Hello and welcome to my blog. I usually post twice per week: on Wednesdays I write about the books I have read over the previous week and on Fridays I ramble on about a range of things, mostly scarves!
It was my birthday last Friday and I had a lovely day, thanks to my “chaps”: Elder Son and Lovely Husband who live here. I was fortunate to receive some gorgeous gifts and I have made a collage below…
My presents were:
- Stupendously amazing Sous le Charme d’Orphée cashmere/silk shawl by Hermès (this is also my Christmas 2024 present from LH).
- Incredibly pretty jewellery in blue and silver by Lovisa – I asked for blue stones to go with the Hermès shawl.
- Gorgeous and spectacularly soft scarf by Park Lane. The colours are stunning!
Do you like all of the superlatives in the above list?
ES also gave me some scrumptious chocolates from Lindt. I am trying to eat only two per day so that they last!
Regular visitors will have already seen images of me wearing the shawl, but I am posting the full picture of it here and you could look at my detailed Scarf of the Moment post about the design.
The lovely soft scarf has gorgeous shades of purple, orange, pink and a light grey. My sister said that she chose the bright colours to cheer me up! The scarf looks lovely with my purple clothes and accessories and I think it would also work with pink, although I don’t have any cold weather items in the right shade of pink. Perhaps I will remedy that some day.
Here it is with a Lands’ End purple top and amethyst earrings by Blue Nile…
And a close-up of the scarf…
To finish, these are the earrings and top with some other purple accessories…
Clockwise from the top left:
- Purple suede boots by Duo Boots.
- Amethyst and silver earrings by Blue Nile.
- Amethyst and crystal necklace – present.
- Purple leather bracelet by Ferragamo.
- Purple cotton top by Lands’ End.
- Purple necklace by Grand Tour Collection.
Now I need to build up my strength so that I can actually go out wearing some of these lovely things.
Happy Weekend everyone!
Love and best wishes,
Anne
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Happy belated Birthday Anne.
What fabulous, thoughtful gifts you received. Lovely earrings! Of course the Alice Shirley shawl is gorgeous and didn’t your sister select the most becoming scarf for you. Very flattering!
I did just check out electronically The Giver of Stars, so thank you for sharing that book selection. It ticked all my boxes, so I’m looking forward to an engrossing read.
Have a wonderful weekend. And again, happy birthday from Québec, Canada.
Avec amitié,
Catherine
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Thank you so much for this lovely comment, Catherine. Yes, I had a great birthday, although I don’t much like the numbers of my age ticking over! One of my nieces has moved to Canada and my sister and her husband try to fly over there as often as possible to visit her and their tiny granddaughter. UK to Vancouver is such a long flight! I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
Very best wishes,
Anne
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