So what is the difference between Very Vs Freemans, is that Very has some of the same items but are cheaper on Very than on Freemans website.
I used to love it when you go a huge catalogue coming through the door, and would look at it page by page, and I was like a kid in a sweet shop.
Even their Sale items on Freemans can still workout to be expensive.
Are they cheaper and easier than high street?
In a way yes, and you can find different pieces of clothing and items on Freemans and Very, compared to the high street, and don’t have to pay in full.
Here are some items I have saved in my Very shopping basket that I found on Clearance and I will share these in my next weeks Look book again, once they arrive:
These clothes and shoes above are all in Very’s Clearance items and going like hot cakes. These items are great to wear at a Christmas party or just going out for a drink.
You will see some stars from TOWIE and a certain lady who was on Coronation street, and are her own designs. Check out Our Girl on BBC 1.
Freemans have items in their sale, but they don’t have a clearance section, but here are some items from their sale items.
The one thing I love about Very compared to Freemans, is that they also do homewares, like mugs, food containers, and I have purchased some furniture from Very too, and they do a whole range of items which don’t break the bank and are good quality.
You want Durable items, and that is what I look for in clothes too.
So I will be sharing more from these stores aswell as Amazon, as there is still time to buy items that will be delivered before Christmas and you can spread the cost, and save at the same time.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie (L.M) X
P.S: If you haven’t read my previous posts, then you wouldn’t know that I am raising money for a good cause again, and this year it is Tommy’s and so if you would like to donate to this charity you can do so, via the link below:
Hello and welcome! Here is another Shopping Ideas blog post, and as I have teamed up with Amazon this year to promote their goods for Christmas 2020, thought I share some of their offers.
So if you didn’t know this lady above Stacey Solomon, then this lady started her career by auditioning for the X Factor, and now is a household name, as she talks a lot on various topics on the ITV show Loose Women. She has teamed up Amazon herself this year, as she promoting Handmade products available on Amazon, as she always gives handmade presents and I planned to do the same.
I am going to make Christmas Hampers this year, with various goodies as I know my family and what they would like.
Now not all items will be from Amazon, but various places, and will share these once I have put these together. Here is a link to Amazon, Handcrafted and Personalised products.
Welcome to another Tea and Biscuits post, in this weeks post I am talking about getting ready for Christmas. I have no where near got my presents ready for Christmas as I am hoping that I will be off away for Christmas and be somewhere new.
The way it is going though this may not happen, but I am going to plug away to see if I can get as much done before the festive day and be ready for a brilliant new year.
My best thoughts for 2020, I have come through the worst and my marriage came to an end and now want to concentrate on working for myself and generate my own income.
I have a new love and hope to see him more around Christmas and hope we get to meet in the new year.
You can change your life, and if there are those that don’t make you feel good then it is time to evaluate what they do for you. Do they send you down all the time, or really have your back?
I haven’t seen my nieces and it has broken my heart that I haven’t and wish that they are okay and I will think of then everyday. They are Angels and I have realised who my friends are, and that many people aren’t real and put it on.
I want all children to be safe and live the magicalness of Christmas and if your kids haven’t written their Christmas list, it is time to make them do so now.
I will be having a Christmas drink from Costas or Starbucks. I love the festive drinks that they do, and have played some Christmas tunes. I will be going for my usual Christmas walk, and going to see if I can download a film to watch if I am not with my son, and my new love.
Tea I love to drink is Earl Grey and had a few today, with some Ginger and Custard Cream Biscuits.
So I will write another post next week, and I hope your weekend was good and have a wonderful week ahead.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X (L.M)
P.S: Please check out my JustGiving page, where I am raising money for a charity called Tommy’s:
Hello and welcome to another regular weekly post, where I share some Shopping Ideas. So in this post I am sharing some Hot Deals Christmas 2020.
The first lot of deals I want to share is from an online shopping site called Wish. There is an APP available to this store, which can be downloaded from Playstore, and has a lot of brilliant products, from homewares to fashion, and once you shop on this site it can be addictive.
They have items that are free, yes you heard it, but you still have to pay the delivery charge but no price on the product.
Here are some Wine Tops, and yep they are free. There are two colours available, grey or red.
Now some items can be shipped to a local store, or be delivered. Once you select a colour and then you press on the orange button on screen to claim that item is then yours.
Never buy items via Paypal as it was known to be the safest way, but it is not.
You can create a wish list, which I have done, and great to go back to and purchase those items. They do a Deal a Day offer, or Bonus offer, which you get as you keep purchasing from this site and if you review an item bought you can get some good offers by doing this too.
There is also items for those kiddies in your family, like above this Green Felt Tree, where your young toddlers and babies, can decorate and have a lot of fun with, this is priced at £8.20.There is also some lovely Jewellry and logo T-Shirts for children and adults too.
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Now I want to go over to Amazon, who I have teamed up to show you their goods on offer this year, and they have some last minute Christmas Deals from the 7th December 2020 (today) to the 23rd December 2020.
I have shown in various Youtube videos, of fashion and books, but they also do Food and Drink.
I love Toblerone, and they have this huge box with the different bars they do, and this one is priced at, £8.18.
They also do Christmas Hampers, and here is this one, which has a chocolate cake, Ginger Thin crackers, a box of lovely breakfast Teabags, Walkers chocolate and chocolate wafer rounds. This is priced at £40.
They also do Limited Time Deals and have alcohol, and here is one for their Cognac priced at, £29.99
There are also personalised gifts, from Wine Bottle Toppers to gift cards.
You can create your own story book for your kids, and if you go Prime you can get free next day delivery on some items.
Here are some photo canvases you can get which cost, £19.99.
Be careful about buying digital and Smart devices as they can often be refurbished and not brand new, sold by a sole ocupier, so they aren’t covered by any warranty. Second hand good like these are never covered under warranty.
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Groupon also have some great offers this time of year, and I used Groupon to take Henry on an open top bus ride to see the Christmas Lights in London.
Check out these offers below:
£20 on an Indian Menu
Two Course Steak Meal with Wine
All you can eat Indian Buffet
Luxury Afternoon Tea
Three Course Dinner with Prosecco
Burger Slide Platter with drinks
Check out this link on Groupon for more deals available this Christmas 2020,
Avon UK are doing some offers on Fitness Watchs this year, with other kinds. They range from, £10 to £50, and here is link to check these out, along with a collage below:
Avon do a lovely bundle of goodies that in my last shopping a few months back was well worth it. They are from about £10 but you about 8 items put together, and here is one below:
I love Lavendar and they have this, Lavendar Spa Collection,
WORTH £24.25
About me:
Relax and unwind with this head-to-toe pampering pack, featuring some of our lavender-scented bestsellers.
Here is a Christmas Earring Set, you get 7 pieces aaltogether, and is available at, £2.50.
They have this Jewellry Advent Calendar at £7.00. I love their jewellry, and I always splash out to treat my self to some and given their items as gifts, and will always promote their goods.
I do have a facebook page dedicated to Avon, which I am going to update and here is my Pinterest board showing some more of their goods.
Hello and welcome to a new Tea and Biscuits post. So in this post I am going to share some books I am currently writing, one being my book The Peabody Years, re-written, a book called Mum and Me, which will be made into a TV series aswell as of next year.
The Peabody years is about my life during my childhood living on the Peabody Estate in Hammersmith.
Then the book Mum&Me is about a mother and daughter relationship as they live together and often drive each other bonkers and the daughter, Elizabeth has arch rival nicknamed, Gucci Tits Gloria.
I will be creating a monthly Newsletter as of next year which you can subscribe to, to let and will let you know what is to come in the the month ahead. I will post this at the beginning of each month.
I will be writing my Google Blogs and a new post for my blog on the site, Bloglovin, todau and tomorrow along with my Weekly Shopping ideas post.
If you didn’t see the last post on this site, you can view this below, promoting some of the books I plan to read as of this month leading to Christmas and next year. Check the last posts I wrote in the link below:
Hello and welcome to another blog post. I this post I am sharing some of my books I plan to read this year, and if you go into the shop, The Works when it is open, they do a really good deal where you can by 3 book for £5, and in the Whsmiths they are doing, Buy One Get one Half Price.
Amazon though books can work out to be even cheaper, as I always look to see they have any used, and you can get books from Under £1 and £2.
So here a video of some books that I have purhased that I will be reading from now to next year, to help you find some good books too.
Hello and Welcome! Boy could I do with some Retail Therapy today as I actually slept a whole day without realising it, and it has been a very hard day and I have only been awake for 3 hours, and I just want to get through this year now, and be rid of it, because I have never cried so much in my life.
I want to keep my blog posts real and still want to share my Amazon Fashion Look Book Haul today as I do think it helps distract me from what is going on around me and is a great way to switch off and write about one thing I love, and that is fashion.
Amazon is great value for all fashion now, and whilst I am creating this blog and listening to music, The Greatest Love Of All, Whitney Houston, I want to say that no matter how difficult family life can be at times, when the chips hit the fan you know who are your real family and friends are, because they will either stay or go, and will put a knife in your back, whilst there are those who genuinely love you.
If you have the cash to splurge then looking over this year, I have learned that the value of money doesn’t come into it, and do whatever makes you happy. So have that splurge and enjoy.
I know I wrote in my posts that you should set a budget and a list, but going on today sometimes you just have to say Fuck it I will buy that coat or jacket and treat yourself no matter what the budget is.
Check out this Review on the tights I purchased from Amazon, which I totally recommend:
Ok so I know, that this is cheating, but I do believe in convenience and yes as an old friend I knew at Sitel would say “I am keeping it real”, yes thank you, you know who you are and yes it is the best way, and for the record I am not sending you up, I miss you loads and you were spot on and yes, there were some that weren’t in that place, but loved it there because when I worked in the Email and chat team, they were so funny and made me laugh sometimes from when I got in to when I left.
Anyway, I know I have detoured, so getting back to meal ideas. You can see that I will not be bringing out a cook book any time soon, even though I did have this ambition in mind one day, but I am not confident in cooking, I have got it wrong and like many felt like a failure when I have, and defeated.
However there are many different ways to make a curry, but if you do want to buy a microwave ready meal then Sainsbury’s do a good range and just had one from Tescos, which was Buttered Chicken and wasn’t bad.
I would love to cook a curry from scratch, as it is one of my favourite meals and loved it when I would have a Curry on a Sunday, and the Wetherspoon pubs used to do, a Curry Thursday and they are lovely too.
At the moment Tescos are doing a deal where you can get 3 ready meals priced at £2.50, for £6, which is a good deal.
If you want to use the jar of Curry Sauce then you can with diced chicken which I have done and my mother did, and would make out it was gourmet meal.
“Look at me Gordan Ramsey taste my curry”, and I bet he would say, “Yeah thanks you’ve just damaged my taste buds” as someone who was not my best friend would say. There are ones that can be nice out of the jar, like Lloyd Grossman’s and, the Tins like Sainsbury’s Chip Shop Chicken Curry.
My shop this week cost me with snacks included, £7.60.
So would I say to buy ready meals all of the time, no, but when there is a deal on them and you don’t feel like cooking then I am all for it.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
P.S: Please visit my Youtube channel as I have now relaunched it and added some new videos.
Hello and good afternoon! Some of us slept in today as I was up until early hours and it is dark outside.
I do like this time of year, staying in the warm with a nice cup of tea, listening to music and working.
This Christmas at Amazon there are a load of stocking fillers and more, and here are some I have chosen for you, this year Christmas 2020:
Gifts don’t have to be the normal ones you buy, but little items like a portable cup that they can take to work or like I do, now I working from home a lot, to the local park whilst reading a book. Who does not like a steaming cup of coffee or a hot chocolate when the weather begins to get colder.
Please check out my Pinterest board of Christmas shopping 2020 at Amazon:
If you can get yourself an Amazon card and would like to create an Amazon Prepaid card if we can do it, to help you with purchases and earn points as you do so using such a card.
I have an Amazon Credit card and it has been a Godsend.
There will be more coming as we draw nearer to the festive season.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
P.S: Please check out my Just Giving page, to donate towards my fundraiser this year for Tommy’s, who support and raise awareness of Stillbirths and Premature births:
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