9 unexpected happy moments

However much we long for that Dior tribal earring or the Diego from Alexander Wang, real happy moments always turn up unexpectedly. And they don’t have to cost anything. The sun keeps rising for free, remember? No-one can top that. So here we go.

Walking out to your car in the morning and finding out that it’s been washed and filled up.

Opening a fresh pot of Nutella. First the click and the popping of the lid, then peeling back the bronze layer and digging your knife deeply into the pot.

Getting to the office and seeing that your colleagues have left a fresh cup of tea on your desk.

Your cleaner folds a triangle into your toilet roll to give your bathroom that hotel feeling.

Finding a brand new book waiting for you that no-one else has touched.

Your Net-a-Porter order fits perfectly (Ok, I admit, not really a cheap happy moment but still fabulous).

Getting into the Thalys and having no-one sit opposite you.

Climbing into a plane and finding an empty row next to you.

A perfectly ripe avocado that melts under your fork.