Now that the snow has melted, it feels like Christmas is well and truly over. It seemed to hang on a little longer because of the weather but now the glistening, icing sugar covering is gone, it is back to the dirty, messy reality. (And in my case, very dirty since somehow cattle got into our garden and there are several large, still frozen, cow pats strategically dotted around the lawn).
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This is going to be the year - the year we finally get on top of our personal finances. Yes, come January we'll all be making similar promises to ourselves but there is a way - and it's not even too painful. There will be no forced selling of unwanted Christmas pressies on eBay (though that's not a bad idea), there will be no flogging the second car or the apartment in Turkey.
The budget and associated gloom of this ‘new’ economy may have knocked some of the Ho Ho Ho out of your Christmas so here are some gift ideas that will add some sparkle to your festive spirit while leaving the jingle in your pocket. Christmas is all about indulgence and nothing says luxury better than Butlers Chocolate.
We can resist anything but temptation to paraphrase Oscar Wilde. Despite the best laid plans and your own personal cutbacks (you've taken the office beer-up over buying something new to wear to it), you're still a bit short on cash to tide you over the yuletide period. The Visa and Mastercard have been tucked away
There's few red faces we reckon in MBNA today. Nearly 500,000 MBNA card holders will have their cards credited with an average of €38 after MBNA itself discovered it overcharged its customers by €18m. It came out with its hands up to the financial regulator. Anyway the refund is due to a drafting error in the credit card firm’s terms and conditions.
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Social networking is becoming more and more dominant in our everyday lives and unspoken rules of thumb are evolving daily. These are just a few simple rules of etiquette that you should follow or at least be aware of when using social mediums, such as Facebook and Twitter. Our guidelines will help you tweet nicely and use facebook wisely with your tongue every so slightly in cheek.
For some movies the location is as important as the main characters, somehow giving us the impression that maybe the place itself inspired the story. Lost in Translation gives cinema goers a rare chance to see downtown Tokyo.
In the run up to Christmas, it is oh so tempting to buy something that you don't have to start paying for until six months down the line. Yes June 2010 seems far away now but it will swing around surprisingly faster than you anticipate. Blowing €449.99 on a Roger Black AG-12501 Bike Cross Trainer Combo - and paying nothing now - seems like a great deal.
We've all heard the complaints about slow broadband speed but it seems there is good news coming down the wire faster than you can say upgrade my broadband subscription now. Speeds of up to 120Mbps will be available by August next year according to Chorus ntl/UPC. The company has just announced plans for ultrafast 30Mb fibre power broadband in Ireland beginning on January 4.
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