The End of 2008 is in sight and what a year it’s been. There’s been plenty of news to keep us all amused. We’ve witnessed some spectacular highs - Obamas speech, and enough lows to make us all more miserable than ever- yup the credit crunch.
These are the important lessons that I’ve personally learnt in 2008:
· Leaders can actually give an inspiring speech.
· Woolworth's will be dearly missed- if only for its Pick’ Mix.
· Going out to lunch is soo uncool in these difficult times. Lunch boxes are the way forward. As is knitting jumpers, drinking in the house, eating the same meal three nights in a row.. you get the picture.
· Be suspicious of anything fake, the real deal is always so much better as those who went to visit a Lapland Style Theme Park in England discovered.
· Don’t get married. A divorce gets too ugly. Just think of Heather Mills or Madonna.
· There are some lines that you can not cross as Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand soon realised.
· Don’t expect a holiday abroad this summer. Camping in the pouring rain is more popular than ever.
· Britain can actually beat Australia when it comes to sports.
· A mobile phone is a handy device to tell the world what’s going on as was seen during the Mumbai attacks.
· Be brave, go short. Well if it’s good enough for Victoria Beckham...
What lessons have you learnt this year?
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Christmas is over for another year.
The Roses box has been finished and my unwanted presents have been stuffed to the back of the cupboard. That itchy gray jumper Nan made will be worn the next time she visits to please my mother. I might even tell my Uncle Rob that I've worn the tacky gold chain he gave me on a few nights out but what's a little white lie between family members? It's the thought that counts at Christmas time isn't it? Not so, apparently.
Hundreds of unwanted presents are being auctioned on E-bay right as we speak. Some of them are good presents - a brand new Sony PS3 or a £75 pounds River Island Gift Voucher while others, maybe less so- untouched Christmas toffees or Christmas cracker gifts. Thirteen bids have already been made on the Christmas cracker gifts with the seller vowing to give the money to charity.
It's not only presents that is being auctioned as the article by the BBC says, with sprouts and a half-eaten mince pie also going on sale. A half eaten mince pie?! Has the world gone mad or is this the way forward in the doom and gloom times of the credit crunch? Are we taking recycling to the extreme?
I must admit that I'm a bit of a hoarder and find it hard to get rid of any Christmas presents, even if it's itchy, or I've got it already, or it's just plain ugly but maybe I'm just too polite.
The Roses box has been finished and my unwanted presents have been stuffed to the back of the cupboard. That itchy gray jumper Nan made will be worn the next time she visits to please my mother. I might even tell my Uncle Rob that I've worn the tacky gold chain he gave me on a few nights out but what's a little white lie between family members? It's the thought that counts at Christmas time isn't it? Not so, apparently.
Hundreds of unwanted presents are being auctioned on E-bay right as we speak. Some of them are good presents - a brand new Sony PS3 or a £75 pounds River Island Gift Voucher while others, maybe less so- untouched Christmas toffees or Christmas cracker gifts. Thirteen bids have already been made on the Christmas cracker gifts with the seller vowing to give the money to charity.
It's not only presents that is being auctioned as the article by the BBC says, with sprouts and a half-eaten mince pie also going on sale. A half eaten mince pie?! Has the world gone mad or is this the way forward in the doom and gloom times of the credit crunch? Are we taking recycling to the extreme?
I must admit that I'm a bit of a hoarder and find it hard to get rid of any Christmas presents, even if it's itchy, or I've got it already, or it's just plain ugly but maybe I'm just too polite.
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