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I was just looking at choice hotels summer promotion to see what sort of bargains they have available because…dun dun dun…it’s holiday time!

This time last year we were packing and getting ready to go, I remember because I was completely distraught that I was going to be away during the first week of Big Brother 9!

No such issue this year as we’re going to have to go at the end of July instead due to work commitments and money issues. I am sure I will still be gutted to miss out on a week of Big Brother, but it is not going to hurt as much missing a random middle of series week as it did missing the first.

You can actually get some really great cash promotion deals and the like at some really nice hotels like the hotel rewards free cash cards at Choice Hotels, which is news to me — I am queen of the bargains and cashback offers when it comes to general shopping but I never really considered it for hotels.

I always got my holiday bargains by booking last minute.

Any way, super excited and I can’t wait to start making plans and bookings, it’s going to be a good one this year, we deserve it

I’ve been doing a little online shopping today.

Moi? Online Shopping? Shock!

I know that shopping and watching TV are all I ever seen to do, but I do have a life outside that, no honest I do.

I came across Exspecto.com, a great shopping search engine and there was no stopping me — you can search by category, by merchants and by price range. I found some great sunglasses ready for the summer for just £5, bargains.

What I like best though is that you can set a PriceAlert, so if there’s something you want but don’t fancy paying the price you can currently find it for, it will keep searching for you and let you know when it comes up at a price you are willing to pay. Neato! I have some things on my want list at the moment

I watched the first season of So You Think You Can Dance, and although I enjoyed it I didn’t love it so I didn’t watch more — until recently that is when I started watching the latest season as there’s not a lot else on at the moment. I really really enjoyed the first two episodes, they make me want to run out and buy dancewear so that I can be on the show next year!

heh I can’t see that happening somehow, I think I would need several years of practice first, but it’d still be neat to learn how to dance a little

I watch a lot of late night TV and the “chat live with hot singles now!” type ads never fail to amuse me, not because they are advertising phone chat services — just because they are so darned cheesy and to be frank most of the women they use as examples of who’s waiting on the phone for them to talk to — ain’t all that.

Also the fact they charge like £1 per text and £1.50 per minute on calls etc, why on earth would people pay that sort of money when there are sites
free singles chat on the wonderful world wide web, like Talk121.com, where you can connect with others in your area absolutely free. It seems like a pretty neat service actually, you leave and receive recorded voice messages and can then connect for a one to one chat if both parties are interested.

Much better than texting some random that might actually be a 60 year old granddad for £1 a pop!