For the third year running I'm taking part in A Buyer's Archive inspired by Elise, to keep track of my spending on clothes and accessories. THIS YEAR When I sat down to write this post I was convinced that I hadn't bought a single thing this month (for the first time ever), but a few things did sneak into my shopping bag. Firstly,...
This weekend we went out and bought a tree. We took our time choosing it, picking the best specimen when we'd selected the variety. We came home with a flowering cherry that will come alive with double purple-pink flowers year after year. We haven't planted it yet. We're figuring out the best place to put it, it'll be near the pond, we know...
9am. I started my weekend by slipping on my wellies, and going outside to take some photos of the misty, frosty morning. One of my Day Zero goals is to photograph the same landscape across 12 months and make it into a calendar for next year. My chosen landscape sits at the back on the house and every time I see frost or...
It was my wish at the beginning of the year to avoid that Sunday night feeling of a weekend wasted. My goal was to have a plan in place for the coming weekend by each Friday evening. The last few weekends have been quiet. Andy was feeling unwell one Sunday and I came down with a cold the following Sunday. Sunday afternoons are...
I can often be heard telling people that most of my favourite items of clothing are pre-loved, either from charity shops, clothes swaps or from ebay. Over the years I've found some lovely pieces, here are my top five. This is one of my very first charity shop finds, bought it back in July 2012. I had to dye it last summer to...
