So... What is the dream?

The life I have imagined...

A Floral Emporium, in a beautiful Cotswold market town where everything has an floral element - from camomile tea to floral tea dresses, from fresh cut peonies to vintage floral bedspreads.

It is the sort of place you walk into from a bustling street and instantly feel that life is just that little bit prettier than you had realised.


Back down to earth... 

Having said that in the real world I work for an insurance company in a job that no longer excites me with a mortgage that cripples me and a house I adore.

As a result, jacking in the daily grind and just getting on with it isn't such an option (not without the elusive lottery win at least).  This, of course, doesn't mean I have given up on the dream... just that I am having to be a little more considered.

This year then I am setting up the online version of my dream - now all I have to do is design a website, get a loan, find some things to sell, persuade people to buy stuff from me... not much then really...

Watch this space...

The very start of the journey...

... this is the year in which I begin my journey towards the life I have imagined and this blog will act as my diary - holding within it the much-awaited highs and inevitable lows ahead.