Hats! The Red Hat Musical

Phil and Jamie  invited Cloody  to see the Red Hat Musical in Memphis and I got to tag along.  We all enjoyed the show and had some extremely good laughs.  The theater was packed and several Red Hat clubs came as groups to see the show.   Many were wearing red hats.  

 

                                                              

When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman , I shall wear purple

and a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain 

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised 

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.