What I'm loving this month...

1 L’OCCITANE’S ULTIMATE PAMPERING COLLECTION

Not only because the products are gorgeous, but also because for every collection sold, R50 is donated to improving access to quality eye surgery in under-served communities. It’s a cause close to my heart.

2 THE #METOO CAMPAIGN

Within days of actor Alyssa Milano suggesting that anyone who’d been sexually harassed or assaulted use #MeToo as their status, millions did just that. Alyssa did it to show that the problem goes way beyond Harvey Weinstein. Now, for the first time, action is being taken against those men. Could this be an actual sea change in what we as a society accept and expect? We hope so.

3 LE CREUSET SORBET COLLECTION RAMEKINS

I love the new colours, and the ramekins are just the right size for some salt, or chopped chilli, or soya sauce… or (yay for Christmas!) brandy butter. Mmmmmm.

BABYLONSTOREN SPRANKEL 2012

Local, lekker and lovely-looking (both the bottle and the box are beautifully designed), I love this bubbly. And it’s a great way to add some luxurious fizz to the festivities.

RAPID FIRE: REMARKABLE MISCELLANY BY JOHN MAYTHAM

I find I spend an embarrassing amount of time trying to think up a general knowledge question that would confound John Maytham. So far – nothing. But in the meantime I’m loving his book, a collection of some of the most interesting questions he’s been asked over the years, and their even more interesting answers.

CADBURY’S LIMITED EDITION WHISPERS SNOWBALLS

OK, chocolate in pretty much any form will do, we can all agree. But little festive snowballs of it? With honeycomb inners? They lasted about as long as it would take a real snowflake to dissolve in a South African summer. We’re literally talking seconds…