Shopaholic? Me?

I need to get round to sorting out my son’s music lessons. He currently goes for piano lessons and he is on a waiting list to start violin lessons at school but ultimately he wants to learn to play the harp. You can imagine my pleasure that he would like to learn how to play the harp but you can imagine how scary the thought of purchasing a harp only to be abandoned a year down the line. On the otherhand if he took up guitar, I would struggle because a guitar often hurts my ears yet a bass despite its nice sound cannot really stand on its own. I suppose he could always consider a prs baritone which I believe is somewhere in between. But then again, I do like the harp and I do have another 2 kids… so who knows perhaps the harp will get some use if I bought one. And if not, I guess I could always resell it or donate it to my son’s school.

It would be great to have live music in our home.

I don’t know if you have heard of Kopi coffee but recently I had the opportunity to try it and I must say that I am intrigued.

Let me tell you how it works. Basically you subscribe to a coffee service which sends you 250g of coffee every month for a fixed fee – £48 for 6 months or £84 for a year. What is special about that… well first of all you get to sample different coffee every month and secondly it is great quality coffee.

The one I sampled was strong smelling yet on the weakish side flavour wise. It had an intriguing flavour and interestingly a strong after taste. It came in a resealable foil bag (though I struggled to seal it properly) which also has a “spot” which does something for preserving the flavour (but not quite sure what).

Kopi aim to source unique and rare single-origin coffees from around the world. They also include a leaflet with every pack sent out explaining the coffee; its provenance and taste.

I do think if wine selection packs were this good, I’d probably subscribe especially as I do not know much about wine. Not that I know enough about coffee, which means I am off to convince my hubby to get us a subscription (particularly great as it is implying a new lifestyle to go with our new house).

I wonder if I can convince him to make me a cup now!

My son wanted a Star Wars Party. You would think that this would be an easy job. Pop out buy some Star Wars Party ware and Bob’s your uncle. Well not quite! Apparently it is the wrong season for Star Wars parties. I ended up going on Ebay and ordering some stuff… but most of that never made it. Honestly. So aside from home made invitations and thank you cards, some plates and cups… it was all generic themed. However it all went well and it was a great party. So sometimes, I wonder if we just try too hard.

Just signed some paperwork promising to purchase the ultimate purchase… a georgous house. Best of all comes the shopping for it. Yay!

I have already found you a great deal for this year. Besides the sales which Jessops currently has… you can also get some money off your total spend. You can actually get up to £50 off, so that could go towards another lens or even just photo printing. And the best bit is that you will have memories for years.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year to you all.

May this year be filled full of lots of bargains and hopefully I can guide you to some excellent ones too!

Yay! It’s boxing day which means the start of sales… time to hit the shops and the best bit you can do it all from your laptop while watching a nice classic movie!

Here is to hoping that you have a Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Shopaholic!

It is that time of year again, and I think I need to come up with some resolutions. I think I need them to be simple just so that I can stick to them. I don’t have many but they won’t be easy.

1. Diet & Fitness – I must start a diet and lose at least 2 stones. I also need to improve my health and fitness. A good diet and joining a gym will all contribute to this.
2. Fiscal Independance – I need to start funding my own shopping. I need to start earning some cash and be able to afford my shopping. I would like to step up my shopping to include some more luxury items especially if I lose that weight! So I probably need to get myself to raleigh accountants and get my finances in order.
3. Quality Time – I spend lots of time with the kids but I think I need to spend more time playing rather than looking after the kids. Now if someone else did all the cleaning, chores etc would it not be that much easier?

3 Resolutions… can I last the week let alone the year? Fingers crossed.

I guess it is now time to write my letter to Santa or he might just miss me. Do you think I am asking for too much?

Dear Santa,

I hope you are all geared up for Christmas because I am certainly not. If you are just waiting for my letter, all I ask for are just 3 things.

• low cost energy
• a prepared perfect christmas without any effort on my part and
• a lie in

Thank you Santa

Love

Shopaholic.

(See things I want are things not easily bought! Think I asked for too much?)