We braved the miserable weather and venture out to the shops do get some Christmas shopping done.  This is particularly organised for us – we have never been so organised before!  We made some excellent progress and have bought the majority of our presents but we couldn’t resist a few items we saw for ourselves such as this vintage-looking Union Jack cushion which looks perfect in our lounge:

Here is it in situ:

We also couldn’t resist these tea towels:

Why is it that you find so much stuff you want when you are shopping for other people?!