Then! I found some beautiful dresses, started reading some lovely books and listened to Mahler's 5th Symphony on repeat. And I gave up smoking. Everything is okay again. Maybe. If I can just get some uni work done... So let me forget about those 4,000 words that are due in next Friday and think about something else instead.
I picked up an awesome book in a charity shop in Cambridge - '1939: The Last Season' by Anne de Courcy. It mixes stories of the final party season of the thirties with the political issues as we headed right into the middle of World War 2 (parties and politics are two of my favouritest things). I'm not even halfway through it yet, but it's got some fantastic quotes (matched up here with some pictures, just because, well, I like pictures!)
"...for a young woman of the upper classes, adult life began with a curtsey."
Apparently, the advertising for a car called the Lancaster really was 'At 50 m.p.h. you can knit comfortably'. That is so my type of car! (I gave up trying to find a picture of the actual car - my car distinction extends to "it's red"...)
Finally, apparently my sister not only has been reading this blog but also enjoying it (thanks panda!). So for her, here's some outfit pictures from when I felt particularly lovely over the last few weeks.
Me feeling a little Miss Marple-y. Actually, this happens quite a lot.
My hair makes me happy here :)
Yep, I liked this outfit a lot...
No outfit in this picture. Actually, no clothes except a towel. But Lilycat's just about the cutest thing ever.
Other exciting things have included some amazing acquisitions from various shopping trips to Cambridge, which will hopefully be posted as soon as I can access some passable photographic equipment, and some true visual treats. But that's another story for another day!
Jen xxxx
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