This year I've been joining in A Buyer's Archive with Elise, keeping track of my spending on clothes and accessories. I didn't go clothes shopping, I didn't have anything in mind that I wanted this month, and the time raced by so fast, I'm surprised I purchased anything at all. White Stuff shirt (ex-stock) | ebay | £12.80 It's a great replacement for...
Autumn has gone by so quickly this year, it hardly seems possible that we're at the end of 2016 already. I'm looking forward to slowing down and spending time with family over the next few weeks. I need a break, life has just been all too hectic! How did I do on my autumn list? 1. Forage for sloes and make some gin...
I'd hoped to post more than once this week, but life got in the way. Workwise I've got more work to do than is acceptable at this time of year (don't people know I just want to sit about reading and eating mince pies?!), I'm trying to decorate (yeah I know, really bad timing), we're preparing for some new french doors to be...
Hello, I'm not sure I'm going to make this a weekly feature but it's nice to do a quick round up when life is busy, and the time available for blogging is limited. I've been getting that familiar feeling of melancholy again, I'm wondering if it's seasonal as it made it's presence felt this time last year too. I know it will pass...
Catching up with friends that I don't see nearly enough of, in a bar we recognise from our more sociable days, that has seen many transformations but always manages to feel like the same old place by the end of the night. Commenting on a Burt's Bees Instagram post and winning a prize. I didn't even realise it was a competition (didn't read...
This year I'm joining A Buyer's Archive with Elise, to keep track of my spending on clothes and accessories. I placed an ASOS order. I didn't mean to. I just sort of slipped and fell. I popped onto the site to buy a Christmas present (and I did) but instead of buying it and leaving, I had a nosy through all of the...
After posting about things I love but can't wear I decided it was time to persevere a little. If you've read my blog for a long time you'll know that I like the odd style challenge, and I figured that nailing some of these looks, that I'd previously ruled out, would further expand my capsule wardrobe possibilities. And anyway, what's the worst that...
Fifteen festive favourites was inspired by Naomi at Tattooed Mummy 1. Favourite Festive Food Marzipan. I love it and it's the only time of year I eat it, I put a double layer on our Christmas cake, and savour every last bite, and Andy's not keen so he gives me his (I married a most excellent man). 2. Favourite Reindeer Rudolf, she saved...
For my birthday Andy booked us a night away in Aldeburgh, of course we couldn't actually go on, or even near, my birthday due to harvest, so we went last week instead. He booked us into The Brudenell, in a room with sea views. When we arrived it was too dark to see the sea but we could see the white splashes of...
I had seven spaces left to fill in my 37 piece autumn capsule wardrobe. I've added a few old favourites and some items found on a recent charity shop rummage, and I think all of them will work well as capsule pieces. To start I added my first ever preloved purchase - a long Tu cardigan - from the Age Concern shop in...
I know we're only half way through autumn but so far it's been lovely. I miss summer when it ends and usually take some time to readjust to the new season, but not this year. The best bits? Rose hips This has to be pretty close to the top of the list - foraging for them, making them into syrup, and ingesting it!...
My husband has boxes and boxes of things saved from his childhood years, by his Mum rather than because of any great desire on his part to hold on to things, but I have noticed that he does have hoarder tendencies. Thankfully all of this stuff is still at his parents house, in the attic (and I dread the day it comes here...
Lactose, margarine, butter, cheese, yogurt, sugar beet, orange/lemon/lime, ethanol, and champagne. Cat and dog fleas, diesel fumes, feathers, plant pollens, house dust mites, dog hair, cat hair, lily pollen, and cut grass. These are my food and environmental allergies. How do I know this? Because I recently went to see a Natural Allergy Therapist, who performed a muscle test to ascertain these allergies....
It was #PhotoAnHour at the weekend, and although I took part on Instagram I felt like sharing my day here too, along with a few bonus photos. 9am - I woke up with plans of doing some work, and then getting stuck into some DIY, but my body had other ideas. I woke up with sinusitis - again - so my plans needed...
The idea for this post came form Kezzie, who got it from Confuzzledom, who got it from Kristen, who got it from Steph - who originally composed the questions. I like how these things spread. Also, three is my lucky number, or rather my favourite number, and that's all the reason I needed to join in. Three things I'd never give up: Tea,...
This year I'm joining A Buyer's Archive with Elise, to keep track of my spending on clothes and accessories. I'm posting this a little early as I've vowed to stop spending this month. Umm, I seem to remember doing a similar thing last October, which didn't quite have the outcome I'd hoped for... That said, I'm not issuing a spending ban, I'm just...
With so many hedgerows around our home I decided that this year I'd make more of the fruits they have to offer. Rose hips were in plentiful supply, so I spent a rather soggy afternoon gathering enough to make a good quantity of rose hip syrup. I used the River Cottage recipe. I collected 1kg of rosehips which produced almost 500ml of syrup....
