There is something wonderfully reassuring about Fortnum and Mason during the build-up to Christmas. There really is a feeling of Victorian Xmas. The packaging and glamour give a sense of tradition and celebration that is not found elsewhere. I went in with some visitors from New York and within 8 minutes we had ordered 6 or 7 different hampers and arranged for them to be shipped to various USA addresses. All you need is the imagination, credit card, zip code and the attention of the very attractive sales girl behind the reproduction writing table on the first floor.

Then you nip across the road to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy - which finishes on 11th December to see his monumental work called Svayambh, which comes from Sanskrit , in which works of sculpture actively participate in their own creation. The sculpture moves slowly - squeezing through each doorframe of each gallery. Not unlike some of the Mall Mums and other Christmas shoppers in the nearby arcades.

A helicopter ride from Battersea heliport out to Blenheim Palace and then on to Moreton in the Marsh and Stowe on the wold is wonderfully simple to organise and a fun way to spend a saturday morning on a brilliantly sunny late autumn day. Back then to lunch at Cecconi's followed by a visit to the Portobello market and the purchase of a wonderful 1907 genuine cuckoo clock. We also arranged the shipment of a red telephone box and the Victorian bar from a disused pub to the Hamptons.

I have a wonderful job and was thrilled with my new driver Richard, who keeps the Bentley Arnage in perfect order. Ian - the head concierge at the Sanderson Hotel was fun and very helpful too.