Aw, that is such a happy pic! I am really pleased you got your pain au raisin, and that you have such a thoughtful friend who made sure it happened.

My recent happy thing is a new laundry rack. I had never really thought of them as things you could 'upgrade', but after c. 20 years my old one was shedding large chunks of paint. It also turned out the painted coating was necessary to make two of the side-bars large enough to support its arms, so they kept collapsing. I now have a new one which is both lighter and sturdier, and does not shed paint or collapse, all of which is very pleasing.