My daily Nespresso coffee, an unexpected shaft of sunlight through the window on a winter's day, my bargain Missoni sunglasses (70 percent off!)

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.

For years now I've kind of operated under an informal shopping cycle. A bit like a farmer's crop rotation system. Except, instead of wheat, maize, barley, and fallow, mine pretty much goes clothes, makeup shoes, and clothes (I don't bother with fallow). Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.

Christmas shopping! I can do all my Christmas shopping here! I know March is a bit early, but why not be organized? And then when Christmas arrives I won't have to go near the horrible Christmas crowds.

I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.

The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?