This week saw the launch of this year's Books are My Bag campaign and its bigger and better than ever. This time round the theme is desert island books and I've been asked to name my 8 books I'd take if I was stranded on a desert island. Now I'm taking it as a Shipwrecked type situation (man I miss that show) where channel 4 would swoop in a save me if I was actually about to die otherwise my list would be looking like this:

1. Boatbuilding Manual
2. SAS Survival Guide: How to survive in the Wild, on Land or Sea
3. The Wilderness Survival Guide: The Practical Skills You Need for the Great Outdoors
4. Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties: A Guide to Building Shelters in the Wilderness
5. Wild Food: A Complete Guide for Foragers
6. How to Survive on a Desert Island (Tough Guides)
7. Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine
8. Ultimate Navigation Manual

I went into Lush yesterday fully intending to only buy the Halloween products but after the woman in the shop sang to me I ended up leaving with one Halloween and two Christmas products.


Sparkly Pumpkin contains juniperberry, lime and grapefruit oils but doesn't smell like citrus. Instead it has quite an earthy autumny smell. It's a bubble bar so will fill your bath with sparkles and bubbles.


This bath bomb smells amazing, like sherbet and cinnamon. It contains popping candy and course sea salt for that fireside crackle.



Five baths in one. Just break off a ring and crumble it in for some christmassy bubbles. Unfortunately my five rings became 3 after they got crushed in my bag but they're still good to use. The smell is sweet yet christmassy. I can't wait to try it out.