I finally got around to sorting out all my filing and going through my desk “stuff”, including a box of random things I’ve amassed over the years.

One of those things turned out to be a small stationery pad where I’d written a letter of the alphabet on each page, then listed some favourite items under each letter. Now, I do remember writing this, but full disclosure – it was about 20 years ago and I was high at the time.

But since 90% of these things still apply, I thought I should document my ‘favourite things’ for posterity:

A – angels, anarchy, art, accessories, altars

B – butterflies, buttered bread, boots, bubble tea

C – cats, candles, Christmas, cheese, catalogues, crumpets, crayons, chaos, costumes, corsets

D – dragonflies, dancing, dreaming, Demonia shoes, dice

E – eBay, exploring

F – fairies, face masks, fire, fairy tales, free stuff, fireworks

G – gerberas, glitter, gaffa tape

H – hair dye, horror movies, handbags, hotels

I – ice cream, imagination

J – jelly beans, jam, jazz, juice

K – knee sox, kissing

L – love letters, lists, laminating stuff

M – margaritas, magick, muffins, My Little Pony

N – notebooks, Nightmare Before Christmas

O – octopuses

P – poetry, popcorn, parties, pancakes, pillows, pyjamas, the colour pink

Q – quizzes, q-tips

R – reality TV, reward points, rain, recipe books, ranting

S – sushi, sticky stuff, snocones, stickers, sporks, straws

T – travelling, Thursdays, thunderstorms, Tim Burton, tattoos

U – unicorns, umbrellas

V – vampires, vampy lipstick

W – wishing, windchimes

X – *blank*

Y – *blank*

Z – *blank*

… I probably passed out before I finished.