Xmas shopping is in full swing. Take your pick; the high street shops or the festive Xmas markets. The markets really win me over this time of year. The smells of seasonal food and drink and the sense of fun and frivolity. I'm still not brave enough to touch the glass
baubles though after a tremendously
spectacular explosion at
Conran's last year involving a
rather large and expensive glass decoration that I just happened to nudge
eek