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These are excellent pics and I have the same coffee cup situation. I have certain cups that I will drink coffee from and certain cups I will never drink coffee from but the joy I get from taking the good coffee cups off the shelf is incomparable 😂

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I also have different tea mugs for different times of the day, and sometimes spend far too much time coordinating cup and mug combinations! But it's so important to get pleasuer from the things we do multiple times a day!

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I so agree! For me that first coffee is a joy and I look forward to it!

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Oh my goodness gracious I’ve just seen that you linked to the MBE at the bottom – I even read a few times so goodness knows how I missed the embedded recommendeds at the bottom! I’m so sorry – you can tell it was an early start! That is just so so so so kind of you – I’m honoured, and off to check out the others as well! I loved India’s as well ! Thank you so much 🩷🎄XO

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This was very pleasant to read. I got a sense of how soothing your home must be. Have you heard of Fog Linen? They have a lot of cute holiday gifts and they make a new design of dishtowel every year for the holidays. I often gift the dish towels to friends. https://www.shop-foglinen.com/collections/holiday-1

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I hadn’t heard of them - besotted now!

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Absolutely love all of these picks, Louise! Those paper baubles are gorgeous – the pink and red! Heading to Liberty this week 🫣🩷! So with you on the joy of the little things, especially a particular mug for your morning coffee/tea/both! And the Pantone espresso cup, and one shot ceramic version are so lovely! Adore all the beauty bits, needless to say, and I have to tell you, the most amazing gift, but I know you’ll approve of was given to me by my cousin last Christmas, a vintage Florentine tray, which she bought from an Italian reseller on eBay quite an expensively and is so gorgeous! So enjoyed this, a lovely way to start the week (i’ve been up early with one of the cats! Don’t ask!😫) 🎄✨XX

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I’m so glad you enjoyed it, it was fun sharing all my favourite things! We used to have so many of those lovely Florentine trays, I don’t know where they all went to, but I really regret not hanging on to them now!

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I’d never come across them before! SO pretty. XO

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