Gingerbread, even the winter sun and forgotten fiver.

1. To eat a few gingerbread biscuits at coffee time.

2. It's very cold indeed -- but towards the end of the morning, when the world has swung round, the light changes at my desk. I go downstairs and open the blind in the back bedroom to feel the warmth of the winter sun.

3. Alec has the joyful experience of finding a forgotten fiver in his winter coat.