Chia and I have made the trip back to Florence, and had our first shopping tour the day after we arrived. It was a long seven hour day of shopping, but lots of fun with a darling Canadian family.

Sandals galore! I love the small wedge heel which is so comfortable and lovely with dresses. Ricardo has beautiful new patterns of scarves in silk and wool combined- incredibly soft! The fashion, the soft leather jackets, the handbags…..shopper’s paradise!

A lovely lady from Austin, who was shopping with me last spring, has asked for a cross pendant. She sent some gorgeous diamonds with me and the goldsmith has made a preliminary drawing for us. It will be in yellow gold classic Florentine filagree work with tiny diamonds added in the empty spaces on the drawing. Wow!!!

With the dollar growing stronger each week, I think we will have a very busy shopping season!