I have been searching online for luxury watches a lot recently because I was going to get my fiance one for valentines day, I have left it too late now though so I am going to get him one for his birthday in July instead. As it is a big one, his 30th, I want to get him a really nice one — so it’s probably a good job I left it too late for Valentines Day, now I can save up a little bit for it

My family should know by now that I am the online bargains expert, I run a bargain website and spend a good portion of my days on certain well known bargain websites. I also know all the best places to get voucher codes and where to go to get cashback and rebates on pretty much every thing — from car insurance to eyeglasses.

Yet still my mum goes out and buys things without talking to me about it first. She says that she doesn’t like to bother me, but I wish she would because it causes me actual distress when I see people paying way more than they have to for things.

She recently got some new prescription glasses that cost her a rather whopping £180. If she’d just asked I would have told her about Optical4less.com where you can get top quality ones for as little as $15 — that’s about £10 at the current exchange rate — quite the difference for the exact same product huh?

I think I would have had to sell her on the quality, Optical4Less’ prices are so cheap that I think they shoot themselves in the foot a little because people assume cheap = rubbish. But at just $15 it is surely worth taking the chance? Everyone I know who has used them has been perfectly happy

I love me some Celebrity News, I am a complete sucker for it though I tend not to tell people that, as I think it’s kinda lame. Why do I care whose been seen out with who and what someone was wearing?

I used to work in a newsagents so I got to sit and read all the gossip mags and daily rags for free — now I have to pay if I want them, boo.

I tend to get a lot of my news online now from sites like Clearwire, they don’t just have celebrity news but also Digital Music News and more.

There was a thread on my forums recently about our nail care routine and my friends were surprised to hear that I have not left the house without my nails painted since I was around 13 years old — that’s about 16 years!

My style has changed a lot, back when I was at school I used to keep my nails ridiculously long and the painting was all about crazy colours and funky designs. Now I keep them a nice medium length, squared and either red/pink coloured or with white tips — much more mature and classy.

I have always had good nails, they are strong and grow fast…and despite years of wearing nail varnish and smoking…they aren’t discoloured at all.

Not every one is so lucky though with their nails, some of my friends were complaining in said thread that their nails take months and months to grow, break easily and are all brittle.

I will have to direct them to Hello-Gorgeous.com to check out their rejuvacote nail growth system which is currently on sale at $9.75! It says it can cure and heal bad nails in is little as a few weeks time. At that price it’s got to be worth a go, doesn’t it?

One thing we have not yet worked out about the move is how we are going to transfer my stuff down there, my initial thought was that we could just take things a little at a time while we are travelling back and forth over the next few weeks any way, but I didn’t think about where we would then store my stuff until move in date!

Thankfully I just discovered moving pods and that pretty much sorts out that little dilemma — we can take the stuff as planned and then simply throw it in a weather proof storage shed in the back garden for a few weeks

…make sure you know the people you are paying are good at their job.

I consider myself an average web designer, meaning that I understand HTML and CSS, can use Paint Shop Pro to create graphics and am capable of designing a basic website suitable for use on a personal blog or basic site — but when it comes to professional, more creative web design, or something that would be used for a business site, I’d definitely not be confident enough that I could pull something decent off.

Last year my other half’s boss asked me to design his website, I explained that I didn’t feel confident enough to do it, so he asked another friend instead who is actually qualified — he paid him £300 for the design and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw it, it looked like it took an hour at most and was easily something I could have done. It used deprecated code, was littered with spelling and grammar errors and didn’t even work correctly in all browsers — and most importantly looked average at best.

If you are going to use a web design company make sure you look for a trusted name in the web design field. A site that will create 100% original, unique and custom templates for professional sites is essential. Also make sure you can view their portfolio online to see the work they have previously done — it must be of a very high standard and well worth the money they are asking.

I have been taking some pills lately to help me with my weight loss, which pretty much ground to a halt at the end of last year. No, not diet pills, you guys know that they are not my thing — but vitamin C effervescent tablets, Berocca to be exact. I got a free sample of them a few months ago that I kept meaning to take but didn’t get around to.

To be honest I don’t feel much different after almost a week on them, but my weight loss has sped up again so I am definitely not going to stop taking them — not just yet any way!

I like to give to charity when I can, unfortunately it isn’t as often as I would like because I don’t have too much money going spare — I tend to find that I offer my time and services more often than actually giving money, it’s something that I really feel every one should do if they can.

I am sure that every one can spare a little time and has at least one cause that they care about. Every one knows someone who has been affected by something that has charities available to donate to.

Most of my charity goes to cerebral palsy and Cancer trusts as I have been affected in my life by both.

As you know from my last post, I love my shoes!

I don’t spend a fortune on them though, I can’t really afford to be buying designer every month like some lucky women out there.

That entire package full of shoes pictured below only cost me £25 including delivery, that wouldn’t even buy me the killer heel off a gorgeous pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes though hey?

My dad has been searching high and low for some new work boots that he likes and are affordable, he’s been looking for a few weeks and holding out for the sales. Well he should have just asked me, he should know I know a lot about where to get shoes, it’s like my specialist subject hehe

If you need some new work boots then you need look no further than 511 Tactical, they have a huge range available at really affordable prices. I have just sent him the link and I am sure he will find what he needs there.