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 All of this month's purchases are pre-loved. Floral ra-ra dress £6.00, originally from Oasis. There is something about a ra-ra dress that delights me - perhaps because I loved them so much in the 80s? I...
Here's how, I hope, I'll be spending my summer... 1. Eating I want to eat in a restaurant every day for seven days, be it for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. 2. Camping I have a day ticket for Latitude again this year, and I'll be camping at a local campsite on the Friday and Saturday night. 3. Going Coastal Spend a day...
OK, so can I just say how can summer be here already?! Spring has been lovely, but it's over all too soon. I'm enjoying compiling my list of things to do over the coming season, but first here's how I got on with my spring things. 1. Make I ordered two skirt patterns, and thanks to signing up to the Simplicity newsletter, I...
The 16th was Photo An Hour day this month. I took part, and as always (she says not having taken part last month) I posted throughout the day on Instagram. 6am Andy had already left for work. I got up to feed the cats, made myself a cuppa, and engaged in my usual pottering - I emptied the waste paper bins, got meat...
The first weekend in May was lovely and sunny. My plan for this weekend was to help my Dad replace all the old broken panes of glass in my greenhouse. He did most of the hard work, I tidied up and washed the glass inside and out, and provided sustenance - lots of cool drinks and scrambled egg on toast. It was a...
