Hello everyone Did you all have a good Christmas? We did and are still Covid free despite meeting up with our son and daughter and their respective families. Phew! But we all did our Lateral Flow tests beforehand and with everyone being negative we got together and it was just
Another coat – surely not!
Hi everyone Yes, I know, why do that? Why buy yet another coat? Well, the thing is, as I said in my last post, coats are my go-to item to make a statement. This is because since the pandemic I don’t have the same opportunity to dress up what with
The late October review – 2021
Hello again everyone Apologies for the lack of a blog post last week and this late review, again! But life just got in the way and the days passed in a flash. Anyway, how did your October go? We’ve been house-sitting in Lewes while my daughter was away, and had
My charity shop bonanza – October has been a very lucky month!
Hi everyone I’ve had an extraordinary run of luck with my charity shop finds this month and the last item I bought has to be the bargain of the year. More about that find in a minute. Yes, from just one charity shop (Age UK in Kemptown) I’ve found 5
Another coat – surely not! Well….
Hello everyone There will be more about this at the end of the month but today (Monday 29th March) some of the severe restrictions we’ve been living under since Christmas are being removed, and we can now visit other people and sit in their gardens – three cheers to that! I
Another coat? Yes, and it’s colour? Yellow or maybe mustard!
Hello everyone Over 15 million people are now vaccinated in the UK, apparently that’s 86% of all the over-70s. The 15 million are the people in the four top priority groups and the vaccination programme has now moved on to people aged 65 to 69. More about all of that
This and that and a coat that reminds me of happy days to come!
Hi everyone How’s life treating you? It was really cold (for the UK) last week and I wrapped up and layered with thick woollen tops, thick leggings plus a woollen skirt and socks, and I wore my outdoor furry boots indoors as our flat is hard to keep warm. The
Brr, it’s cold outside! Let’s look at coats!
Hello everyone Brr! We are currently having several days of damp, cold weather with temperatures down to freezing. And it’s the kind of cold that gets into the bones, plus on the seafront if there’s a north wind as well, it’s brrrrrrr! Look at this. That was a chilly walk
Ageing well
Hi everyone How are things with you? I’ll have more to say about how England is coping with a reduction in Lockdown Version 2.0 and a consequent move to a ‘tiered’ approach to the pandemic at the end of the month. For now, in the middle of November with the
A coat and a skirt bought just before lockdown
Hello everyone Here we go again, back in lockdown. How are you feeling about this? My heart goes out to those who have lost their jobs or near to losing them, but personally, I’ve got so used to not doing all that much that really, it hasn’t made much impact