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Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Funnies

  By Janet Carr on July 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

         

• Rainbow boots

  By Janet Carr on July 17, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  I would never wear these because I couldn’t walk in them but they made me so happy when I saw them!

• Swearing in English

  By Janet Carr on July 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Swedish swearwords (or profanities or cursing if you prefer) tend to seem quite mild compared to the English. They tend to reference hell and the devil whereas the really bad English swearwords tend to reference sex. When hearing very… Read More ›

• Photos from our walk around Södermalm in Stockholm yesterday

  By Janet Carr on July 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

   

• Remember my Antonia’s Flowers post from the other day?

  By Janet Carr on July 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If not, here it is. One of my readers let me know that there was one for auction on eBay. Starting price was $0.99. Look what it ended up at – $270.50! I think I paid about $55 for mine…. Read More ›

• 5 days to go!

  By Janet Carr on July 14, 2019 • ( 7 )

  

  It’s going to be a pretty low-key wedding and my outfit is very basic. My dress comes from one of H&M’s concept stores, & other stories, and was on sale for $18. The shoes are from H&M and were $10…. Read More ›

• More photographs from our travels

  By Janet Carr on July 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This time to and around Mariefred: And Östervik And Trosa: And watching vintage cars cruising on Friday nights: