I have a date with Simon the office hottie. He finally asked me out after several banter-filled texts. But since I replied 'yes' with a smiley emoticon (for comedy value), I've been suffering from what I have deemed 'a storm in a B-cup' or ironically you might say, I've been getting my knickers in a twist.

After examining my underwear options, I realised I've not bought anything since I became single over a year ago. So, my lingerie by and large, generally falls into two camps; boring over-padded and/or useless, or stuff you'd wear if you were somebody's less-than-classy mistress, bought by ex-boyfriends who were utterly clueless in what women really want to wear.

Neither option really screams hot date, unless he wants me to turn up either looking like my aunt Marge or an escort....so I have taken the executive decision and decided it is absolutely essential to restock. New me, new lingerie.

Nothing boosts a girl's confidence like knowing she is wearing a beautiful set of lingerie underneath her chosen date dress.

So after my deliberation I decided to splash a little more cash. I look at it this way; no, you're not getting much fabric for your money, but a decent bra will last forever and make you look better.

I consider my options. La Perla is a little too coiffed for my mood, Agent Provocateur (as beautiful as their lingerie is), is a little too brazen for a first date, so I head to Myla, the Hamley's of grown-up fun.

Myla has to be one of the world's best-loved lingerie brands and I am head over heels in love with it too. It's been dressing the fair derrieres of celebrities for years and it would just so happen that this year Myla celebrates a decade of upping men's heart races and to mark the occasion, has launched a super-sexy and opulent limited-edition capsule collection. All of the knickers are reassuringly frilly and have everything a girl could want on her bottom: lace, silk and Swarovski crystals.

I choose a pair of Lily Button Back knickers in a beautiful berry chiffon fabric and as I go to pay, the sale rail catches my eye, 'thongs reduced by up to 30 percent'. Wow, I think to myself, it must be a sign - knickers really are coming down...