The Big Shop

Jamie Oliver has a lot to answer for. He's probably singlehandedly caused all the shops to run out of clementines, dark chocolate and Amaretto! Oh the joys of Christmas food shopping, (for stuff you won't look at for at least another year)...

Back to the Shops

There seemed no sign of a recession in the shops today as what seemed like hundreds of people crowded through. We were there to do the customary exchanging of wrong sized presents, but I can't believe everyone was doing the same! 

Another reason for hitting the icy roads though was to gather a few home magazines to study the trends for the coming year. I'm busy planning my strategy for shows and advertising for 2009 and have some intriguing ideas up my sleeve! More will be revealed soon... and if anyone's in the mood for a tougher quiz, I'll put my mind to work on that (with the carrot of a prize at the end!)