As I’ve said more than once recently, I hate Christmas shopping. However, we decided to brave the crowds at the weekend. As always, there were some odds and sods that we needed and we thought it would be quieter than next week. When we learned that there was a Christmas market on outside our local …
I’m generally very good at spending money wisely. That said, I end up buying something truly random every now and then. A certain purchase last night is a case in point. There was some leftover roast chicken in the fridge after lunch with Kate’s side of the family. We fancied some sandwiches with a couple of …
It recently dawned on me that we’ve been treating clothing as a hidden expense. We keep a record of how much we spend on bills, food and so on but clothes had somehow slipped under the radar. Looking through bank statements, it seems we’ve been fairly thrifty but there’s always room for improvement. The perfect opportunity …
I’ve never understood people who enjoy shopping. There’s a reason Dawn of the Dead was set in a shopping centre. It was an easy way of depicting hell on earth. As well as a suitable location for the zombies who serve as metaphors for mass consumerism, of course. I was going to leave the geeky zombie …
Shopping. A prospect that delights some and strikes fear into others, yet something that we all need to do. Especially given the festivities that occur at the end of the year! It’s also the subject of a couple of stereotypes we’re all familiar with. But are they accurate? A recent survey by Andrews Air Conditioning has …
I love gadgets about the same amount as I love food, so this one is right up my street! It’s called a Hiku and is a new device that Waitrose is trialling in the UK at the moment. I was lucky enough to be one of the first few people in the country to put one through its paces. And …
We all have our critical weaknesses. Superman is useless around green crystals, Daleks aren’t much use on stairs and Jaws would be rendered decidedly glum and peckish if people decided to just go to the zoo instead. Not to be outdone by this lot, I’ve been thinking about what my Achilles heel is. And I’ve …
It’s nice when people come to you for your opinion, especially when they cite you as an authority on a certain subject in the process. It doesn’t happen often – well, not to me anyway – which is why I’ve had a spring in my step since the nice people at Next got in touch …
Soon after I started this blog, I wrote about how something as simple as going shopping with a young child was more like a military operation. How easy that seems now we’ve got two of them! We recently took Dylan and Xander into Eastbourne for what was supposed to be a brief trip. And, as I’m sure all more …