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
‘Tis the season to dress up and clear out the clutter!
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,
It’s almost Christmas and I’m not nearly ready for it!
Hello again. I’m back after 16 days away from the blog. I’ve been incredibly busy helping my son to move, and as he’s always rented furnished flats there were two trips to Ikea to buy him some essential stuff like
Whatever your size you can never have enough blue jeans!
Invisible Woman wrote about jeans quite recently and the challenge of buying them for herself as she’s quite short and a UK size 12/14. But even so she found some that fitted well and looked good on her. (Her article has
Jackets and trousers for this changeable weather!
The weather’s changed. It’s wetter, colder, greyer here in the UK and my nail-varnished toes are going to be hidden away for the duration. Or maybe not as warmer weather is forecast for next week. OK, the weather is unsettled
It’s been too darn hot!
We’ve been having unseasonably hot weather in the UK over the last couple of weeks and it’s been just too darn hot. Temperatures have reached just under 30C (86F) and that’s way too high for a Celt like me. However,
My response to Lynette’s post. The joys of charity shop shopping in the UK!
I thought I’d comment on Lynette’s post but have so much to say it’s turned into a post all of it’s own! You can see from Lynette’s piece (published 7th April) that there’s quite a difference between shopping in a
Shopping in charity shops – in the States! Guest blog by Lynette Benton
I’m delighted to introduce my first guest blog, on the challenges of charity shop shopping in the States, written by my friend, Lynette, who is the successful writer of not one but two blogs! Read all about her and get