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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 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 and sale purchases 09/01/18
Things are still very tough, so I will distract myself from my troubles by showing you some of my recent purchases from the January sales. I have had some lovely things from Pure Collection (link in the sidebar) in the … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged accessories, bangles, blue, bracelets, dresses, earrings, Pure Collection, sales, shrugs, turquoise, white
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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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Update 15/12/17
I have been very busy today, between rests, trying to do my bit to prepare for Christmas. At last Younger Son helped me to put up the tree. Since I became so ill, we have had to streamline things a … Continue reading
Update and boutique shopping 14/12/17
I am going to show you the two items I bought when I was out on Tuesday, after my haircut. There is a lovely new boutique which has opened nearby, selling very pretty tops and a massive range of accessories, … Continue reading
Update 12/12/17
My hair appointments seem to come around quickly. Mind you, I usually have them every six weeks and this time the gap was only five, because of the Christmas holidays. I have been very happy with my hair since I … Continue reading
Posted in Hair, Lifestyle, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged going grey, hairdresser, hairstyles
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Outfit of the day 08/12/17
After yesterday’s pretty awful selfie, taken to clearly show my emerging greys, I washed my hair and have taken another photo. I think that this one is a bit better! The outfit was an attempt to try something out which … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aquamarine, blue, Blue Nile, bracelets, cardigans, copper, Cotton Traders, earrings, grey, joggers, John Lewis, jumpers, navy, Pure Collection, teal
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Dear Shruti, thank you for your lovely comment. I really hope that you can find this gorgeous scarf one day…