OMG, I can't take that fake "Italian" accent she uses when she says "my nonno", or "nonna". with the fake glottal attack after each first syllable, like Italian is her mother tongue. Also, did she say "we are slowly transitioning into Spring? Is she nuts? You are in the effin' heart of winter! It's January for the love of god. And that wrap shirt? I bet she NEVER wears it. It looks awful, and she knows it, holding the fake bag in front of her crotch to eliminate some of it. The dress is for ...work!
What work? The only work she does is in sweats. She might get dressed up to vlog and pretend-dig up stuff in her gahden,, but that's about it. As for her "meetings"- 2 a year maybe, since we know she counts a trip to her manicurist a "meeting". Jeez. So sad to also see the tan flats out again. They highlight the nerves and veins in her feet so much; I can't fathom why she doesn't find another similar flat with a bit of a heel -like a Chanel ballerina flat-to flatter her body shape! Flat flats do not suit her body type. They enlarge her head and make her look short, when she's not short. You just have to have long legs to make them look good. These old court jester, flatter than flat, pointy toed, crumpled slippers have been through the wringer and back...She needs an inch and a half of heel minimum.
She also needs to actually start reading some literature instead of all those dubious, cringey self-help books. Self help is fine, as long as you read some other things as well. It will help with her English, too. We don't say "sometimes things SURGE me..." , or, "the general consensus is that I'm staying at home...", when it's just you deciding... It's only fitting that along with her...innate love of classical music, she should be well-read, and I'm not talking Colleen Hoover or manifestation crap.
The garden is still atrocious, and man, does she know it. She couldn't have done things worse if she had tried. It used to be quite lovely, but now it seems that whatever her frenemy Josie does to upgrade hers, Elsie does in the opposite direction and is turning what used to be a pretty garden with hydrangeas and other flowers, into an embarrassing assortment of bulky, wooden structures, pillars and posts, modern plexiglass panels, weird rust-coloured, phallic-looking butt-plug, dead bushes, blinding floodlights-it's a horrorfest.
Also, the diatribe in the kitchen on how she can't stand violence, or doesn't like it when people are harmed, how she protects herself by not engaging with or watching that kind of material...and that basically, (she was referring to Savoygate, without actually mentioning the name), the jist of it all was that you can be as
crappy a person as you want, you can do anything to anyone, and when the backlash comes your way, you can zone out and tune everyone out, while humming a mantra to yourself until it all blows over, because eventually, it will. Well, OF COURSE IT WILL you doofus. And nothing bad happens to you. Because it's always about you. Nothing changes. Yeah, nothing changes if you jab your head in the sand all the time until the shitstorm has died down. ..I bet Niki has a few thoughts on THAT! What amazing insight she has gained. Ugh.
P.S. I'm counting the days till the dressing room goes...merlot...
P.P.S. I really feel sorry for Ali... I feel he's quite nice, but has been suckered into believing that THIS is the lifestyle he wants; silk dressing gowns and cravats in the countryside...I think he's too far in and "invested" (they're married) to do anything about it.