Buy Cheap Get Cheap?

It has been such a lovely sunny day here, and I really hope it has shone brightly for you too. The day started with me thinking I would dig out one of my pretty summer dresses to wear, after a change of mind I decided I would go for my shorts ( which meant the leg first leg shave of the season ;) and I began my little make-up routine which isn't much these days but I do try. I then realised I had run out of this....

My YSL Touch Eclat concealer. I use it for my under eye bags mostly, but I also use it as a concealer and I personally think a super product. It is of course super expensive ( in my eyes ) and I did a little sigh when I pressed the magic button on the end and nothing came out. I would have to fork out quite some pennies to replace it. I was then told by a friend today that a very similar product is available from Aldi's for just two pounds. "Two pounds" I screeched, ( in a cyber way as this was on facebook ) I think I shall have to try and get me one of those. So what I was wondering, is do you think the more you pay for something the better the product? I am more than happy to use a £2 concealer if it does the job adequately for me. Master Poppins has been left with one or two chicken pox scars on his face and I knew that Bio Oil may help with this, at approximately £8 I thought I would try the home Bargains version ( Re-Gen oil ) at £2.50 and it seems to work a treat. It made me wonder why so much money is spent on products when you can ( practically get the same one ) at a much cheaper price. Is it purely the name we are paying for? Or if you buy cheap do you actually get cheap and end up paying more in the long run.  

So anyway if you have tried the Aldi concealer I would love to know what you think, and I don't think I shall be running out to get my YSL replacement just yet. I was however pleased that I hadn't run out of my M&S nail varnish as weather like this just makes me want to have those nails of mine painted. And what colour do you think I opted for....

Yes it had to be pink....

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Are You And Money At One....

Can I ask you a personal question?

Well, what could be more personal than talking about money and finances, and what your relationship is like with money. Do you work well together ? Do you get on, are you good at saving your pennies.

For me, money goes through my hands like water, I should appreciate it much more. I know deep down I should be popping my spare pennies in a little money pot and look forward to watching those pennies grow and prosper, to be spent on a rainy day. Though I am very much a live for the day kind of girl, retirement and having funds to spend when I am old and grey seems such a long, long way away. Though know it shall be here before I know it. So, for me I spend for the now, I shop to my hearts content ( though not my husband's) and I would certainly have me down as somewhat of a shopoholic. I think credit cards can have their place, if used carefully, wisely and with the respect they deserve. When I worked as cabin crew, I ended up being grounded, along with other crew members in Tenerife, one of the aircraft tyre's needed repairing and we ended up in Tenerife for a couple of days whilst the aeroplane was being fixed. My trusty credit card came in useful when stuck abroad, with no cash so to speak of. Amongst my own local supermarket, when one can get lots of lovely local produce, I like to shop with Tesco, and they even have their own Tesco Credit Card and I think as long as one goes in with ones eyes wide open, and a good financial head on ones shoulders, credit cards can be used wisely.

As for me....well I could have the shopping personality to get myself in a little trouble ;0) I mean look at this photograph of my kitchen table with some of my shopping on, not all bought in one go, I must say.

And how many Cath Kidston crush mugs do I really need....

There are more in cupboards, *embarrassed icon*

Blogging I have found to be very influential, and perhaps some of us shopping fans can be quite influenced by each other's pretty buys, I know I can be, I may even be saving money in my own way if I didn't read so many pretty blogs where shopping is shared, I am sooooooo easily led, and I lOVE pretty things in my home.

So would you own up, are you good with money. I am a nosy olde sort and would love to know if any of you are as norty as I am with those pretty pieces of paper one can hand over at something called a till point, and in exchange get something ever so pretty handed over in return....

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