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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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Dear Mira, I must apologise for not answering you sooner! Aircon would be great and we have a unit in…
I hope you feel better soon! 🌺🍀
Dear Anne, would air conditioning help or does it rather hurt you with your lung conditions? I'm on the fence…
[…] If you would like to read more about this scarf, here is my Scarf of the Moment post with…
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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Outfit of the day 15/01/18
We had a very peaceful weekend, thank goodness. Well, peaceful apart from Lovely Husband’s customary “music night” on Sunday evening. Every week he plays three rock music CDs all the way through until around 22.30. The neighbours are very good … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aspinal, blue, Cotton Traders, earrings, Ferragamo, grey, MaiTai, music, navy, Owl in the City, Purse Forum, scarf rings, white, WoolOvers
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Outfit of the day 12/01/18
Most days, even if I don’t manage to get out of bed for long, I try to wear something nice and also add a scarf and earrings. I now have quite a coordinated wardrobe with lovely matching accessories, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aqua, Cotton Traders, cream, earrings, eBay, joggers, jumpers, Laws of the Game of Cricket, Liberty, Marks and Spencer, navy, necklaces, style, turquoise, white
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Update and sale purchases #02 11/01/18
Yes, I bought more items in the sales! As you are no doubt aware, I have a lot of clothes from Lands’ End and have a pretty long wish list, which I check regularly to see if anything has been … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged accessories, blue, Boxing Day, cobalt, dresses, Ianthe, Lands' End, leggings, Liberty, navy, sales, shawls, Sonrisa Boutique
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Update 08/01/18
Very quick update. Things have been extremely difficult here for a couple of days and I hope that we can all get over what has happened quickly. I will post again when I am able to. I am in bed … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged bad day, dresses, Pure Collection, tunics, turquoise
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Christmas present reveal #02 05/01/18
I thought that I would show you the rest of my Christmas pressies today. First of all, the interesting scarf that Lovely Husband gave me: A Feminist at Heart by Karin Assaf via Wolf & Badger (no longer available). The … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged A Feminist at Heart, blue, Christmas, Cotton Traders, earrings, John Lewis, jumpers, Karine Assaf, MaiTai, navy, orange, presents, Sonrisa Boutique, trousers, Wolf and Badger
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Update and Christmas present reveal 04/01/18
I was hoping to post an Outfit of the Day today, but I have been suffering with a virus on top of everything else, so am in bed for the day. So, I will show you all one of my … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Aspinal, bangles, blue, Christmas, cobalt, copper, Cotton Traders, cream, earrings, Halcyon Days, John Lewis, jumpers, navy, Owl in the City, owls, presents, scarf ties, trousers
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Reading roundup 03/01/18
Here is the first Reading Roundup of 2018! After checking on Goodreads, I can see that I read 127 books last year. My record year so far was 145 in 2016, although I wasn’t doing much else, such as writing … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Lifestyle, Reading
Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, public libraries
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Reading roundup 28/12/17
I had considered leaving this until next week, but at the rate I am reading the post would have been far too long! Since the last Reading Roundup, I have read some really fabulous books, thanks to our local library … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Lifestyle, Reading
Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, public libraries
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Reading roundup 21/12/17
I have read some really great books this week! As I am not too well, I will write my first draft of this post with just the blurbs and reviews then, if I feel up to it, I will add … Continue reading
Update 18/12/17
I am going to ease up a little from posting on this blog for a couple of weeks over the holiday period. Instead of trying to post every week day, I will cut it down to probably three times a … Continue reading
Dear Mira, thank you for your comment. I am feeling much better now that the weather has cooled down a…