Cautionary tale in progress...earlier today I walked past my local Louis Vuitton boutique and did a double take...sitting in the window was one of the re-issue Stephen Sprouse "leopard" print scarves. Now, I didn't want the scarf...despite the pictures in last month's French Vogue it's a little too Bet Lynch from Coronation Street for my tastes...but I knew a couple of people who did. I couldn't go into the store at that precise moment but I knew I'd be back that way in an hour or so...you guessed it, a little over an hour later and the scarf was gone.

The motto of the day...carpe diem, baby.