Wish lists: wishing and hoping and thinking and praying

As discussed on Monday I have been and am trying to spend less and wait for what I want more.

As also alluded to I have never been out of control but I do own lots of things that probably need to be read, worn, sat on etc before I should buy too many more things.

I have always adored the idea of the wish list but in recent months my lists have become more important to me.

I obviously have an Amazon wish list which I must say is long and only seems to get longer. Although I am supposed not to be buying I am going to try to buy a few bits, when they are at a good price, every few months to try and reduce the list a little.

I find my Amazon wish list and my own kept on my computer wish list very comforting. It is a sort of filing exercise of things I would like for me, or to give to others, that I know is organised- which my brain sometimes is not.

I have tried looking for a kind of all encompassing global wish list and have found some but so far they haven't really satisfied my craving for order and ease of use.

I think a wish list is actually one of the best non spending tools as it does provide reassurance; you can go to it and see that the £90 book you want is still available so that when you do have £90 to spend on it it will be there.

Midsummer scent wish list

All I want for Midsummer's Day (next Tuesday in the UK) is:

A bottle of Creed's Virgin Island Water (this literally does smell of Mojito's on the beach at dusk to me... it transports me to Bermuda, where my Mother grew up)

A bottle of Antonia's Flowers Tiempe Passate (this continues my fascination with scents with a salt and skin notes and it's name is Sicilian, how much more perfect could a classy summer scent be? although actually I would wear this all year round and it would be just as good in the cold)

(Funny that both are some of the most expensive fragrances available and also never available at discount...)

Demeter Salt Air and Laundromat in room spray (easy available at Liberty and kind to the purse) and skin scent (not so easy, only available in the USA and not available in Minneapolis when I went)

Perhaps there is a Midsummers Day Fairy- the summer equivalent of Santa Claus- who will visit and bring scented gifts?

Picture of Arthur Rackham's fairies courtesy of http://rackham.artpassions.net/