Hoarding.

Afternoon folks.

So two days of rain and the snow has all gone. I'm both happy and sad. I love being able to drive all the way up the lane to the stables and not having to walk from the bottom. But I do miss everything being white. Now everything looks soggy and dirty. But it's got me thinking, what is it about snow that we love so much? That makes us behave like kids? I'm the first to admit that I had a good old moan about the snow as it buggered up travel plans and Christmas presents, but I was secretly over the moon about the fact that on Christmas day there was snow outside my window. I love the white glow that sneaks in through your curtains first thing in the morning. I love how still everything goes before the snow starts to fall again. But still I don't understand what gets us so excited. Sorry for the soppiness but there is something magical about being outside when it's snowing. If you've got any ideas as to why we love snow so much, please enlighten me.

I also realised, whilst running a bath last night that I am a hoarder. I keep things. I keep clothes that don't fit because of "sentimental value". I keep birthday cards and gift bags. But mostly I keep smellies. Bubble bath, perfume body lotion. And it's not that I intend to hoard it, it's not even that I don't want to use it because these are my favourite kinds of presents. It's just that I always think "I'll keep that for a special occasion". But a year later, I've hardly made a dent in my smellies! I've decided I need to use them! Live for the moment! I know that if tomorrow I get hit by a bus, my last thought is hardly going to be "Damn I wish I'd of used up all my Very Irresistible Givenchy shower gel", but you get the idea. I save them for "special occasions" but what counts as a special occasion. And then usually, I'm in a rush to get out and forget to use it. There was a time when I'd bathe in Calvin Klein bubble bath, wash with the corresponding CK shower gel, cover myself with the same body lotion and then spritz with that same perfume. Now I can barely remember to put perfume on!

Perfume is probably the thing I save the most. So long that it goes off! And when I find a bottle of Gucci Rush buried amongst my other neglected perfumes gathering dust on my shelf I think, "God I love that perfume", and cover myself in it, only to discover that yes, perfume does go off and now I'm going to smell like cat wee all day! The irony is that my handbag weighs a ton thanks to the four (I kid you not) bottles of perfume rolling round in it, all of which go unworn!

OK, so new years resolution number one, make the most of my smellies. Wear them everyday! Use them all up! Because I'm lucky enough to have well spaced birthday to Christmas ratio, so technically my supplies will be replenished every six months. As it has been this Christmas. I have to say, my favourite gift set this year has been my Twilight Eclipse, shower gel, shimmer body lotion, and shimmer body spray. It smells a lot like the Diesel for women, that came in a  red bottle and smelled very coconutty. I used to wear it all the time, loved it. But the shimmer body lotion makes your skin look like a vampire in the sun! Amazing!

That's all folks.
Bye for now.