


It has a hood, with a point and a tassel - if I flick my head just right I can make the point stand up for a moment ...

Or I can wear it with my neat little pull-over-your-head scarf, my hijab.

What I especially like is that it's made out of nicer fabric than the other ones I tried on. It's sort of cottony, and (according to the label) was made in Damascus. The other ones I saw were thinner and lighter - but nylon.

And ... it only cost me 25 pounds.