The Librain
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!Pages
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Recent Posts
- Reading roundup 01/02/23
- Monday post 30/01/23: it’s good to be back!
- Taking a short break 24/01/23
- Scarf of the moment: Robe Légère
- Friday post 20/01/23: with even more scarves!
- Reading roundup 18/01/23
- Monday post 16/01/23: hitting the sales!
- Friday post 13/01/23: with a range of scarves!
- Reading roundup 11/01/23
- Monday post 09/01/23: with a beautiful reveal!
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Tag Archives: earrings
Monday post 14/11/22 with presents and H news
Hello and welcome to a new week on my blog. Today I am going to show you my lovely birthday presents, plus some early images of the Spring/Summer 2024 Hermès scarves. I was fortunate to receive some gorgeous jewellery from … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged birthdays, bracelets, earrings, gifts, Hermès, Hermès Spring/Summer 2023, presents
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Friday post 11/11/22 with a lovely outfit
Hello and welcome to the final post of the week. On Monday, I wrote that my birthday was the next day and I had planned to centre today’s post on my presents. However, they haven’t all arrived yet, so I … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged A L’Ombre des Pivoines, blue, earrings, grey, Hermès, Lands' End, navy, red, turquoise
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Update 18/07/22 with more gorgeous earrings!
Hi, everyone! I am so pleased to be back writing on the blog. A combination of severe health issues, a bad psychological reaction to a medical procedure, and very hot weather made it impossible for me to post on here. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Chalk Jewellery, earrings, fuchsia, heatwave, hot weather, illness, Marks and Spencer, pink, purchases, white
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Update 27/06/22 with some Royal influence!
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my first post of the week! Well, people who know me well may be rather surprised by parts of today’s post. I have mentioned The Purse Forum on here loads of times, listing the many … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Chalk Jewellery, earrings, gold, green, Purse Forum, wood
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Outfits of the week 24/06/22
Happy Friday! Welcome to the final post of the week. Hot weather really knocks me out and I have spent most of the week in bed with a large fan moving the air around. It’s very noisy and only slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Wardrobe
Tagged blue, earrings, gold, Marks and Spencer, navy, necklaces, Pixie Wing
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Update 15/11/21 with birthday gifts
First of all, my apologies for such a short post on Friday. So, today’s is the content I would have written on Friday, if I had been well enough. I hope that is not too confusing! Anyway, here are the … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Scarves, Special days, Wardrobe
Tagged birthdays, earrings, Etsy, gifts, gold, Johnstons of Elgin, Mint Velvet, necklaces, presents, silver, tea, Whittard
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Update 11/11/19 with birthday gifts
Well, that wasn’t the best birthday ever! Unfortunately, it seems that I caught a viral infection last week that resulted in a few days with an almost constant violent cough and aching limbs. And that was on top of everything … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Special days
Tagged Bill Skinner, birthdays, blue, earrings, Etsy, gold, Handmaid's Tale, lapis lazuli, Margaret Atwood, necklaces, RR Designs, silver
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Outfit of the day 12/03/19 with a small indulgence!
It has been pretty typical weather today, for these islands: wet and windy, followed by sunshine, then wet again. I have managed to get out of bed for a few hours and feel a little more cheerful as a result. … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Ancient Egypt, Art Deco, Cotton Traders, earrings, Etsy, gold, grey, Klass, Lands' End, teal, turquoise
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Outfit of the day 29/01/19
Snow is forecast for the next few days, so I decided that I had to go to the Library today so that I could pick up some reserved books. Despite feeling very weak and unwell, I forced myself to get … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged book jewellery, brown, earrings, Etsy, Ferragamo, Isle, jumpers, Lands' End, navy, orange, purple, tops, trousers, WoolOvers
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Outfit of the day 25/01/19
Well, today didn’t work out as we had planned. I was meant to go to a counselling appointment in a neighbouring town and then out for lunch, but had a horrible coughing attack just before we were supposed to set … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Blue Nile, bracelets, brooches, cardigans, chronic cough, counselling, earrings, Ferragamo, grey, Hotter, John Lewis, jumpers, navy, Pure Collection, shoes, teal, topaz, trousers, white
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