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Shopping Home Delivery: Don’t bother with ASDA use Tesco

The other night I had the evening planned. ASDA was delivering the larger-than-normal food shop that I had ordered online. The plan was to chillax – wait for the food order, have tea, a bath, do some reading and then an early night. I had previously used Tesco, who had been reliable and friendly. But [...]

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Dear Father Christmas…

I am sooo excited about Yule (see Pagan Festivals) this year. I will get to celebrate it with Simon and Chrys, my good friends like last year (see Yule & A Lifetime Gift). I also celebrate Christmas (because the family and majority of my friends do, plus I like love gifts). In addition to this [...]

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Don’t shop at Dwell

Simon and I had time this weekend to nip to Dwell to buy The Cabinet. We got in to the store, none in stock. So I said to the sales assisant that I would have to buy online. I ordered online and while in the hair dressers got a text saying I needed to call [...]

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A Lovely Day with Simon

Today Simon and I went to Manchester Minerals and I bought this lovely quartz cluster: (The picture really doesn’t do it justice. I did try many times to get a good picture, but the camrea on the BlackBerry Storm isn’t the best.) It is beautiful and has loads of points. Ideal for using it to [...]

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The Cabinet

Have you ever had an image of a piece of furniture or other item in your mind before you’ve even seen it? This was the case with a beautiful cabinet, I had never seen it. But I could describe it, frosted-glass silding doors with metal feet an inside wooden shelf sideboard. It needed to be [...]

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Wall of Fame & Wall of Shame

Hi all, I love to blog about good products & customer service and equally rant about bad products & poor customer service (see The value of customer service). I have often thought about having a Wall of Fame and a Wall of Shame on the site. But while looking for a decent hair dressers in [...]

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Ups and Downs

The weekend started really on Saturday. David and I had arranged to have a chat following the weekend prior (see Job Interview & David). I had picked up my new BlackBerry Storm (see The phone we forgot) prior to setting out to drive to his, an Up. The Down about this was that as I [...]

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The phone we forgot

As you know I have recently been eyeing up a new phone for when my contract expires soon. I blogged about the latest phones and I decided on the iPhone. The iPhone. Had quite a few things I wasn’t happy with (lack of bluetooth, no picture messages recieving or sending, etc.), but I thought I [...]

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Things I want, but can’t afford – update

Hello All, A few months ago I posted about Things I wan’t, but can’t afford, so here’s an update on the Wishlist. 1. iPhone – This is still a want! I am aware of it’s limitations (see phones) but it has some very nifty features too. I plan to upgrade to one shortly when my [...]

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Christmas Gift Guide (Part 2)

On old blog. Click here to read it

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