Thursday 29^th December 2010

• Diarising for January – although Dhiren Dutta stylishly diarised a dinner for the 8^th on Boxing Day and the weekend in Paris for the Monet Exhibition is booked and paid for
• Sales Reconnaissance and Attendance – desperate situation: surveillance should have been carried out for three weeks before Christmas, but wasn’t. And I’m still to report for duty at the actual Sales. I’m looking for good brown wool trousers. Joshua Baring reports incompetent county ladies without lists in Peter Jones and agony in Oxford Street. As we speak, the shelves are being picked clean by vultures
• Moisturising and Facial Matters Generally – I’ve actually run out of moisturiser. This should never have happened. Luckily I’ve got a back-up but it’s not the same. I’ve been wondering for weeks whether to go in for serum and toner. Still haven’t really grasped the nettle, let alone settled on a brand. Just couldn’t face my face.