“Remember, remember, John Lewis in November.” This is my new favourite saying thanks to this month being big for family birthdays – mine, my daughter’s father’s and my mother in law’s – then it finishes off with a bombardment of Black Friday deals, which falls on November 27, 2020. It seems that every year, we buy each other birthday pressies, only to find them so much cheaper just two weeks… View Post

  UK shoppers are planning to spend an average of £224 each in this year’s Black Friday sales, according to research by PwC.   Black Friday officially kicks off on Friday, but many of us will splash our cash in the November sales bonanza which seems to last for weeks. The thing is, that this marketing phenomenon is often a case of something being “too good to be true”. According… View Post

For Christmas this year, my husband kindly gave me an Amazon Echo – and so far, I love it. In fact, I wish I had one in every room. It’s great for listening to podcasts and my Audible audiobooks, plus the reminder function is very handy. Plus, now that my daughter is back at school and my home office is terribly quiet, it’s almost like Alexa is my new colleague,… View Post

With the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales just around the corner, now is a good time to up the ante on your online shopping skills. Here are five ways you can save money with your good friend Google.   BROADEN YOUR SEARCH If you type “Marks & Spencer sale” into Google, you will get results that match your search terms,but that is only a small piece of the whole of the… View Post

If you are one of the millions of women that wears a smaller than average shoe size, you could save least a fortune buying from the children’s section – all thanks to the VAT exemption on children’s shoes. While those of you who have slightly larger feet, say size 6 or 7, can find lower prices – even with VAT added. According to the HMRC’s rules on VAT, that footwear… View Post