I know it might sound like a lot of money, but if anybody has the odd three million quid to spare I quite fancy getting my hands on the newly-discovered Velazquez painting. Its a real bargain when you consider that there are only 98 known works by Velazquez and £3 million is a mere fraction […]
Entries Tagged as 'Shopping'
Walking on air
October 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Walking on air · Life
I bought some new trainers yesterday. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but I’m really pleased with myself because I have been meaning to get new ones for at least six months. During that time I have been alternating between forgetting and putting it off because I can’t stand shopping for trainers. Seeing the huge […]
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Unsolicited testimonial
September 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Unsolicited testimonial · Life
I figure that if I’m happy to moan about companies that mess me about or rip me off I should be equally happy to praise companies or products that impress me, and today I was mightily impressed by Fireplace World.
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Like a kid in a sweetshop?
July 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Like a kid in a sweetshop? · Life
Seeing as I am off work this wek, just using up some holiday, and live just round the corner from the County Oak retail park, I went for a stroll this afternoon to look round the big shops. Actually, to be more accurate, I had to go to the pet shop to get yet another […]
Expensive tastes
July 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on Expensive tastes · Life
Our local Sainsbury has been getting a revamp. It has made shopping a mixture of adventure and confusion. Every time you go there the car park has a different layout and so has the shop. Everything is in a different place each visit – even the ATMs and the front door. As a consequence, when […]
Have HMV given up?
March 8th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Life
I went into Crawley’s HMV the other day. What a shock that was. There is now a huge space devoted to electronic gadgets: iPads, PlayStations, iPods, etc. and naturally rafts of expensive accessories for all of them. It is all very nicely laid out too – low counters with lots of these toys on display […]
New toy time
February 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on New toy time · Technology
My printer has been playing up a lot lately. Lots of error messages about the ink system failing, and it would also lock up a lot when scanning. I did a bit of research on the net and found that it was most likely a hardware fault that could easily be fixed with a couple […]
The horror, the horror
December 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life
I walked round the corner to the County Oak retail park this afternoon, and very quickly came straight back again. It was madness, and I am so glad I was on foot and not part of the bad-tempered, horn-blowing mass of people looking for the mythical last parking space. I think I may be turning […]
Mothership
December 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Mothership · Music
When we were in town last weekend we tried to buy the boxset of a specific season of a specific American TV show.  They had umpteen boxsets of that show in HMV, everything except the one we specifically wanted. On returning home I looked on Amazon and found that they also had every season of […]
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The Crazies
September 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on The Crazies · Life
As I had to go into town anyway this afternoon to pay in a cheque, I decided to have a browse in HMV. I came out with a nifty DVD of The Crazies, which has the 1973 original on a second disc. Watched the film tonight and really enjoyed it. I suspected that I would […]
