The important part first. There is a Thing here in Australia (or maybe just Tasmania?) called book week. Heck, maybe this is a Thing in the US and the UK. I didn't have kids or really know many people who did in the UK so who knows? Aaaaanyway...Book Week. We didn't have it when I was at school (in the UK). I kind of vaguely knew about it but not enough to know much of the when or the what. On Monday, there was a reminder posted on the door of the Kinder class where Thing One goes, re the dressing up as a favourite character which would occur...on Wednesday. Yes. TWO days notice. Both days that I work. Craptacular... Thing One had some ideas along the lines of highly inappropriate Arial costumes which involved wearing singlet tops in the middle of Winter. I should note here that while Winter in Australia might sound like a thing British people do to get some sun, Winter in Tasmania is actually reasonably chilly; at least at times. I pointed out to Madam Truculenc