On yet another visit to a charity shop, I found myself in one of those ‘rummage and see what you can find’ places. These I love! It’s very refreshing to find these days due to a lot of shops closing and other shops ‘refitting’ or ‘modernising’ i.e. hiking up the prices, providing less choice and creating overall a much worse shopping Read More
The £160 value for a £25 price tag sounds like a real bargain but you will need to spend £30 before you can snap up this ‘treasure’. Also of the total 11 items six are full-size and five are travel mini’s which is okay but is it worth the £55 outlay? (considering the £30 up Read More
Browsing online recently I came across a bold fashion article claiming that Sainsbury’s £6 sliders were the sandals of the summer. At this price point and claiming to be a dupe of some rather more expensive sandals I thought I’d better investigate. Not only were they commended for their style and price but were compared Read More
Call it a ‘guilty’ secret but I do really enjoy my ‘reality’ magazines in contrast to my usual fashion fair. They act as a counterpoint to my high fashion magazines fix which are after all largely are just ‘glossy advert after glossy advert’…which can get rather annoying, dull…and frustrating to say the least. No …often Read More
It’s been quite a while since I posted regarding my 50p charity shop bargains see here It’s just…..50p!! – Philippa Nestie well with still a real need to continue tightening my costs I have resorted to picking up a number of 50p items once again. (In fact I haven’t really stopped…it’s just that the items Read More
Guided by impulse I marched into my local Primark armed with my OneforAll gift voucher something told me that today I would find my ‘prize’! Of course being a gift voucher it had to be an item or items that I wouldn’t normally buy, so no leggings or tops just a prezzie for moi! After Read More
A quick trail around my usual charity shops I made a connection = the colour purple and not the book or film (not that they aren’t important) but I purely mean the colour purple itself with items from as little as 25p (the Shhh…sleep mask) to £5 for the rather disturbing Wolf bag. Also not Read More
Being inspired by an advert I spotted in my latest Vogue magazine (get me now..) it set me off in a whirl of thoughts and memories. The boldness of the design and style was a ‘flashback’ to the days when fashion was extremely ‘daring’ (not saying it isn’t now) in which you certainly didn’t hide Read More
To my confounded surprise on browsing my free newspaper whilst travelling (and…why not?) I came across an article a few weeks ago about Greggs joining forces with budget retailer Primark to launch a fashion range. Wow! And well…definitely food for thought came strongly to mind (no pun intended LOL). It did however get me intrigued Read More
Not being much in the ‘market’ for Valentine’s Day or indeed any real interest I think I must’ve been ‘brainwashed’ again! Like when I was ‘mesmerized’ by the film Bride Wars back in 2009. I only saw the poster on the side of a bus when something totally obsessed and consumed me….and ‘made’ me go. Read More
A mannequin with a ‘face’ rare these days but boy does she look miserable! I spotted her alongside another 3 at a branch of River Island (still going – for the moment). Zooming in on her face I thought well…she sums up a gloomy outlook not only on retail but well rather a grim start Read More
It seems to be a ‘trend’ or is it just me? Finding yet another aspirational food item, I was excited on seeing them not only available but on offer at Tesco, I thought well this is just too good to resist! I’ve had the doughnut so why not only have, but ‘take the biscuit’! Well, Read More
Not really being a fast food aficionado never the less from my recent experience of the millionaires doughnut I was more than tempted by the festive pie, a mix no less of custard & mince…together in one pie! Rather a novelty & talk about multi-tasking…! Well I thought I’d give it a go and try Read More
Well it’s an unbelievable 3 years since my post covering McDonald’s Millionaire’s latte which debuted back in 2018, (see here Search Results for “Millionaire” – Philippa Nestie ) goodness how time flies…scary really. Anyway I thought it might be time since as it’s now officially the run up to Christmas to check out if McDonald’s Read More
I feel like saying in ‘the bleak mid-winter’ but not singing, it’s miserable outside. Cold, dark early and today the wind has really picked up. Yes today has been bright but with a variety of things going on I seriously needed cheering up. I’m feeling really down and just trying to find some hope. I’ve Read More
Yum…! Oat & raisin cookies…melt in the mouth, tasty, comforting & totally delicious. A ‘national’ favourite, yes the American’s may have dreamt them up or popularised them at least (though don’t quote me as I haven’t checked..!) but well the cookies that are even more prevalent than these yummies are the real ‘yuckies’..what AM I Read More
