I purchased just one item in October and then nothing in the final two months of 2020. I bought a mustard yellow cardigan, £7.50 with the original tags on, from a charity shop. It took me a tiny bit over my budget but I've reduced my spending so much this year I'm still really pleased with the final total.LAST YEARI purchased a lot...
How have you been? It's been ages since my last post. An entire month has passed, we've had the winter solstice (hurrah!), and Christmas, and we're heading towards another new year (please let it better than this one!!).I just thought I'd pop my head above the parapet and say a quick 'hello!' All is well here, if a little busy. Which seems a...
It wasn't until 10am that I realised November 21st was Photo An Hour. Already that morning I'd fed the cats, had breakfast (in that order), emptied the dishwasher, got showered and dressed, finished a book I was reading, and had a grocery delivery.10am. The postman had just been and delivered some crafty bits I'd ordered to make some tree decorations. All I wanted...
I've fallen into a blogging lull. I guess life all seems very samey at the moment, and now that we're in lockdown for a second time, the sameness will undoubtedly continue. I'd intended to take part in Photo An Hour on 31st October, but it was such an uninteresting day that I didn't bother in the end. I caught up on some well...
Taking part in Kezzie's Bloggers Art Gallery back in July reminded me of how much I enjoy having art at home. I loved seeing what everyone shared and hearing the stories behind each piece. I left a comment on Louise's blog about how much I needed some picture shelves like hers and I admired some prints by Jago Illustration. A few weeks later...
The warm weather already seems like a dim and distant memory doesn't it? Thankfully the last few weeks of my Wearing It All Summer challenge had enough warm days for me to wear a few more items from my Summer wardrobe.Week 10 saw two days wearing DIY clothes, but the other days I focused on items I hadn't yet worn. I'd been waiting...
At the end of June I put myself on a three month spending ban. In July I didn't purchase anything, but in August I went into town for the first time in months, and the lure of the charity shops was too strong to resist. I was a bit like a kid in a sweet shop and came home with three clothing items...
It's been exactly ten years since I started World of Joy, so I thought it would be fun to look back at my first post, where I introduce myself, to dissect it a little and add a few photos. -----Hello, I'm Hazel (Still true). Also known as Very_Hazel (No longer true). I have been blogging for the Very.co.uk VBlog for the past six months...
I sat down one Saturday and spent the afternoon making a dent in my mend pile. It's a very satisfying use of time. My ancient jeans needed further mending. I showed Andy and he said 'soon you'll be mending the mends', too late, that's exactly what I'd just done! As long as they fit and I can keep patching, I'll keep mending. I had...
I finished my Wearing It All Summer 2020 challenge yesterday. I've shared weeks 1, and 2 and 3, and weeks 4 - 6, so here are weeks 7 - 9.These are the final few weeks of August, turning into September. Week 7 was a week of dresses. The final three were ones I had in the pile of stuff waiting to be listed...
delete all the junk emails that have been languishing in my inboxcatch up on reading all my favourite blogsmake a significant dent in my mend pilepeel off all the sticky tape from the paper used to wrap my birthday presents for recyclingfinally get loads of items listed on ebayenjoy a little more sunshine before autumn takes over make a new art purchasediscover that...
The last time I mentioned my Wearing It All Summer 2020 challenge was back in July. I've shared weeks 1, and 2 and 3, so a catch up is in order. If you have no interest in my daily outfits, look away now.Week 4 was the last full week of July. The challenge has given me the opportunity to weed out the items...
7am I had tea brought to me in bed. Husband was off to work. I read for a while before starting my day. 8am Every morning when I go to water the greenhouse Socks the boy cat has to do a quick taste test. 9am En route (I'd pulled over obvs). I was off to collect my Dad for a trip to the...
