Like the ol’ Hall and Oates song, “I can’t go for that…no..no can do”. What am I talking about? Well it’s the tacky ‘fashion’ shops that I’ve encountered lately. There’s at least one in each town. (Don’t know if that’s a ‘good’ thing – suppose it keeps some people off the streets…but definitely couldn’t see Read More
At the moment, I’m trying to sell 14 items on Shpock so far I’ve no takers, no luck and not one enquiry! Help? What do I need to do? I don’t believe they are overpriced, some are as new. Very disappointed. I can’t be bothered with eBay just too much work (working out the postage Read More
Walking past a charity shop a face in the window beckoned to me, a face of pure ‘perfection’…from the darkness it seemed to glow. Admittedly it was a beautiful face + a young face…(like always..) but it wasn’t that which drew me in. It was the fact it was on a box for a product Read More
With the cost of living crisis still rumbling on and the purse strings all over the country tightening I escaped by reading one of my ‘real life’ magazines (it provides me with some light relief). Flicking through (can’t think of a better word to describe it sorry) I came across an item that I thought Read More
There has been rather a delay in posting and I blame the weather! We’ve been through a heat wave and it’s just been too hot for many things. However the one thing it hasn’t stopped me doing apart from on the 18th/19th of July (when it was way too hot for anything) is getting around Read More
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
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
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
Browsing the other day I came across a root touch up kit for only £1.75! I nearly walked past it but for that price I thought why not? I’m away from home at the moment so hence my extra interest in handy palettes that get the job done?! (you can only try…). It was just Read More
Well we’ve certainly had a good few weeks of summer sunshine and just as I was out & about searching what sandals were on offer down comes the rain! Oh no v bad timing…so what do you do? Hold on for the next burst of sun I guess, don’t change your plans like the weather! Read More
