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
A seemingly unsung fashion ‘heroine’ presented herself to me unexpectedly whilst watching (of all things) Border Security USA, yes I’m being serious! Why? When & how? You may wonder…well she appeared as a very difficult passenger stopped at the Canadian/USA border, she was awkward, belligerent, didn’t want to answer any questions at all (& I Read More
I know fashion is circular but seriously the amount of returns generated by online shopping must be astronomical! So I’m just basing this on my retail work experience and (I would say fairly moderate online shopping) as I would much rather go to a store whenever I can…but with physical stores diminishing at a rapid Read More
Because it’s bust, shut down and more or less ‘gone’ forever…what am I talking about? Well it’s obvious isn’t it? The high street chains that succumbed to the final nail in their coffins = the Covid effect. Well yes we all know this so why am I going on about it? Well…it’s because I was Read More
Browsing through a magazine whilst on the ‘neccessarium’ (medieval…look it up!) I came across a fashion spread showing jumpers with detailed collars, it really took my fancy so I decided to look into this further. Rummaging through my newspaper cuttings I found an image from another fashion report showing a detachable collar, at £60 it Read More
