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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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Anne, Delighted to see you are back and smiling ! Congratulations on the sale of your home. Bittersweet isn't it.…
[…] D’Orphée and the purchase code is H894358S 03. I am currently in the process of updating the Scarf of…
Thank you for your comment. I have looked through my records and found that I bought the shawl from eBay…
I adore scarves, one can never have too many. I noticed you have Liberty Ianthe varuna wool scarf, pictured on…
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Tag Archives: illness
Update 08/02/18 and humongous coughing attack
Last night, just after I had fallen asleep, I had one of the worst coughing attacks so far in my decade of chronic cough. (If this is TMI stop reading here) I woke up with a horrible dry constricting feeling … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Jewellery, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged bangles, Cotton Traders, cough, Daimyo Princes du Soleil Levant, earrings, green, Halcyon Days, Hermès, illness, Isle, joggers, jumpers, navy, pink, tops, WoolOvers
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Update 29/01/18
I am sorry that I cannot post coherently today. I have been very ill both mentally and physically over the weekend. In addition, Lovely Husband and I have been trying to fill in a long (40 pages) official form about … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyle
Tagged autism, depression, Ferragamo, illness, sadness, teal
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Update 23/01/18
I didn’t post yesterday and today’s will be shortened as I have been even more ill than usual. I have had several horrible coughing attacks and feel very weak and poorly. In fact, you will understand how bad I am … Continue reading
Posted in Hair, Health, Lifestyle
Tagged cough, going grey, hair colour, hairdresser, illness
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Update 05/12/17
It has been very difficult today. At around 2.30 this morning, I had a huge asthma coughing attack. I was sitting alone in the bathroom unable to breathe and then realised that I had left my inhaler next to my … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 27/11/17
It is now two months since I last had my hair dyed and the grey has reached over 1 inches long. You can see it clearly, especially at the sides. The coloured parts are not looking good, I must admit. … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Hair, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged acid reflux, colours, Cotton Traders, Etsy, going grey, hair colour, Halcyon Days, illness, joggers, jumpers, makeup, tops, Windsmoor
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Update 21/11/17
I must apologise for the missed post yesterday. Life has been very tough for the last few days. Over the weekend, we had the regular ASD problem which did not help my health issues at all or the family dynamic. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyle
Tagged autism, cough, depression, food banks, illness, pyjamas, Sainsbury's Tu, social media, stress, volunteering
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Update 16/10/17
What a strange sky we have had in the English Midlands today. There was a red sun this morning and then the sky turned a shade of brownish orange with strong winds blowing dust. Hurricane Ophelia has not really affected … Continue reading
Update 10/10/17
I am too ill to post today as I have been in bed with horrible weakness and nausea. I hope to be able to write a proper Reading Roundup post tomorrow. Here is a lovely Hermès A/W 2017 scarf for … Continue reading
Outfit of the day 09/10/17
I sincerely hope that readers had a better weekend than I did. Things went rather pear-shaped and I ended up having one of the worst coughing attacks ever. At some moments I thought that I would not survive, it was … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged bangles, beige, blue, Cotton Traders, cough, earrings, Halcyon Days, illness, joggers, jumpers, Lands' End, Liberty, navy, Pure Collection, red, shawls, turquoise
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Outfit of the day 28/09/17
It has been very quiet today, with both lads out at work. Yesterday evening was rather turbulent in contrast. The day had been OK, apart from my health issues. My cough has been a lot worse over the past few … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Wardrobe
Tagged animal print, bangles, boots, bracelets, brown, Cotton Traders, Duo Boots, Halcyon Days, illness, jeans, Lands' End, leopard print, navy, necklaces, panic attacks, Quecraft, tan, Ted and Muffy, tops
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Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your kind comment. I must admit that I feel a bit strange about…