There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.

Why on earth declutter when you can just shrinkwrap?

You know what Hans told me last week?" she says as I open the door of my fitting room. "He told me to write down a list of everything I wanted to say about that women-and then tear it up. He said I'd feel a sense of freedom." "Oh right," I say interestedly. "So what happened?" "I wrote it all down," says Laurel. "And then I mailed it to her!

Oh, please. If she's going to use Mr. Darcy to prop up her arguments, I give up.

Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling but all look slightly sick whenever their girlfriends turn away.

It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.