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how to take advantage of the January sales

planning
identify gaps
You need to make a plan of attack, and that starts, not at the shops but in your own home.
Firstly, what kind of shopping are you thinking of doing? Things for the house, electrical goods, new cds or dvds, clothes, Xmas decorations for next year? Consider whether you received any gift vouchers / certificates [...]

advertising sells. unfortunately

I wonder whether I’m the only person who is not really interested in shopping for gifts this year.
It’s not really that I don’t want to give gifts to my friends and family, I really enjoy getting them stuff - thinking about what they might like and wrapping and so on. It’s just that for the [...]

7 travel items not to bother buying

Againt on the theme of travel purchases - some things I’d suggest you don’t waste your money on.
1. Swiss Army Knife
Of all the items that exist on a Swiss Army knife (or Leatherman tool) I’ve only ever used knife blades, scissors, tweezers, bottle openers, corkscrews and nail files. On an actual penknife, the only ones [...]

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