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Entries from March 2009

Shopping tips for…. Coleen?!

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments

The Sunday Mirror newspaper yesterday announced the happy news that Man United and England ace, Wayne Rooney and his much loved wife, Coleen are expecting their first baby in September. This wonderful news will no doubt mean a fevour from the paparazzi to capture snaps of baby or bump shopping from Coleen to confirm the [...]

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Tags: Fashion · Lifestyle

Mum where’s my sweatshirt?

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

The Sunday Times Style magazine printed an article this weekend entitled Transgenerational dressing. The article confirmed that mums are just as likely to raid their daughter’s wardrobes as the other way round.In our house my daughter’s clothes have been fair game for me for a long while. I poach everything from socks to blouses, jumpers [...]

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Small is Beautiful

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments

So the gorgeously stylish guys at Apple have just launched their latest version of the  iPod shuffle. Costing just £59 the shuffle is jaw droppingly small, has 4GB of memory and holds up to 1,000 tunes. It is also the first ever MP3 player with a voice over feature that tells you what song is [...]

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Tags: Electronics · Entertainment

Spend and Save

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Another week and another interest rate cut (yippee!- sorry but I’m a borrower not a saver) and yet another high street store has a 25% of everything sale. This week it’s Debenhams who are cutting prices in a attempt to join the government and get us spending again. The sale started Wednesday 4th March and [...]

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Tags: Fashion · Home · Lifestyle

Discount Deluxe

March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

“Discount is not a dirty word in fact it’s beginning to feel like an entitlement” highlighted Edwina Ings-Chambers in the Sunday Times’ barometer of all things chic – The Style Guide -yesterday. And right they are. Whilst Edwina comments on how her friend managed to get 15% off a £5,000 pair of Channel earrings, is [...]

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