Little Treats

Breakfast was extra scrummy this morning as I had bought some little pink roses from Tesco - I so needed a little bit of Summer in my life. I did think that roses needed a glass vase - but I only have two and they are both far too tall for this small bunch - so into my prized milk jug by Emma Bridgewater they went. Do you see the matching butter dish? I've had that for years and years; when I was married, my ex husband didn't learn to drive until babies No 3 & 4 came along. One weekend, I heroically drove myself, him my eldest, then 2 - and the baby down to Cornwall for a few days and back again. I treated myself to the butter dish as a reward for all that driving. I remember it cost £27 - and this was 16 years ago!! But I so love it - and every day I think how pleased I am that I bought it. The jug came as a present from my mother a few months later. The moral of the butter dish, is that if you truly love something, then buy it. The years of satisfaction were well worth the expense.

So, yesterday, I managed to treat myself again!! I wanted these shoes from Principles when they had for sale in the Summer, at about £70 - they're not what I normally wear, but for some work occasions they are exactly what are needed. I waited until the sale - but as is always the case - they didn't have my size!! I tried several branches and the internet site, but the story was the same - no 38's. As I walked past Principles yesterday, I thought I'd just pop in and see if there were any bargains suitable for work - and look!! Size 38 - and guess how much???? £10!! So when the cold weather disappears and a certain work situation presents itself - I will have just the shoes for the job!!