Shopaholic? Me?

The point of purchase displays is to sell sell sell or is it to buy buy buy? I don’t know but what I do know is the amount of extra bits I seem to collect as I head to the till. They all catch my eye and I find it hard so hard to resist especially when they are adapted to my needs eg wrapping paper and tape at Christmas time or Chocolate eggs for Easter.

Talking of chocolate eggs, when picking mine… if not Lindt… make it Cadbury’s!

After yesterday’s indulgence, I know that I need to go on a diet. The worst bit is that I cannot touch even the best weight loss pills as none of them are compatible with breastfeeding. Any anyone who says but you don’t need to diet while breastfeeding will get slapped by me. I am feeding twins and shamefully put on a couple of kilos since they were born. I am so embarrassed.

Well, maybe just one more chocolate!

Can you believe that this Christmas I was given a DVD about a pleasanton motorcycle accident attorney? I mean seriously this is not what you give a shopaholic. You could give me High Street Vouchers, Any shop vouchers, or even a nice pair of shoes. And just so you realise that I am not completely materialistic, I also appreciate any home made dessert especially when made by kids. My favourite is chocolate cornflake balls. Yummy!

I am on my way to Oxford street to do my last minute Christmas Shopping. Obviously I will be hitting

• Hamleys, the most notorious toy shop that I know,
• Fortnums & Mason, for their luxurious items,
• John Lewis,
• Monsoon,
• Ann Summers,
• Selfridges,
• Gap

and who knows where else (at least it will make a change from warehouses in  metal buildings). What I do know is that I am so going to suffer with carrying all my shopping back home!

Then heading off on Holiday for Christmas. Will let you know all about it when I come back. Meanwhile, hold tight… I will be back!!

I have been trying spreadable butters to see what I think of them. I have tried a number of them but there are many on the market. There are even “light” variations though I still would not recommend them if you are taking weight loss pills. I don’t even want to think about the effects! Anyway, from the ones I tried, this is what I thought:-

• Flora Buttery – Its a margarine but it does have a reasonably buttery taste
• I can’t believe its not butter – I can!
• Clover Spreadable – The advert is more favourable than the actual spread
• Country life lighter – Really nice taste and light to boot
• Bertolli – Made of Olive oil. Hubby likes alot. Not bad flavour.
• Kerrygold Spreadable – It has great taste but could do with being a bit more spreadable
• Anchor Spreadable – Also great taste and reasonably easy to spread too

Will I test more… perhaps.. if they are on offer… otherwise I think I will buy Anchor Spreadable if none are on offer.

My hubby has been experimenting with coffee. He has been trying all sorts French, Italian, Colombian, Decaffeinated, Cappuccinos, Espressos, Lattes etc.

It started with him looking at espresso machines, which I could not understand as we have a coffee machine that makes espressos and filtered coffee and even steams milk so you can make things like cappuccinos. Anyway, he ended up deciding to buy a cafetiere. I must say, I do like the benefits as it does produce nice coffee and best of all… it is made for me! Perfect. Now where are those petite fours?

Ever since I found out that Woolies is back, I have been craving their pick & mix! Sadly they do not do the sweets pick & mix online. On the plus side, I found out that M&S have a new pick & mix section. Not as big as Woolies was but at least it is available! Mind you if I keep craving sweets like this post the babies, I am going to need to live on an appetite suppressant or I will just grow and grow!!!

I must say this is my favourite bit of being pregnant – being able to eat what I want when I want (despite the heartburn – which is fixable with antacid)! Yay!

Today I had this huge craving for Indian food. Now I must say that I am not a person who particularly likes spicy or hot food… but when you are pregnant, all the rules change. So I made my dear sweet hubby run out and pick up an Indian take away. And I must say it was Divine. OK perhaps my sense of taste has changed but he picked up some really tasty food from Spice of India. The Korma was like nothing I have ever tasted before. It made all previous Kormas really quite horrid tasting! The only drawback is that I would normally feel guilty about the amount of calories consumed and you would not want to even consider taking fat burners because of the ridiculously high fat content. Indian is definately not diet food. On the plus side, I am pregnant, so who cares…. pass me another piece of Naan! MMMMM

Did you hear, Tesco has released a new and updated catalogue. And currently, you can get triple points on every order. Yippee!!

Marks & Sparks as it is sometimes affectionately known is a well known huge department store. They are in my list of favourite shops.

You can say that Marksies is split into quite a few departments but mainly they do:-

• Clothing (Men, Women, Children & Babies) and Lingerie
• Footwear / Shoes (Men, Women & Children)
• School wear / uniforms
• Gifts & Flowers
• Books
• Toys
• Technology
• Garden, House & Home
• Furniture & Furnishings
• Wine
• Insurances
• Costume Jewellery
• Holiday Shop
• Technology

Both their quality and prices are really reasonable.

Their grocery section has a vast range of delicacies at reasonable prices. They also have ordinary food too. The biggest drawback is they generally tend to sell their own range only. For example they will only sell their own brand water, which is not particularly good. But over all the rest of the items are better than the average supermarket. However you cannot get groceries online presently. You have to go in store to buy them. Its well worth a visit. You can find an M&S on almost every high street.

They now offer Free delivery on orders over £30.00.

They have a loyalty scheme called the “& More”. It is credit card based. The more you spend, the more you earn in rewards to spend back at M&S. Its not a bad rewards scheme and you can use the card elsewhere to earn rewards for M&S.

 

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