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VLOG: SWB on the Hosepipe Ban (and saving water!)

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July 3, 2018 by sourweebastard
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Just on with @frankmitchellu105radio on @u105radio Just on with @frankmitchellu105radio on @u105radio. What do you reckon about buying school photos? My parents used to buy a set then hoard them away in a filing cabinet! 😬Most never saw the light of day. Do you always buy the school pics every time the photographer rocks up? I never do now- I’ve been stung too many times because they are a clean fortune 💰💰Even less likely to now after this budget! 😱
🥰A kindly soul read my post yesterday & said th 🥰A kindly soul read my post yesterday & said that I always managed to look ‘dolled up.’ ⁣ ⁣ 🤣Since it’s #throwbackthursday I thought I’d share a video from 4 years ago when I was invited to attend a morning learning to cook some fish @shu_restaurant. ⁣ 👩‍🍳Imagining a busy kitchen with clattering knives & steaming pots & pans, I scraped back the hair & put on minimal makeup. I also cycled over & fell off the bike in Botanic Gardens. ⁣ ⁣ 🤦‍♀️I missed the point. It was an INFLUENCER event- I was supposed to attract people to the establishment by emulating the clientele’s chic appearance. Instead I looked like a turnip. ⁣ ⁣ 📚Anyway, you can read all about it on the blog. ⁣ ⁣ Link in bio.
📚Loved tonight’s chat at the ‘Mexico and Be 📚Loved tonight’s chat at the ‘Mexico and Below’ bookgroup @noalibisbookstore. I hadn’t read an Allende for a few years & this was a great way to rekindle my interest in a remarkable writer. It’s certainly not perfect; some of her characters are very lightly sketched, but it’s extremely readable & I was sad when I finished it. Always a good way to feel when you finish a novel. Looking forward to the next book by Argentinian writer Roque Larraque.
⁣ 😊Might I suggest that everyone befriends a ⁣ 😊Might I suggest that everyone befriends a seamstress? The inimitable @ireneboyle joined me for a #secondhandshopping spree in August. I spied this orange pencil skirt in @quaker_care on the Lisburn Road. Alas it was a size 8, & therefore no good for me after a summer of scoffing croissants & sipping chilled Verdejo. 🥂🥐 ⁣ ⁣ 🧵No bother,’ says Irene. She snipped it down the seams & added a panel of petrol blue velvet. First time for me that I’ve had a ‘bespoke’ piece, aside from the dress The Mothership made me when I was wee. ⁣I ❤️it. ⁣ 👛I’ve paired it here with a St Bert’s teeshirt I bought last year, & sandals I picked up in the Kiltonga Christian Centre. Mixing old & new for #secondhandseptember 🛍🍁🍂
Still embracing #secondhandseptember with cardigan Still embracing #secondhandseptember with cardigan from @dejavubelfast , dress from @theoaktreecharityshopmillisle & orange sandals from the Kiltonga Charity Shop in Bangor. Thanks to the incredible seamstress @ireneboyle for her alterations. 👠
Introducing the calm, uncluttered work space where Introducing the calm, uncluttered work space where I had hoped to get some writing done this morning. The teetering tower is shoeboxes will be later transformed into a house, complete with roof garden, for the children’s ‘elves.’ I’ll send a progress report later. 😬
A somber looking Tilly this morning. 🖤 A somber looking Tilly this morning. 🖤
The older child is after saying ‘I’m really gl The older child is after saying ‘I’m really glad we got this book now.’ We’re not big on royalty in our house, but I’m sad this evening- we won’t see the likes of her again. On another note, when we nipped out, our dog & cats ( not exactly sure who was the culprit) conspired to eat all the chicken we’d made for dinner. I think Her Majesty would have enjoyed that. A wry LSB remarked, ‘There’s the Irish being starved again.’ We jest. May she rest in peace.
🎁 Is it too soon to be thinking about Christmas 🎁 Is it too soon to be thinking about Christmas? ⁣ ⁣ 🤣 Only joking- I don’t entertain the notion until mid-November, & even that’s a bit early for me. ⁣ ⁣ 😈 However, if you are thus inclined, & perhaps on the hunt for a quirky (or in this case, frankly freakish-stuff-of-nightmares), stocking filler then it could be worth taking a trip to the Kintonga Christian Centre off Rathgael Road, to trawl through their warehouse of wonders! ⁣ ⁣ 🏡 They have an incredible homeware selection of kitchenware, brick-a-brac & furniture. Good to take a 👀 before buying new. 💰⁣ ⁣ #secondhandseptember
So pleased to attend the launch of @malodoherty ‘s (11th!) book by @merrion_press @crescentartscentre this evening, with a brilliant introduction by Alex Kane. Can Ireland really be one? Malachi’s book & the chat tonight certainly opens this conversation.
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Out for #fridaynight 🍹clad in entirely #secondh Out for #fridaynight 🍹clad in entirely #secondhandclothes. Thanks to @claireharpersyard for the skirt, @dejavubelfast for sandals & top from @cr_uk. #secondhandseptember
There is a reason these marshmallow Maltesers are There is a reason these marshmallow Maltesers are ‘Reduced To Clear’. They are an abomination. #rank
#Throwbackthursday- waves on Calella beach near Ba #Throwbackthursday- waves on Calella beach near Barcelona. I was SO lucky this summer to spend so much time near or on or in the water. 🏄‍♀️Paddle-boarding, kayaking, swimming or just bobbing about in the waves. 🌊It’s definitely easier on the continent- not bracing oneself for the chill 🥶but still always good to be near the beach here in NI. Where’s your favourite spot here to recharge by the water?
🍹When you chose a cocktail to match your outfit 🍹When you chose a cocktail to match your outfit. (It was a ‘Breakfast in Bali’, and it was DELICIOUS 😋) ⁣ 👗Showing off my @dejavubelfast necklace & cardigan from my August haul. I bought the belt from @oxfamormeau & wear it with EVERYTHING. I hardly ever shop in @uniqlo, but I picked this frock up in Barcelona back at Easter & I’ve worn it about a zillion times. ⁣#30wearsandmore ⁣ 🍁Plenty more @secondhandseptember outfits a-coming!
Noli timere. It seemed fitting to see this sign in Noli timere. It seemed fitting to see this sign in Dublin today. I remember going back to school after my second maternity leave to the news that Seamus Heaney had died. I’d been teaching his poetry for years & suddenly having to refer to him in the past tense was a terrible shock. His own attitude to death was so comforting though- in ‘Clearances 7’, about the death of this mother, he writes ‘a pure change happened.’ It’s a line I think of often & derive a great sense of reassurance from, that great love still endures.
@jasonthebulldog is the cutest dog to cuddle - he @jasonthebulldog is the cutest dog to cuddle - he is officially my ‘holiday pet’.
Tell me you’re in an Oxfam in the countryside wi Tell me you’re in an Oxfam in the countryside without telling me you’re in an Oxfam in the countryside… 🐷🌾 Throwback to last Friday when we were en route to Rossnowlagh.
😍 Down at the beautiful Glasshouse today on the 😍 Down at the beautiful Glasshouse today on the #ardspeninsula with @ireneboyle, chatting about all things sustainable for #secondhandseptember! Irene has kindly offered to alter some clothes I bought in charity shops last week so I’m excited about showing these off next month! Meanwhile check out the gorgeous top Irene picked up in @dejavubelfast last week. #secondhand shopping is always so much more satisfying! 🛍♻️
The very talented @ireneboyle made me these fisher The very talented @ireneboyle made me these fisherman’s trousers from an OLD DUVET! Just the ticket for a weekend at the beach in #rossnowlagh. They are so chill- beautiful to wear. 😍🌊
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