I’ve had another purge of my wardrobe. I decluttered a great many things before I moved in to this little flat, and not just clothes, but kitchen equipment, books, ornaments and pictures. Why is this item here, I asked? Do I truly want to keep this? In a shiny modern
Did you have a good Christmas? I did, but gosh, if you think I look a bit tired in the pics below, I don’t mind admitting that cooking and hosting the Christmas feast is a tad fatiguing – plus I’m just about getting towards the end of the 3-week cold
As most of you know I’m down-sizing big-time to a flat (or apartment, as they say over the pond). It will have 2-bedrooms, a living area and a small kitchen and bathroom. And no garden. I’m ready for this. I wasn’t at 60 or 65, or even, 68, but at
I used to hang on to clothes that I didn’t wear, especially if they had been expensive to buy. ‘Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly throw that out’, I’d say, ‘as it cost x, and, you know, it would be such a waste’. I also kept clothes I didn’t particularly like,
I haven’t made any New Year resolutions yet, although I have some aims: to exercise and write more. I might tell you about these and other goals for 2015 in another post. But I just have to tell you about my latest charity shop buy(s)! I was feeling quite low,
I’m better now than before, but it was quite fluey (the bug we had) so I’m not going out to a New Year’s Eve party. Yes, still not quite myself, a bit post-viral and the stye is better but lingering, so don’t feel very sociable. And I haven’t hit the
How good are you at throwing out clothes you never wear? Do you keep a favourite dress, and can’t bear to part with it, even though it doesn’t fit? Are there jackets and trousers, that you might just use for that special occasion, cluttering up your cupboards? Contrary to some