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My espadrilles arrived today and they are from Simply Be brand, the name can be clearly seen inside them. They are great for the money, a good fit and for £8 for 2 pairs they can`t be beaten IMO.

We had a local branch and I popped in there every week to see what they had. Brands such as Peacocks, Bonmarche, Matalan, Mc and Co, Marks amongst others. Some weeks there was nothing to interest me, others weeks I`d end up buying one or two things and my best bargain were 3 ex Marks jumpers for...

Shush which is a famous name outlet store are selling espadrilles £5 a pair or 2 pairs for £8. I`ve had lots of things from them including other footwear. It`s £3.95 delivery or you can collect in store if you have a nearby branch. Their footwear tends to sell out very quickly...

Yes I agree it`s a lovely programme. I am totally useless at anything to do with sewing, crochet or knitting and I didn`t inherit my Mum`s skills but my late sister did. Mum was a solid sewer but not inventive or artistic, plain and practical but solidly made were her fortes. She wasn`t big into...

Back in my younger days people owned very few clothes. You tended to have your everyday stuff and one "best" dress, coat and shoes. I recall lots of Mums, friends and neighbours making their own clothes, some better than others but usually cheap and cheerful. My Mum sewed, knitted and recycled...

A couple of years ago I ordered some embroidered pouch bags from Elizabeth Scarlett London website. It`s a UK company and she`s always portraying care about wild animals and how her company gives to animal protection charities. The bags I ordered are called pouches and they looked lovely and I...

My Mum sounds very similar to your Gran, Donna. She had 4 children, always worked various jobs sometimes 2 or 3 cleaning jobs a day, my Dad worked away Monday to Friday as a long distance lorry driver back in the days of flatbed lorries he had to load himself, no motorways and not even a heater...

Lots of crochet around at the moment, some of it I like, some I don`t. I recently ordered a crochet cardi/jacket which will go over dresses when its cooler at night on holiday or over tops/T shirts with maxi skirts or linen trousers. I tend to over pack when we go on holiday but this year I`m...

We were once in a YKW store in Bury and Mr V who`se quite a big chap found a lovely heavy padded jacket tucked behind some obviously newer stock. It was the only one of its kind on the rail and in his size XXL. No price on it though and he presumed it was the same price as the other style on the...

Glad you like You Know Who site Mina. We visit their Bury store regularly and always find a bargain or two. Here`s a link to another site similar to YKW and we used to have one of their stores locally which has since closed down but I still buy stuff from them online. They sell ex famous store...

An oldie range but a goodie range is the Fenjal one. It`s vegan and cruelty free and their shower products come in different formulations from oils to milks to creams to foams. Something for everyone plus they now do a sensitive formula as well as the original ones. I actually like the smell and...

As a step-gran to Mr V`s grandchildren I have seen the real damage which can be caused by people commenting about weight. One of his granddaughters became anorexic and her weight fell to under 5 stones and she`s approx 5ft 7 inches tall so you can imagine how skeletal she looked. She was at...

I see according to the BBC that L`Oreal and Estee Lauder have been found buying Jasmine from Egypt which is picked using child labour. Paid just $1 to work through the night picking jasmine and some children as young as 5.

Frankly neither of them are worth talking about.

I have a Mallen streak at the front of my hair , my Dad had one too and so did my late sister. From being a young child the front part of my hair has been a much lighter colour, nearly white but because I`ve always had short hair and even shorter as I`ve grown older it`s barely visible...

Lots of people say annoying things time after time and most of them aren`t even aware of it but a supposed professional presenter should be able to moderate it. Imagine watching the news and the reader interviewing someone and calling them chuck, love or duck or everytime the interviewee replied...

I once tried NY a number of years ago but for the life of me I can`t remember what I bought. It can`t have been anything fantastic because I would have remembered and probably bought it again. Nowadays there are lots of brands pushing the same ethos, some good, some not so good and I recently...

My middle son`s partner is a doctor and when she was training and did her A and E rotation you wouldn`t believe the number of patients they had with errrr "items" literally stuck up their orifices. If there was a hole, no matter how big or how small, there was always someone who would shove...

Years ago I worked with someone who was convinced her husband was having an affair. He was always away on "courses " so he said. Anyway she followed him in a borrowed car, watched him go into a house, waited 10 minutes then went to hammer on the door and tackle the "other woman" and lo and...

I follow a clothing brand via their facebook page and there are several men who post photos of themselves wearing womens clothes, wigs, makeup etc but their fantasy of being a woman and it is a fantasy because their DNA will always be male, has become our reality. The page admin insist we call...