Every time I hear the word “sauna”, I always think of my mum, and her story about when my folks were visiting Finland before any of their kids were born. As she tells it (and Finnish readers, forgive me if I take creative licence here), rather than the fast car or big house or flashy computer being the status symbol, the Finnish way to show prosperity is to have a nice hot sauna.

And to boast about the fact. And to compare the heat of your sauna to others’ saunas.

I was sent the link to this outfit, Taps4Less, which makes all kinds of bathroom fittings etc. They have weird designer taps of all kinds of whacky shapes:

But they also sell self-contained saunas – check it out!

Now I just need to convince my flatmate that we need one! Might not be that hard, considering how we’re feeling the cold in Edinburgh at the moment…