Why I Hate Shopping!GiftsShopping and About Town by Mr C - March 23, 2018April 24, 2018 I've always hated shopping. I don't think I'm alone amongst men either. The very thought of going into town with the sole objective of 'shopping’ brings me out in a cold sweat. No, for me there has to be a sole purpose, a project, a single product to buy, or in an extreme case a few products. Nowadays it's even less necessary to venture onto
Aloha Hawaii Talented Tote Bags!Shopping and About Town by Mrs C - June 1, 2015November 3, 2015 I live in Wales and as a 'green' nation, there's a charge for carrier bags in all the shops here so we tend to carry around our own 'bags for life', cotton shoppers, totes or whatever you call them.Last week I picked up a really bright and snazzy new tote bag, primarily to keep in my handbag for extra shopping. When it arrived though, I
The Cost of Living?Food and DrinkShopping and About TownThe Kids by Mrs C - July 9, 2014July 14, 2014I was reading an article the other day about how much it costs to bring up a child and I was thinking how absurd most of the figures were. To be honest, the overall cost, referred to, of bringing up a child from 0 to 17 was way more than many people would even earn over 17 years. Multiply the figure given by the number
New Glasses from Vision ExpressShopping and About Town by Mrs C - June 24, 2014I've been short-sighted since I was five and have to wear either contact lenses or glasses to see pretty much anything unless it's two inches from my face. Yup, I'm as 'blind' as the proverbial bat and rely on opticians to help me see basically.Although I prefer to wear contact lenses to correct my vision, I obviously have to wear glasses too as it's not
The Hay Festival and My Competition Win!BooksRants and Raves by Mrs C - January 27, 2014January 27, 2014Some of you will know that last year, I won a competition run by Vintage Books.It was a pretty amazing prize, consisting of a weekend stay in a B&B near Hay-on-Wye during the Hay Festival, tickets to numerous talks and events taking place there, a pair of Hunter Wellies for us both and the entire Deborah Moggach back catalogue!Now I love Deborah Moggach anyway so
New Glasses, Old Fave FramesShopping and About Town by Mr C - October 28, 2013One thing that infuriates me following an eye test is that they've got you by the ... well, whatever they've got you by! Following my last eye test I was presented with a new prescription that necessitated changing my specs. Now as any of you spectacle wearers out there will know, decent specs don't come cheap nowadays and you can bet your life that when the
Champagne Afternoon Tea At The Angel Hotel CardiffFood and DrinkShopping and About Town by Mr C - September 6, 2013September 6, 2013I celebrated yet another birthday back in August. No, you don’t need to know, but suffice it to say I would never get away with 21 ever again. As a birthday treat, Mrs C booked a Champagne Afternoon Tea at the Angel Hotel in Cardiff for the two of us. She was going to be in hospital for my actual birthday so we went a few
The Child Who by Simon LelicBooks by Mrs C - April 23, 2013April 23, 2013I really enjoyed reading The Child Who by Simon Lelic and will definitely be looking out for more of Simon's books! The book focuses on the 'aftermath' of a terrible crime committed by a young boy. The boy is just over the age of criminal responsibility and the question I was constantly asking myself is presumably the question on everyone else's lips when reading it. Should
Vistaprint iPhone CaseShopping and About Town by Mrs C - March 26, 2013March 26, 2013Just thought I'd show you the really fun looking iPhone cases which my daughter and her boyfriend ordered recently from Vistaprint.Apparently it was dead easy to do and although originally they were both going to put a holiday pic from Turkey on their phones, they decided against it. Maddie just went to Google and searched for random pretty patterns and Hey Presto!! I like Maddie's