A massage is just like a movie, really relaxing and a total escape, except in a massage you're the star. And you don't miss anything by falling asleep!
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: relaxation humorous-quotes
I've got lots of ambitions, but I only ever think of them when I'm lying around in my undies having a snooze.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: ambitions
Does breakfast in bed count as a morning workout?
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: exercise humorous-quotations
A good mystery keeps you up on Saturday night. A bad mystery puts you to sleep on Sunday afternoon. Either way, you come out ahead.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: mystery-novels
Charity didn't mean to waste the entire afternoon. But her favorite daytime drama was on the telly. It was always the same, she thought, stretching out on the bed to watch. The sex got her interested first, and then the story. Before long she was totally hooked, and deep into the intricate plots and the glamorous goings-on. And afterwards, she just felt drained.
She was sound asleep by the time Lady Margaret came home.
Tags: soap-operas guilty-pleasures
A rainy day is like a lovely gift -- you can sleep late and not feel guilty.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: rainy-day humorous-quotes
Charity knew she had to begin looking for a job soon. Definitely tomorrow, or the next day. Or perhaps the day after that. Charity didn't believe in procrastination. She just needed to plan her strategy. She was sound asleep on the sofa when Lady Margaret got back from London.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: procrastination humorous-quotes lazyness
When you fall asleep after a big lunch you're really just saving up energy to work off all the calories later on.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: dieting exercises humorous-quotes
Holidays were invented so single women could overeat without feeling guilty.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: dieting humorous-quotes
It's natural to feel jittery around new people. But sometimes you can get over your jitters if you make a joke. So when the Swedish housekeeper brought her breakfast on a tray, Charity said something cheeky about eating Lady Margaret out of house and home. But the big red-faced woman took no notice at all. So then Charity had to look totally relaxed and unconcerned as she enjoyed her breakfast in bed, which was easy enough after the first bite. The spooky Swedish housekeeper really was a fabulous cook. And Charity believed believed in looking for the best in people.
Elizabeth Jane HowardTags: humor nervous-laughter
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