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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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I have loved looking at your beautiful collection! And inspired by your story. I’m a pediatric neupsychologist and understand what…
Dear Lauren, thank you for your comment. Yes, the scarf is gorgeous! Best wishes, Anne x
Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your lovely comment, best wishes, Anne x
I love this CW Anne! It's approaching scarf weather I look forward to seeing a photo of it on. The…
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Category Archives: Wardrobe
Outfit of the day 24/05/19
I seem to be writing almost the same thing each day: once again I have been too ill to go out and had to miss my counselling appointment. I had quite a good night’s sleep and wasn’t woken up by … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged asymmetric wrap, black, Cotton Traders, green, Hermès, Hotter, illness, Lands' End, lavender, lilac, MaiTai, Musique des Dieux, navy, purple, scarf rings, silver, white
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Update 23/05/19 with an unexpected reveal!
I am very unwell today but have been lifted a little by an arrival in the post! This is a “grail” that I have been hoping would come along for quite a long time. As it was an eBay purchase, … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Claudia Stuhlhofer-Mayr, Hermès, Musique des Dieux, reveal
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Update 20/05/19 with some new shoes!
The weekend was quite good as, despite me staying in bed rather a lot, I did manage to get some useful things done and had nice chats with both Lovely Husband and Elder Son. I read loads, watched some good … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 17/05/19
I am now back home after my counselling session, and lunch, sitting in bed writing this post. Generally, this week has been a pretty good one and I feel contented. For today’s outfit, I turned to my favourite purple shades, … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Bill Skinner, counselling, gold, Halcyon Days, Klass, Lands' End, lilac, navy, necklaces, purple, silver, tea
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Outfit of the day 16/05/19
We actually went out for a pub lunch! Hip, hip, hooray!!! It was my hairdresser appointment again this morning and I staggered around a couple of shops afterwards. I so rarely shop in real-life establishments. Anyway, I was very tired … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Hair, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cobalt, De la Mer au Ciel, green, grey hair, hairdresser, hairstyles, Halcyon Days, Hermès, Klass, Lands' End, navy, pub lunch, white
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Outfit of the day 14/05/19
Apologies for the lack of a post yesterday. I was simply too ill to concentrate. Luckily, I am feeling a lot better today, so I will try to write as coherently as possible. The sun has been shining brightly here … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, cobalt, Cotton Traders, Etsy, Lands' End, laptop, Laws of the Game of Cricket, Liberty, MaiTai, navy, Sainsbury's Tu, white
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Outfit of the day 10/05/19
I am currently sitting in bed listening to a terrific hail storm rattling against the windows! The sky has turned a deep, dark grey and the leaves on the trees look shredded. I am so glad that I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aqua, blue, coral, counselling, cowboy cowl knot, Etsy, gold, Halcyon Days, Hermès, Klass, Lands' End, navy, pink, turquoise, Under the Waves, yellow
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Scarf of the moment: Sweet Dreams
When I first started writing these posts about my Hermès scarves, I chose the title “Scarf of the Moment” to kind of echo the standard “Outfit of the Day” or “Scarf of the Day” articles that are so common on … Continue reading
Posted in Scarf of the moment, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Hermès, Jan Bajtlik, Sweet Dreams
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Update 06/05/19: Hermès scarves Autumn/Winter 2019
As I have said before, the fashion world seems like a very baffling place to me. We are not even in the Summer yet in the Northern Hemisphere, but already the designers are showing their new offerings for the Autumn/Winter … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 03/05/19
Well, I actually managed to go to today’s counselling appointment! It feels like a major achievement. It tired me out so much that I had to return to bed this afternoon, but I am still pleased. This time, I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged A Feminist at Heart, blue, counselling, criss-cross knot, gold, Halcyon Days, Karine Assaf, Klass, Lands' End, MaiTai, navy, orange, silver, white
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Dear Shruti, thank you for your lovely comment. I really hope that you can find this gorgeous scarf one day…