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© Rev Dan Catt

While I truly appreciate luxury items, such as, a beauty from the latest line of Longines watches that I received for Christmas, I'm finding other ways to luxuriate, too. For example, I got a fabulous hand scrub, made with lemongrass oil. I take the time to really enjoy massaging it into my hands. I focus on the wonderfully uplifting scent, and really enjoy feeling the sensation of the scrub on my hands. I've also started to take a small piece of chocolate on my daily walk. I take the time to really enjoy the aroma, the taste, and the texture. As I'm walking, I'm really enjoying the chocolate, and then I focus on really appreciating the world around me. I focus on the sunlight, or the hue of the sky, the trees and plants, the type of ground I'm walking on. I just try to remind myself not to take things for granted. I try to appreciate what otherwise passes as "ordinary" or "the same old tree," etc. So I've found this is a whole other dimension to the sense of luxury. If I'm drinking wine, I really make sure to savor it, no matter if it from our best bottles or our every day.

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© Dave Catchpole

Toyota has finally revealed the production version of its new GT86 sports car which shall be on sale in June 2012. This sports car has been conceived with the intention of 'recapturing the joys of motoring' – a sports car which is light weight, low centre of gravity, and a rear-wheel drive layout. Toyota has developed the GT86 sports car in partnership with Subaru, which has its own version of the car called the BRZ. These two cars are separated by styling, but otherwise very similar. Toyota feels that the modest dimensions of the GT86 will make it the most compact four-seater sports car when it goes on sale in June 2012. The GT86 sports car is powered by a 197 bhp, 2.0 litre Boxer engine, which is mounted lower down in the sports car. Peak output for the sports car comes at 7,000rpm, with its 151lb ft maximum torque delivered slightly earlier at 6,600rpm. The prices of the new GT86 sports car should be announced at its official unveiling at the Toyota Motor Show later this week. The sports cars' fuel economy and emissions figures should be released at the same time too. It is expected that the Toyota GT86 sports car price will start at about £28,000.

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© knitsteel

My wife and I are selective about what luxury items we buy, like a necklace I just bought her from www.goldsea.com, for example. Sometimes we buy something special for a celebration, but not just the obvious celebrations. Besides national or religious holidays and birthdays, etc., we find unique things to celebrate that are specific to our lives. This was one of the things she liked about me in fact, when I was wooing her! She has this same spirit about life, so she was thrilled that I not only appreciated her but could completely participate in this approach! She is original and creative in her gifts and in the things she celebrates. One of the things I like is that she makes even the small things special. The way she presents something is also what makes it special. For example, she made a special dinner and put on lovely music for the first time we used a new table cloth she got. She also arranged beautiful flowers that went well with it and said the tablecloth was a gift to us for our meals together, to celebrate our enjoyment of good food together. We feel very fortunate for what we have-well, first and foremost, to have one another, of course!–and we do our best not to take things for granted. We also try to not have too many things, just well-selected, and well-appreciated things.

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