Animal Instinct

If anything epitomises a Gorgeous Useless Irresistible Little Trifle, it must be this beaded coin purse made in the shape of a Dalmatian dog that I found in an op shop recently.

I find it hard to resist cute and kitsch things that make me laugh. In practical terms, though, I suspect it could prove quite vexing if one is in a hurry, with coins and the like becoming stuck down its legs. But it’s so much fun – a little piece of eye candy – that I obeyed my first instinct to claim it for my own. It can live in my beach bag and become a holiday purse, for on a proper holiday one is never in a hurry.

Photo: Today