A read in inside cover (as others probably did) that Whitfords shopping centre made a bit of a faux pas by advertising the first appearance of their Santa at 11am on Sunday 11 November.  Oops.  Apparently a typo and it was meant to be 11.30am.  All well and good except we happened to be driving past the centre on Sunday and saw the following ( Read more... )

So time for a mega update.  I have been slack with the gratitude posts I was planning but largely because I have had so much going on in my life I haven't had time to focus on them.  I suppose for that in itself I can be grateful...
Apologies for the lack of cut but I have tried to do so twice and lost all my content...

• So anyway, Swancon is as good ( Read more... )

I regularly take part in online surveys for market research but have only once made the cut for their focus group - that time it was about cooking dinner.  Usually I get a quick thanks we'll be in touch but I just know I have been rejected, usually on basis of sex, age or not smoking or drinking or being the market to buy a really expensive house ( Read more... )