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momma’s got a brand new bag

23 Monday Mar 2015

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new kiplingYep, it’s getting to be a thing with me and these Kipling bags. You may recall my first one (that looks almost exactly like this one but is about 1/3 the size), and then last summer when I was in Madrid I found another one on special offer that I thought would be big enough to be more of an all-purpose bag. Turned out it wasn’t, but it was almost big enough so I kept using it. And then I found this baby. Yeah, that stupid gorilla was the first thing to go, but there is room enough for everything I need to lug around, including my iPad mini when I’m travelling. Really I just like the style of these bags, and the fact that they’re machine washable. I don’t think I’ll ever buy another leather bag again.

agatha

25 Saturday Oct 2014

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agatha
Nope, I didn’t name these. Camper did. Boots called Agatha (which is also the name of one of Sledpress‘s cats). Anyhow, I went out for a walk with no destination in mind (always dangerous) and decided to look in a few shoe shops since Winter is Coming (though you wouldn’t know it by the recent 30º temps). What I had in mind was a simple pair of flat black slip-ons and somehow ended up with these. I think I love them.

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m & s care package

05 Wednesday Feb 2014

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People often ask me if there is anything I miss from “home” (meaning Canada) and, once I point out that Spain is my home, the answer is no. Well okay, maybe fresh wood-oven baked bagels from Toronto. But one thing I do miss from the UK is Marks & Spencer, especially their lingerie department. Longtime readers with long memories may remember my many failed attempts at getting into Gibraltar in order to buy underwear. Happily, with the arrival of online shopping I can now order my M & S knickers from home. But since I don’t know how the sizes convert, I still need to use the UK site (which doesn’t deliver to Spain) and have stuff delivered to a friend there and then they forward it to me here. So this was the special delivery from Marks & Spencer yesterday, via dear friend Lizzie in Bristol. Should keep me going for awhile…

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330

02 Saturday Feb 2013

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sheetsThe winter and summer sales are the best times (and for me the only times) to get new sheets and towels. Since the arrival of The New Bed last October I’ve been using the old king-size sheets which are 1) really old and 2) way too big, so today I decided to splash out on some new ones. In the past I’ve gone for simple cotton sheets that I’d jazz up with some embroidered trim but this time these 330 thread Egyptian cotton ones caught my eye.

Now for some (sledpress) 330 may not seem like such a high thread count, but for me this is total luxury. And of course now there is no going back to the usual cheapo 180 thread sheets so before the sales end I’m going to have to get a second set of these. But hey, I’m worth it.

What’s your favourite extravagence?