Favourite Things For A Dark Wednesday Afternoon

A cup of rose scented tea in the floral Union Jack mug that I rarely get to use if Carl is at home...flickering pinpricks of candlelight from tealights dotted around the room...the pink polyanthus in a little cream tin bucket my lovely sister bought me...painting my nails...making minestrone soup for tomorrow, and chilli for tonight...comments from lovely bloggers...the purple throw on our sofa that makes me think of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate...my new slippers...discovering a 150 year old book at work which gives advice for every month of the year...a vanilla latte at starbucks on my way home...my hyacinths in my spring flower bouquet flowering at last...