Nat's stuff

I'm definitely my mother's daughter. I've bought two cushions for my sofa in as many weeks. It's border-line obsessive behaviour - I mean how many cushions can one sofa hold? How many cushions do you really need? Where does it all end?!

I think you know you've a cushion too many when you actually have to move the blasted things out of the way, just to perch yourself on the edge of the sofa. Still, as long as it all looks pretty and uber stylish, right?

...I wasn't. I really DO have a tea-towel embellished with diamante cherries. It's so pretty that I refuse to actually use it, for fear of ruining it. So it's a (get this) SHOW tea-towel. Yup, just for show, casually hanging in the kitchen, and certainly NOT to be used to mop up spillages or to remove hot dishes from the oven (does anyone else do that, or is it just me? Even though I have a perfectly good pair of oven gloves...)

Why is it that when you're ill, a steaming bowl of chicken soup is just so comforting? Especially when it's home-made with love - I used the left overs of my roast dinner on Sunday to make my very own chicken soup on Monday - added loads of veg and it was delish. Just like a hug in a bowl.

I'm going through a real cushion phase at the moment. I blame my mum. I've also inherited her need to hunt and gather pretty tea towels. I mean, I even own a kitsch looking tea towel with red diamante cherries on it. How practical. But anyway, it's all about cushions for now (and it's no coincidence that the nights are drawing in and X factor is on the telly, oh no). Whilst out shopping last week, I picked up this 'Home Sweet Home' cushion from Cargo. With it's appliqued design and blanket-stitched edging, it has a real crafty feel to it - as though I made it myself. Which of course I didn't. And for just £12.99, I won't have to enroll on a needlepoint class just yet...