2010 will surely be, for me, the year when I stopped shopping in Sliema and Valletta.

Shopping should be a great experience and the combination of parking madness, less than helpful staff, dull shops selling the same old thing at much higher prices than I would buy them out of the country does not help.

So I shop online. So do many more people.

Emma Bridgewater is a British company which produces really lovely pottery and glass items. I am buying these gorgeous mugs from them. They stupendously cute and fun. They are also the kind of thing people will remember you for every time they make themselves a cup of tea.

Whether you're dotty about spots or not, click Emma Bridgewater" target="_blank">HERE

Loving it all.