I was planning to bring you inspiration from my annual birthday reflections today but I’ve been down with the virus that everyone seems to have all week.

Is it just me or do these bugs seem to hit much harder since lockdown?

Anyway in over eleven years of blogging I’ve never surrendered before but my head is so thick that the words just aren’t coming. I’ll be back next Friday with a try-on and then birthday thoughts the week after that which will be exactly the right time for them anyway. And luckily I have past birthday posts that might hit the spot for now. My goodness how life’s changed since I started writing here in 2014 – I hardly recognise my 46 year-old self!

2023 – how it felt to be 56

2021 – birthday thoughts – was lockdown a lost year?

2018 – the happiest of birthday weekends

2017 – simple 50th birthday celebrations

2016 – 12 things I want to do before I’m 50

2015 – a working birthday of chic extremes

2014 – the first ever birthday on the blog

With that I wish you a wonderful weekend, my Lazarus moment will come any time soon!