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crocs
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Crocs

How about these for a pair of shoes then?! I wasn’t purely driven by my fashion-victim gene this time, they were the perfect footwear for wearing at the beach, really, very practical! AND, they actually fit my oddly formed…

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A souper way to go!

Last night, with nothing else as an option (well, nothing else I fancied), I ate a tin of soup. This wasn’t any old soup though, oh no, this was Heinz Scottish Vegetable Soup. This has long been my favourite…

knit-hat
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Thrifting

Got up bright and early this morning to lots of very unexpected sunshine. Decided to check out the local (giant) car boot sale. My haul there very much reflects my growing interests these days (old school ‘making stuff’ –…

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Shiny New Apple

Oooh, look what I spotted in West Quay, Southampton today! Having an Apple store on my very own doorstep (sort of) will be fabulous. I like to covet sleek, sexy gadgets, and doing so ‘in the flesh’ as it…

penguins
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Heroine addict

I’m reading ‘Persuasion‘ by Jane Austen at the moment. I adore Jane Austen. I love reading generally and there’s no one else I can think of who can so transport me away from everything that’s going on around me…

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Summer lovin’

I’ve tried hard not to write about the weather lately, as it seems I’ve been a bit pre-occupied with it (blog-wise), and next to someone telling you about what they dreamed about last night, or the state of their…

gull
Life

School’s out!

If you’re lucky enough to still be a kid (officially I mean, not mentally), today marks the start of the six week summer hols. Oh, how I wish I had that in my life again! I guess I’m only…

mantle
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Suckers

At last, the Muldowney carpets will no longer be home to half an inch of dust, crumbs and my hair (and goodness knows what else), as we have finally brought a new vacuum cleaner. The old one packed up…

sweet-peas
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Bingo

5 – The number of days, including today, until the weekend. Unless I win the lottery. 30,000 – The number of pounds I would win if numbers come up tonight on aforementioned lottery. 33 – This is the average…

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Over the hill

For the first time ever I walked home from work today. It’s not far, just under a mile and a half, but it’s very hilly. If we had snow here in the winter it would be a trendy little…