Getting on with on-line shopping
I hate shopping. I rarely if ever go to the shops - and when I do I try and get out of the shop (or shopping centre) again as quickly as possible. Oddly though, I rather like on-line shopping and can peer wistfully at retail web sites again and again. So what [...]
March 14, 2010IVF in the headlines
I can’t have been the only person who almost choked on my coffee and croissants when I read the Sunday Times this morning. Couples are being invited to enter a lottery to have some ultra-expensive IVF. I suppose it is slightly better than IVF on the NHS – because I am not [...]
February 23, 2010Having Children is a Costly Business
Did you see the news this week that having a child costs the parents a mere £200,000? I am not quite sure just how they arrived at such an eye-watering figure – but presumably it doesn’t include designer baby wear or champagne instead of baby milk.
All of which got me wondering why is it [...]