Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
(Elton John)

(Ok song lyrics seriously getting out of hand now - it’s the excitement of us releasing our first album at WAGN…. a must for any stocking!!)

Well it had to happen - finally he’s gone.  Not that we didn’t like him and we loved him purely for annoying Louis - but he was never going to win but maybe he could have hung in there a little bit longer - but giving a man a Tom Jones song to sing when you can’t move a muscle let alone swing your hips is a travesty and I am afraid song choice was verging on a sackable offence!!

But who cares really because ultimately Diana and Owen (don’t know how to spell the real version but you know who we mean) will be in the final and we love that - and there is a rumour that has reached WAGN towers (maybe we are the last to know…. always an option in our office….) that they are an item… the fact that she is about twice the size of him and looks about 5 years older even if she isn’t, is by the by…. cute couple which you know will result in a duet in the final of Especially for You…..

We could write the script…..

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Well we certainly will remember the 5th November as the day Mr Barack Obama  made history!

Now not to be flippant or remotely shallow about this but we did stop to think about Mrs Obama today and did she wake up going “Oh my, every thing I do, I do it for You” - every fashion moment will be scrutinized, pulled apart, fought over and every move she makes and everything she does (is magic!! - sorry song lyrics getting a little scary  here!!) will be poured over in the gossip and fashion mags for years to come! 

Nothing like new meat for them to rub their hands in glee and we’re no better writing this now!  But she wears it well and we really don’t think she’ll make too many faux pas - it’s a joy to have someone that will cause us to pontificate for hours and those children are beautiful!

So we congratulate you Mr Obama and hope that the puppy is just What the Girls Need in the Whitehouse!

 Have fun!

The Girls xxx

Posh…. we’re all for your forward thinking but this time you have gone too far - and if we were you, we would fire your hair and makeup artists for allowing you to go out looking like that!  Armani does not have to make you look 54 and you got it wrong!  Simple as that!  Why not wear a sassy little black  number and shimmy down the red carpet rather than looking like Cruella de Vilon a bad day! All you needed was the dalmation and job done!! 

So pick yourself up girl, put that one down to “everyone makes mistakes sometimes” and fall back into your Marc Jacobs immediately!

Now onto more important things like:

1.  We’ve just purchased Fit Flops to try in the office (how long did it take us) and we love them - currently modelling the red and the silver here and look forward to a posture that will make even the best and rest of them look like they’re slouching!  Check out Victoria Health for the best in choice!

2.  Mozi candles from Australia -gonna try and get them for WAGN

3.  Marks and Spencer’s yellowy/lime spotty bikini

4.  Any espadrille wedges from Castaner

5.  Echo scarves from What a Girl Needs - fab colours

6.  Hot Pink nail varnish on your toes!

7.  Calmia’s Accupressure Slippers - back at What a Girl Needs!

8.  Any Anya Hindmarch Clutch!

9.  H&M Raffia clutch bag - a steal and fab!

10.  The best news - rumour hits us that Zinedine Zidane is due at QPR next season - that’s almost up there with The Special One!  We can support two West London teams can’t we…..

Ok - the world has been flooded this week with fab pics of Gwyneth Paltrow!  We even have a picture of her with her trainer up on the wall in the office in the vain hope that maybe just by looking at the pics of her looking so slim and trim, it might just rub off on us!

So our answer this week in order to achieve this has been to purchase the WII Fit!  And we are loving it….. it’s quite brutal in that it weighs you, gives you your bmi  and then later on tells you if you have put on any weight after your Sunday lunch!! Love that!!

But joking apart, it’s actually very cool and might actually be the thing that finally kick starts the Summer body!

But in case that all goes awry, which obviously there is high potential, here are a few of our other favourite things this week to keep you going:

1.  Mario Badescu Almond and Honey Face Scrub

2.  Bliss Tripe Oxygen Instant Energising Mask

3.  Dove Pro Age Beauty Body Lotion

4.  Waitrose Ginger and Lemon Green Tea

5.  Ocean Spray Cranberry Classic Juice

6.  Boots Protect and Perfect Eye Cream

7.  Spanx - anything….

8.  Elizabeth Arden 8 hour hand cream

Happy Wii….

A list of things we love today…

1.   Rose and Geranium candle from Toast - fab… www.toast.co.uk

2.   It’s Vintage Darling - Christa Wiel - fab book available at www.whatagirlneeds.co.uk from Friday!!

3.  Anything from the V&A Shop - check it out online… just divine… www.vam.ac.co.uk

4.   The White Dylan Bag from J&M Davidson - available at www.whatagirlneeds.co.uk

5.   Gavin and Stacey - BBC 3…. genius…..

6.   Anything in Navy….

7.   Heidi Klein Swimwear  - www.heidiklein.com

8.   Wooden Toaster Tongs - we too are fed up of half of piece of toast after grappling with the toaster or blowing it up!  No more with these babies… available at all good hardware stores!!!

9.   Cos - when are they going to get a branch in Oxford…. Regent Street, although the newest and fabbest place to shop, is quite frankly a pain to get to….

10.   Figs with Roquefort Cheese and oil and balsamic - easy and gorgeous…

Hello there all!

It’s been a while and could give a thousand reasons but not going to - just suffice to say that this blogging lark is now truly a daily event and we are going to use this forum as a reason to inform you all on the latest and greatest - whether it’s a bag, a face cream, a holiday, a new car, a lipstick …

So feel free to contact us if you want to get something plugged on here - feel free to add comments where-ever you wish - write reviews on whatever we are discussing on a daily basis - tell us if there’s something better out there, perhaps cheaper - who knows!

But in the life of Credit Crunch as we know it, let’s try to bring some joy into our lives and perhaps save money at the same time (that’s husband’s tip for the day - who needs La Prairie when you can have Aldi’s face cream at £1.89!) But be warned - only 2 pots allowed to be purchased at one time…. but it’s good….

So today’s hot tip is how not to spend £16 a day on detox food in a box - do it yourself!  How hard must it be really…  stock up on strawberries, blueberries, grains and seed and muesli for breakfast.  Oh and a jumbo pot of Natural yoghurt.  Lunches will be chicken salads so roast a chicken - that will keep you going for a couple of days, stock up on vegetables - broccoli, potatoes, asparagus (almost in season time!) and some frozen fish pieces from the fishmonger!  That’s only got to set you back about £20 and will last at least 3/4 days if not  more on the basics!

Come on girls - forget calling it Detox Pure buy it in a box and get it delivered - let’s call it Credit Crunchy Muesli….Credit Crunchy Carrot Soup and Credit Crunchy Herb Crust Cod with Mash…

Enjoy and bask in the knowledge that today you are doing your bit…

x

Hello all!

 Well we are just back from fab weekend in Marrakech and have gone mad on everything!!!  Saw some fab stuff and seriously thinking now about bringing some of those ideas back here!

So looking into all sorts of ways of importing some great accessories for the house etc - anyone with any tips on best ways to go about not getting completely fleeced all welcome!!  One can only carry so many carpets back through customs!!  Just joking - of course we wouldn’t do that but did see some beautiful rugs, throws, curtains and tableware to die for!!  We think with the travel industry giving Morocco a big up at the moment, we should make the most of it!

Fly Easyjet - easy unless it’s foggy, then you end up in Casablanca like we did!  But hey it’s an adventure and whilst all we saw was the interior of Casablanca airport, at least we can say we have been there!!

Another tip - don’t drive - nobody should drive there and the ones that do shouldn’t be allowed!  Bonkers!!

Tour Guide - we had a fab one who we named Slim Shady - he definately wasn’t slim and probably more than Shady but hey, he made us laugh and took us to some really cool little places that we know we would never have found in a million years so can’t complain about that!  But haggling is an art form that we only really got a taster for but feel we could turn into pretty mean hagglers given a little more time!

Anyway, watch out for a little taste of Morrocco appearing here soon…

More as we haggle…

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Well, a little late, a long time since we last wrote and long overdue!

So what can we tell you!  We had a great December so big thanks to all of you who purchased and hope you are all enjoying the fabulous gifts! 

We ended 2007 and started 2008 by being in the US - serious shopping - could write a book just about that!  But highlights (or not!!) included the queue (mainly English!!) outside Abercrombie & Fitch in Fifth Avenue!  Oh my god…. anybody would think you can’t get it at home!  Also think I must be getting old because 1. Not really interested in having my photo taken with very fit guy who actually was covered in goosebumps being made to stand by the door with hardly any clothes on… I prefer the older man.  2.  No queue in the LA stores…. what does that say…. 3.  Actually like Holister, it’s cheaper little sister store and no queues…..  4.  Loving Ralph Lauren store in LA - a necessary evil in  my life…

The downside of my endless trapsing around the streets of US was too many Starbucks, too much on my credit card, and completely knackered having had no rest and jet lagged to billio!!!  How I ever travelled so much for a living before now I’ll never know!  Guess if you do it all the time, you are in that permanent state… maybe that explained a lot!!

So into 2008 - like to think we have big plans for WAGN - we want to expand this year, bring in new lines, new ideas etc etc so feel free to comment as you will if anything springs to mind!  Hottest seller at end of last year was the Acupressure slippers so we are hot on the trail of finding a new company for those plus we are introducing all sorts of wonderful detox products that really do help banish those bags and make you feel a whole lot better - will be up on the site next week!

So feel as if we are back to normal now - just having a few renovations done to the showroom then we are back in business there too! 

Normal service resumed….

xxxx