Treats

While immersed in post break up gloom there are only really a couple of things which can give me a lift. Being prone to self analysis, shirking company and indulging in bad habits (daytime drinking, chain smoking, 6 hour bingeing on CSI) is not particularly conducive to making me feel better.

So it is that I can justify the purchase of a ludicrously expensive Denis Colomb cashmere and silk shawl in the Liberty sale. There was a hefty discount, but still I dropped a lot of money - which I don't have - in the hope that a scarf as soft as the ears of a bunny rabbit would make me feel bettter. And you know what? So far so good.

More Etsy desires

I adore the cards sold at Etsy shop Able and Game. I have picked four of my favourites below, and it really was hard whittling it down to that.

I just wish that the shop wasn't based all the way over in Australia. I just don't think I can justify all those air miles and a big old postage charge for a set of (incredibly) pretty prints...Can I?

Wish list

I have been coveting this framed poster on Etsy for ages. It strikes just the right tone, falling safely into the category of being charming rather than overly twee.

My mind is lingering more and more on household decor these days, both because I am planning a move in the new year and because my dearest friend is moving far, far away to set up her new home and has a far greater budget than I to decorate with.

Therefore I get to shop both for myself, with a hit list of Ikea and the local market, and also for my friend where I indulge in the great pleasure of perusing Heal's and Habitat.

From Etsy seller Bread and butter shop