Friday Favourite Five – Loyalty Cards

Everyone loves rewards, right? A little bit back when I spend? Um, yes please!

Well lucky for us, lots of big brands and retailers have noticed this, and you basically can’t go into a store without being offered some sort of loyalty or reward scheme – its the reason our purses have so many pockets these days!

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So what cards am I forever pulling out of my purse?

1. Boots Advantage Card

Every girl has one of these, right? If you don’t, get one! You earn 4 points for every £1 you spend, plus the constant vouchers and offers to rack up that total, and points mean shopping! I love to be able to go into Boots with no cash, knowing I’ve got enough on my card for another lipstick to add to my collection.

2. Odeon Premiere Club

Hello free cinema tickets! With OPC, everything you buy in the cinema from tickets to popcorn earn you points which you can put towards future spending! I’ve had free tickets, free ice-cream, popcorn..

3. Tesco Clubcard

Whether you’re a regular Tesco shopper or not, its worth having one of these! Tesco Clubcard is known for having such an enormous range of vouchers available for you to convert your points into, even if you only fill up with petrol on occasion, you’ll find them adding up pretty quick.

4. Nando’s Card

Who doesn’t love Nando’s? The more you spend, the more chillies you can put towards free chicken!

5. Costa Coffee Club

Although I’m not a coffee drinker, my Costa card spends a lot of time going in and out of my purse and earning me points towards free drinks, so I think its a keeper!

What are your purse favourites?

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Friday Favourite Five: Tastes of Christmas

Aside from the joy of giving and all that jazz, Christmas is about stuffing yourself with food until you feel like you’re going to burst, then falling asleep, waking up the next morning and doing it all over again!

With that in mind, here are the foods that always bring me back to festive memories:

1. Orange and Lemon Slices

Yep, those little jelly sweets that you can probably get all year round, but in our house they’re Christmas tradition – as is fighting over the middle bit!

2. Costa hot chocolate

Yes, I’m gutted that the seasonal flavours aren’t as good this year, but a plain old Costa hot chocolate is still a perfect treat on cold days out Christmas shopping.

3. After Eights

I’m not a dark chocolate person in the slightest, but can anyone ever resist an After Eight at this time of year? PS they normally taste better before 8pm.

4. Peppermint everything

Whether its my peppermint Eos balm, or sucking on a candy cane, peppermint is a Christmas staple!

5. Buck’s Fizz!

Now I’m really not big on champagne, or orange juice really for that matter, but you can’t start a Christmas party, or Christmas morning, without a glass of this bubbly stuff!

What are your favourite Christmas treats?

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