Christmas bargains competition

Strolling through town today, I popped into Clintons Cards, hoping to find out their opening hours for Christmas Eve. Apart from finding out nothing about their plans for tomorrow, I was horrified to see about forty people in the queue, all clutching bundles of Christmas cards. This late in the day the cards they were buying had to be the kind you hand-deliver. I have been in card shops before, looking for cards for my immediate family, and this year I decided to come to my senses and make my own, like we did last year, when we made the family cards with my toddler. Shop bought cards are hideously expensive at this time of year - the year before last not ...

Some years ago I bought a soft cuddly toy for my son. I found it in the Avon catalogue. It was a teddy bear in stripey pyjamas, when you squeeze its hand it plays a sweet tune and sings:- Dream with me, Dream with me Cuddle up and sleep Bed-time is a lovely time So dream with me and sleep. (Forgive me I can't resist it.) Anyway, my son was so attatched to it that he took it everywhere. He took it into hospital, on holiday, in hospital, shopping, nursery, school etc etc. Until one day, disaster struck, it wouldn't sing anymore. We replaced the batteries, checked it out with a screwdriver, phoned ...

Poire Monsseux Supervien (it says on the bottle) (Somerfield) £00:89p per 75 cl If there is a genuine “Christmas Bargain” to be had out there, at this over-commercialised and under-valued time of year, then this must be it. Not only does this perry sell at the most ridiculous of prices, but there is also a competition running, which means, when you buy a bottle, you might win a holiday too! Now, in my book, that qualifies as a case of “above and beyond” the requirements for a bargain. Wouldn’t you agree? I bought this perry mainly due to the price. (I mean, 89 pence . . .how doo ...