I also only tell my family if I get things from QVC simply because if I do say anything at work or to my friends they pull a face, or laugh, or we have to have a huge conversation about it where for some weird reason I feel I have to justify why I got it and then say how good some of the deals are, etc. There does seem to be a generally implication that I am a sad person who sit around all day watching shopping tv, and that all the 'stuff is plastic rubbish' which simply isn't true. However the exception to this is diamonique, where I wore a silver and diamonique ring to work and was asked if it was real and where I got it from and I was totally honest and would be again, but if its anything else I say I've had it for ages and cannot remember where I got it from. Dreadful isn't it!!