Cruel to be Kindle

It's confession time - my name is Mrs F, and I'm a bookaholic.
*phew* Weight off my shoulders.
I was a fast-learner as a child, and my reading obsession started not long after birth with a heady mixture of bedtime fairy tales from my parents, and waterproof bath books teaching me the alphabet and a few basic words. Apple, Bee, Cup, Duck... you know, all the important ones!

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Thermal fancies

Despite last week's hype about the heatwave that was due to hit us right about... now, it remains unsurprisingly grey and gloomy outside and - quite frankly - I'm bloody freezing!
But I am SO ready for winter. It is without a doubt my favourite season. Don't get me wrong - other seasons hold their appeal and I certainly couldn't be without the beautiful leaves of autumn, the blossoms of spring, or the lazy evenings of barbecues and sipping sangria in the summer - but winter just does it for me. Pretty dark evenings, candles lit at home, sparkly early morning frost on the grass, and best of all going for walks on those beautiful bright sunny days wrapped up in 12 layers of clothing and a reindeer-like red nose.

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Take the Northern Vine...

I've only been to London three times in my life, but I have always been fascinated by their underground map. Maybe it's my logical brain or my photographic memory, but I found it extremely easy to use at first glance. More importantly, it's very aesthetically pleasing hence I have often considered displaying a poster of it at home somewhere - but have never quite found the justification. I like to only display items that mean something to me around my home, and to be honest - although London is an incredible place and I would love to spend some more time there - I can't really say it means anything.

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A little introduction

Oh dear.
Despite my best intentions not to start my first ever blog with a generic 'this is me' post, it appears that's all my mind is mentally up to this morning! I suppose though for anybody stumbling across this page among the billions (trillions?) of web pages out there, it might be useful to have at least a little bit of background info!
Name: Mrs F to the wonderful Mr F

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